My Vacation Part 2

Ok, you heard Part 1 so I'll tell you some more about my trip. After South Africa, we went to Hong Kong. We were only staying there for two days. Let me tell you if you ever go to Hong Kong speak as clear as you can. Or try to bring a friend or something because most people in Hong Kong do not speak english. We still went shopping my favorite part. I got a bunch of clothes. I had one of my fave drinks... BUBBLE TEA!!! It's some kind of tea with these tiny, black, jelly-like bubbles. I had it in Canada too. That's how I found out about it. Anyway we stayed in this hotel that was literally attached to a mall. And you should pretty much know where I spent most of that part of the vacation. Haha. We left at 8 in the morning for a plane to Tokyo. I was kind of sad because we had to leave Hong Kong so early. The hotel was nice and we didn't go to all the malls but I was pretty psyched to be going to Tokyo. There's a one hour difference between Hong Kong and Tokyo. We got there around three and went through baggage claim and customs and all that crap. After the crap, I was starving so before we left to the hotel, I got some croissant with chocolate inside. It was pretty good. Anything would've been good at that point. We thought we were getting a driver to the hotel but then we found out we were taking a bus. That wasn't really good because we were on that bus for three hours. Eventually we got to the hotel, It's called the Mitsui. When we got to our room there was really only word to describe it by... squished.

My Vacation Part 1

Well, I finally got to South Africa, I'm actually in Hong Kong right now but I'll start my vacation from the beginning. We left on a flight to Johannesburg, South Africa. It was a connecting flight so we had to stop and drop some passengers off, each flight was eight hours. And sometimes your sleep schedule gets messed up but luckily mine hasn't. I tend to sleep almost TOO much. We went to a reserve in the safari to stay in a lodge that I highly recommend. It was called Chitwa Chitwa. It had the nicest staff but the worst shower knobs and heads. When we went on the safari drive we saw elephants, rhinos, cheetahs, leopards, lions, giraffes, zebras, impalas, nyalas, hippos, crocodiles, baboons, and warthogs. Look up what it is if you don't know what any of the animals are. It was freezing though. There were 2 drives a day, one in the morning (which you had to wake up at 5:45 to go), and one in the late afternoon until after dark. In the mornings I would wear 4 layers. I know... it's surprising how cold it can get in South Africa. After 4 days we left to a 5 star hotel which I HIGHLY HIGHLY recommend to stay at. Its called Grootbos. It's about 140 kilometers away from Cape Town. It's the best. Everything there was amazing! I made two and a half friends there. Alex, Harry, and the half was little Cosmo. They were from Singapore. Unfortunately there was no sister. We still were good friends. Alex was my age. Harry was a little bit older than Liam. And then there was just Cosmo but he's still adorable and ticklish. Ye, we spent 3 days there. Just hanging out there.

My Day at the Thrift Store

Today I was signed to volunteer at the thrift store. At first the head lady called me a spoiled brat because I haven't volunteered much (or ever). I started off cleaning and arranging in the arts and crafts section. When I was arranging, I broke a picture that was already broken. Luckily I had the broom right next to me. Then I went over to a bucket full of crutches, I fell. Those things are hard! Anyway, a little later I met this girl Mariah (no not the singer) who has been volunteering there everyday. She was a year younger than me. I didn't really care. We hung so many clothes. I had to go back to the "back" to get more hangers like 1000 times. After that we swept some more. After a while we started making a pattern-break, sweep, break, sweep, break, sweep, break, break, break. I'm going back on Friday.

How's your summer???

OK, here's where all of you get to comment or email me about how your summer is going. Do it. I'm interested to know. It doesn't matter if it's boring or freaking awesome just do it.

Baby Giving the Evil Look

Such a cute baby.

My first day of vacation with my dad.

Today I got on a plane to Jacksonville. I got up at about 6 this morning and got on a plane at 9:30. It was a pretty short flight. After that my dad's assistant picked us up and drove us to the condo. We had some lunch and then we went to the pool. We got back and I was exhausted. Right after I fell asleep it began to thunder and rain and a little lightning. But I slept right through it. I fell asleep with my IPod on. I think I fell asleep to As the Rush Comes. It's a techno-y song. It's a really awesome song. You can get it on ITunes. I think. I woke up when I smelled what Peggy (my dad's assistant) was making for dinner. So I went to my bag to get all my shower stuff later and since they had to switch some stuff around on the plane earlier, apparently my bag was squished between two others and they opened and it smelled like a tropical breeze. Then I ended up right here so... ye. COMMENTS HIGHLY APPRECIATED!!!!

My Summer Vacation (con.)

By the way I'm going with my dad, my brother, and me. And I'll see Desi in San Fran. She's my dad's gf.

My summer vacation

Guess where I'm going for summer vacation. It's somewhere far far away. OK, stop guessing because I'm going to tell you... South Africa, Hong Kong, Tokyo, and San Fransisco!!! It's an around the world trip. I'm going to get souvenirs from all the places. In my new grade I'll be able to say that I've been to 3 continents! There's this one thing that's not so good that I'll be doing, reading. I have to. It's required for my next grade. Dad, don't get any ideas. I have to read three books. Except the third one is picked by someone else. I guess I can do most my reading on the plane. I heard you get a meal. That's exciting for me because I've never been on such long flight. Anyway, if you have Q's for me you know my email or you can comment. COMMENTS HIGHLY APPRECIATED!!