Russia

In Jan. we went to Russia. One of the coldest places on earth. The plane ride was 10 hours long. But anything under ten hours of flight I'm okay with. When we got there it was unbelievably cold. Our hotel was only a out a mile away from our hotel. So every morning I would go to a liquor store and get breakfast because the hotels was to expensive. Then we were still dealing with jetlag and we were up at 6:00 AM in the morning wandering around Red Square. We got to see the Kremlin,Ivan the terribles winter home,Cathedral of Christ the savior, and lots of other thing I could go on about. The day before we left we went ice skating. On our ride back home I had the worst plane ride ever because I was about to fall asleep laying down a random man came and said to move my feet. He sat down and fell asleep,and it wasn't even his seat. If you know me I can not go to sleep sitting up. He went to use the bathroom and quickly a layer down acted like I was asleepHe came by and was nudging my feet. Then my dad came in and said he needs sleep.

Cambodia

Earlier in the year we went to Cambodia, and Bangkok with the Hiattes. The Hiattes left earlier than us but on the same day. We took a flight into Bangkok and got in really late. Then the next day we went to the border of Bangkok and went into Cambodia. It took us 12 hours to get to our Cambodia hotel. I finally got my own bed. It had a mosquito net over it which made me feel safe a cozy. Then the next day we saw all the ancient temples,even Angkor Wat. It was a very fun trip. The last day we were there we went a four wheeling tour. When we got back the Hiattes went to the airport to catch there flight to Beijing. When we had to make the 12 hour trip back to Bangkok where we would stay one more night until we went to the airport.

NEW ZEALAND

AUCKLAND

KAYAKING

PANCAKE ROCKS

AUSTRALIA, SYDNEY

THREE SISTERS

We made a trip recently to New Zealand, and Australia. It was tiring but really fun. We got to do the LUGE in New Zealand where you ride down a hill. We were about to do the swing but it was to expensive. I didn't know by then and was gaining as much weight as I could to go on it. In Australia we got to see one of the most famous places in the world.....the Sydney Operea House!! I answered a question right on a tour bus and got a souvenire from a...... half naked guy. There was another question that he asked. "What is the meaning of,"something. I was about to say I don't know but I thought That would be rude so I didn't. Then he said, "The Answer is I Don't Know." Darn it so close. We had a great time.