Catching Up with Anica
Some Excerpts from her Journal
09.05.2007 24 °C
August 17 - Nipah Bay, Pangkor Island, Malaysia
Today we woke up in the morning and saw a kitty cat sitting on our chair outside then it walked away. So we got up and had breakfast, for Mommy and Daddy scrarbeled eggs with tost butter and jam. For me fruit pancakes with chocolate sace and fruit jucie. Saw birds with two beaks looked like tocauns. Walked to the beach saw a few kitty cats on the way. When we got to the beach we played in the water and saw another one of those birds. BIG waves. had lunch. rested, went back to the becah. Bigger waves, played in the water, read my books, played some more, builed lots of sandcastles today, started walking back. Saw a family of monkeys with the cutest faces. Went back, saw the water at the beach that is small, had dinner, good night.
August 22/23- Georgetown, Penang Island, Malaysia
We got on a bus ride to Penang, when we ariveed we got on a ferry and taxi to Minngood Hotel. nice. looked around, unpacked, got some dinner snacks. good night. next Day we looked around Penang. went to Fort Cornwallis. perfect. had lunch, went to penang Hill, got on a train that took us up the moutian. had dinner, good night.
August 27 - Ko Samui, Thailand to Hong Kong
We had to wake up really early. Disappointed. had to get ready for the taxi come. I saw a water buffalo. So we had a flight on Bangok air to Hong Kong. great, they gave Mommy and Daddy Chinise food, for me wenires and chicken nuggets, cold orange juice, water, cantolope and orange pudding. We got to Hong Kong had dinner, good night.
Aug 29 - Hong Kong
Today we woke up and went and had starbuck coffe and then took MTR to the travel agency and i played nintendo for two hours then took MTR to hong kong and went on peak tram. had Bubba gump shirmp for lunch. went and met Mike, Siu Ling, Abigail and Isabel, played and ate at their house. Said Bye and rode star ferry back. Good night.
September 1 - Hong Kong
today we went on a two hour hike. it wa hard but went with michael and sueling and the girls. saw brooks, butterflys, one big bee, 2 worms, Dragonflys, Ant, Hawks, birds, then when we finshed are hike we had too go pee an a really dirty squat toilet. had dinner, finshed with ice crem that comes in lemon or cocout or orenge.
September 5 - Yangshao, China
Today we went to the Dragon cave and saw stalagmites and stalagtites and the lights that they put in. We also went on 2 boat rides and saw non-carved dragons. The boat rides were a suprise. We also saw a mirage - the water looked deeper then it was. We have mountin (behind) and river (infront) of our hotel. We've seen people on rafts trying to spray us. Our room is all wood and real tree bark.
Good night!
( picture posted with permission of subject :P )
Exceptionally good to hear how Anica is viewing the day to day events even if this is from a week ago. Her outlook is straight forward, easily grasped and clearly presented. I really enjoyed that! L to U all Poppa (aka JofA)
by Jofa