tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-366347112024-03-08T03:46:39.576+01:00Cheap WhineKerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01932579302195239396noreply@blogger.comBlogger470125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36634711.post-36957306359568566492017-06-06T17:53:00.002+02:002017-06-06T17:53:38.758+02:00Dubai 2017The boys had a four day weekend and given we're trying to squeeze everything in and every moment out, we decided to cross another "to do" off the list and make a quick trip to Dubai. The boys have wanted to go to Dubai ever since they saw the city on the TV show The Amazing Race. Specifically, they wanted to see the water park slide that went through clear tunnels with sharks in them. It really is amazing that the government (sheikh) has literally built this over-the-top, biggest-of-everything, glittery, shiny world, literally out of desert. And in less than 30 years!<br />
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It was a great getaway and the waterpark did not disappoint. Nor did the Burj Khalifa. Kenny thought I'd be unbearable because of the heat, but it really wasn't that bad given it was around 100 degrees every day. Pretty much you go from A/C to A/C and it seemed really dry, so not much complaining from me. Shocking to all of us.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Between our travels and school trips and swim meets, these boys seem to live on airplanes</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tallest building the the world...the Burj. Although Dubai is supposedly building one twice as high.</td></tr>
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This has been on my life list as long as I can remember. When we found out we were moving back to Europe Luc and I immediately started scheming as to when we could go on safari. When I saw the boys had two weeks off for spring break I knew that was going to be the perfect time, come hell or high water. It did not disappoint.<br />
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When I started researching I was immediately overwhelmed at how big the southern part of Africa is, with endless possibilities for safaris. I quickly contacted some tour agents who specialize in that part of the world and Go2Africa came up with a great itinerary for hitting South Africa, Botswana, and a little beach time in Mauritius.<br />
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<br />Kerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01932579302195239396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36634711.post-10226679268397256392017-04-04T18:54:00.003+02:002017-04-04T18:54:40.736+02:00Morocco February 2017When we moved back to Europe I had three countries on my "must visit" list...Jordan √...Morocco √ and South Africa...soon to be a √. As we're getting ready to leave this week for South Africa I remembered I'd never done a blog post for Morocco. I realize blogging might be old school these days but it's amazing how often I look back to see where we've been or try and figure out when we were there or jog my memory about a photo that comes across our screen saver. So I will hopefully keep up the blogging although I must admit it has become very tedious compared to all of the other online platforms out there.<br />
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We had no idea what to expect from Morocco and it ended up being a very pleasant surprise. The people were amazing, the food was good, the shopping was AWESOME (thank you Visa and FedEx for taking care of all of my purchases), and the landscape was unbelievably beautiful and surprising. Who knew Morocco was a snow skiing destination??<br />
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On to the photos, and as usual I had a hard time paring them down. Oh, and this was the big boys' 70th country visited! Quite the milestone for a 12 and 14-year-old.<br />
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We started off with half a day in Marrakech where we wandered the alleys, souks, and markets. It's a crazy show with snake charmers, monkeys, birds, and people hawking all types of souvenirs.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> After that we headed off toward the desert through the High Atlas mountains. AMAZING views everywhere with such a diverse landscape. We did not envision Morocco like this at all.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">After driving about 5 hours with a few sightseeing stops, we were off to the desert to camp for the night.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Below two pictures are our camp. It surprisingly ranged from chilly to downright cold in the desert at this time of year. Each tent seemed to hold between 4-6 people. We split up between two tents. The tents were outfitted with one lightbulb and some very hard, sandy beds with about 5 blankets which we were very grateful for during the cold night.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The sand was unlike any we've ever seen. It was fine like powder and didn't seem to stick to you...well, unless you're a boy who rolls in it multiple times. We were cleaning out the boys' ears for days afterwards. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Dinner was served in a larger tent, family style and was really good. Most meals we had a tangine (a stew of meat and veggies slow cooked in an earthenware type pot shaped like a conical pyramid), couscous, rice, and bread. As per usual, we brought along our own beer and wine given this wasn't our first rodeo in a Muslim country. Although we learned this is one of the more relaxed countries as far as religion. Our guide said he drank alcohol and regularly flew to Spain to "party."</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Something else we learned is that Morocco is famous for fossils. When our boys heard this they got very excited so our guide made a detour for some fossil hunting. Millions of years ago this area was under water so the area is littered with trilobites and ammonites, and other fossils I'd never heard of. Many, many people make their living hunting them and then turning them into furniture and souvenirs. Cue Visa and FedEx...two Moroccan tables are currently making their way to Switzerland.</span></div>
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Oh, and an opportunity for Visa and FedEx to brighten the day. This bad boy Moroccan door has already shown up on my Swiss doorstep. And there may be a rug and a few other incidentals that left this showroom to find a new home with me.</div>
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Kerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01932579302195239396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36634711.post-37508585947794895282016-10-29T10:06:00.003+02:002016-10-29T10:06:58.585+02:00October 2016 Break - JordanI wasn't sure I'd be able to pull off a trip this October since we'd just arrived in Switzerland, didn't have a kennel space for Indy, were still unpacking...oh, and just received a letter saying we needed to find a new house and move...the owners were moving back from Singapore and want their house back. A bit of a stressful time. But after I found a kennel for Indy I decided to see how hard it would be to go to Jordan. Turns out not hard at all and there was even a direct flight AND my mom was visiting and would be able to go along. A perfect (positive) storm. I have been wanting to go to Jordan and see Petra for a long time so in 4 days I put together an itinerary and off we went. When the planning started I obviously was clueless about the geography of the area because I wasn't aware we could also do some scuba diving and float in the Dead Sea again. We started up north with Amman, Umm Quais, Jerash and then started working south to the Dead Sea, Petra, the Wadi Rum desert, and finally Aqaba and some amazing scuba diving. Two nights ago we sat at dinner trying to name our "favorite" from the trip and for sure the top four (couldn't narrow it down to one for any of us) were Petra, floating in the Dead Sea, camping in Wadi Rum and diving in the Red Sea.<br />
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Our first stop was Umm Qais in the northern part of Jordan. Wikipedia explains this location best:<br />
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The photo below is looking at the Sea of Galilee in Israel. Going up the plateau to the right is Golan Heights, technically in Syria but occupied by Israel. Our guide said not that long ago if you came here at night, way to the right, you could see the sky lit up by the bombs and rockets in Syria. He said this area has been quiet of late. Straight down from us is Israel and when we asked where you cross the border he pointed down and said you can just walk across, "But you'd be shot." Alrighty then...on to the next place.<br />
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On to Jerash and its Roman ruins built in 63BC</div>
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After that we were off to float in the Dead Sea, the lowest elevation on Earth</div>
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Seeing the salt lining the shores and taking a mud bath were both pretty incredible</div>
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On the drive to the Dead Sea we stopped off at some natural hot springs</div>
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And finally...Petra. I have been wanting to travel here for a long time and it didn't disappoint.</div>
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The natural color of the rock was pretty incredible.</div>
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Little Petra - definitely worth the stop and we had the place to ourselves, well except for the two Bedouin people in the bottom two photos. Jordan's tourism industry has been devastated by all of the turmoil in the middle east.</div>
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After Little Petra we headed into the desert for some fun in the sand, beautiful scenery and star gazing. We weren't sure what to expect, but Wadi Rum didn't disappoint. </div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span>Kerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01932579302195239396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36634711.post-79013848833232700562016-06-22T03:47:00.000+02:002016-06-22T03:47:44.165+02:00It's Been Real China<i><span style="font-size: large;">Scenes from our last morning walk around our neighborhood. Never boring in China and that's what I'll miss most. Wouldn't trade our time here for anything. </span></i><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Or better yet, your scooter through the "meat department?"</span></td></tr>
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Kerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01932579302195239396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36634711.post-92067442995684246402016-06-12T09:53:00.002+02:002016-06-12T09:55:45.907+02:00Camping On The Great Wall - June 2016<br />
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<span style="text-align: start;">As a last hurrah before school ends, the movers come and it's time to say goodbye to living in China, we decided to hike and camp on the Great Wall. I was a bit worried about Dominic when our guide said we'd be hiking 11km which would take between 4-5 hours, but man, all three boys were troupers. I think the adults were more tired by the time it was time to hit our sleeping bags. The part of the Wall we hiked and camped on is called Gubeikou and is about a 2 hour drive outside of Beijing. Amazing blue skies and beautiful scenery.</span><br />
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<br />Kerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01932579302195239396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36634711.post-83967541056041814592016-05-06T02:53:00.000+02:002016-05-06T02:53:01.810+02:00Quick trip to GuamTrying to squeeze in any and all last minute travel here in Asia before we head back to Europe. After we got back from Palau I realized the boys had a long weekend for Labor Day, so I started researching where we could get a little more diving in and see somewhere we hadn't been before. Luc's passport is within 6 months of expiring so that limited where we could go. It had to be either China (nope) or the U.S. Guam fit the bill. A great little taste of America and some good diving.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Daddy made it! The boys and I flew alone from Beijing to Guam. Kenny had been working in Florida and busted his butt to meet up with us in Guam. Everyone was so glad to see him and dive with him again.<br /><br /></td></tr>
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<br />Kerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01932579302195239396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36634711.post-64406446233240563052016-04-09T10:32:00.001+02:002016-04-09T10:32:42.117+02:00Palau - Spring Break 2016I have no idea why, but I had been dragging my feet on going to Palau. Kenny kept saying he'd like to go there based on a coworkers recommendation and boy, was he right. I am glad we waited until the two bigger boys were old enough to get scuba certified and Dominic was a bit older and has had a lot of swim lessons at this point. It's pretty much all about water sports. The big boys spent the first three days in scuba class while we snorkeled in the area. After they passed it was on to the big, blue ocean. I have to say this may be the best diving and snorkeling we've ever done. I was also hell bent on visiting Jellyfish Lake. I'd read about it a few months ago and it didn't disappoint. The jellyfish are trapped in a marine lake with no predators, thus they have evolved to lose the painful sting of their nematocysts. Luckily, grandma joined us on the trip and we were also happy to have along friends from school, the Cattins.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">They passed! Four new divers.</td></tr>
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<br />Kerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01932579302195239396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36634711.post-34217067602049202062016-03-01T06:33:00.001+01:002016-03-01T06:33:10.279+01:00One Final Chinese New Year TripCan't believe this will be our last Chinese New Year break. We decided to make it a relaxing one and since the boys have been asking to see the Petronas Towers, we headed back to Malaysia. Last time we vacationed on the Malaysian island of Borneo, this time we checked out Kuala Lumpur and then flew north to the island of Langkawi. It was a night flight from Beijing to KL followed by a full day tour, up early to go up in the Petronas Towers and then back to the airport for a flight to Langkawi. And what a great way to top off a great trip with the Broncos winning Super Bowl 50!<br />
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But before heading to the airport we celebrated Luc turning 13! Amazing how fast those 13 years have gone.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Loved the shaved heads and paint on both young and old at this temple. Our guide said it was to give thanks for something good happening.</td></tr>
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Kerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01932579302195239396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36634711.post-19534706381381470992015-10-15T10:54:00.000+02:002015-10-15T10:54:17.508+02:00India 2015<br />
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For fall break this year we decided to tackle India. It's a huge country but one of the most popular areas for tourists is Rajasthan. It didn't disappoint. The colors, people, food, noise, animals...all spectacular. We started out with a night flight to Delhi followed by a five hour layover in the Delhi airport before flying on to Udaipur. The boys can now say they've slept in an airport.</div>
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From Udaipur we drove to Narlai which was a small village where we stayed in the king's former hunting lodge. The views were beautiful and the morning village walk was a glimpse into how people in the area live. We encountered a few animals on the drive there that I can say I've never seen on the drive from Denver to Sterling. :-)</div>
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From Jaipur we drove to Ranthambhore National Park hoping to get a glimpse of the elusive and protected tiger. No luck after three safaris, but we still enjoyed the beautiful landscape and many animals we did see that are not common in other parts of the world.<br />
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Finally got up close and personal with the monkeys at Monkey Temple in Jaipur</div>
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Learning to weave carpets</div>
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And no trip to India would be complete without the Taj Mahal - amazing!</div>
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<span style="text-align: start;">We had an unplanned four day weekend because the Chinese decided to throw themselves a party in celebration of 70 years since the Japanese were defeated in WWII. I had heard wonderful things about the Linden Center in Yunnan Province which is near the border of Myanmar. It did not disappoint. Beautiful scenery, wonderful food, interesting history and culture. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These are their version of a rain jacket. It's made out of palm leaves and is worn like a backpack</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This little guy followed us all the way down the mountain and the boys named him "Gregory" </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The people were so interesting looking and a lot wore the traditional clothing. Most women had baskets on their backs for either food or children </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From the terrace of our hotel. We ate here every lunch and dinner</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The area is known for its tie dye (yes those are marijuana leaves on the left - the area is also known for that plant growing wild and it's depicted in the tie dye) and again, the drying corn.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Front white cloth is the pre-dyed cloth. It's sewn, cinched and then wound up with more thread. The front white cloth will look like the blue one behind it after dyed.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The experts sewing the pattern and their work hanging behind them</td></tr>
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Kerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01932579302195239396noreply@blogger.com0Dali, Dali, Yunnan, China25.849954832367334 100.1376342773437525.792814332367335 100.05695327734375 25.907095332367334 100.21831527734375tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36634711.post-49307220850160627762015-04-08T07:09:00.000+02:002015-04-08T07:09:33.071+02:00Annual Hawaii TripOnly this year we had a surprise in store for the boys....Brent, Shelly and the girls were flying to Maui to meet us! We always love Hawaii and having the whole family together made it even sweeter.<br />
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Kerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01932579302195239396noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36634711.post-87619775970369951032015-03-04T01:54:00.000+01:002015-03-04T01:54:13.074+01:00Chinese New Year 2015 - Sri Lanka and the MaldivesThis was a trip I was <i>really </i>looking forward to. I'm not big on the beach or pools or sand or sun or heat or relaxing. I'm much happier sightseeing, touring, learning, and reading about places where I vacation. As you can imagine, my style of travel is a HUGE hit with the boys...and if I used emojis I'd insert one depicting my boys rolling their eyes and yelling "What!?" after that sentence. But this trip was tailor made for our different travel wishes and it was in the perfect order. And Sri Lanka was deliberately more about seeing the animals than "boring temples and tours." I'd heard that Sri Lanka was called India Lite, and in some ways I can see that, but it is definitely its own country in terms of religion, food, and culture. We spent five days in Sri Lanka and went on three safaris, a whale watching trip, a boat tour of a mangrove, and visited a sea turtle hatchery. It was a lot of driving and early mornings, but we all loved it.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">I swear there's a leopard in those trees</span></td></tr>
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<span style="text-align: center;">From here it was on to the Maldives. The boys have been begging to go here since I showed them pictures of the resorts built over water about six months ago. It's not easy to get to, but combining it with Sri Lanka over a longer than normal Chinese New Year, was the perfect opportunity. The Maldives is an independent country and a collection of almost 1200 islands. Each resort has an island to itself so it's important that you research and make a good choice about where to stay. Our resort didn't disappoint, but the only downside was that it was pretty far south. To get back to Beijing on the last day we had a speed boat ride and three flights. Another downside is that I don't think anything will ever compare to the Maldives and the boys haven't stopped talking about when we can go back.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Where the martial artists practice hitting tree trunks with their fingers, hence the holes. Not sure what this is good for, but we saw a lot of moves and demonstrations of strength that kind of made you go, "Hmm...cool, I guess. I wonder how much a dude who can break a metal rod over his head or wriggle around doing the 'scorpion move' can demand as fair market value?"</td></tr>
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<br />Kerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01932579302195239396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36634711.post-91854170267511445492014-10-09T13:17:00.000+02:002014-10-09T13:17:03.777+02:00Uzbekistan 2014<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
So for October break this year we decided to head to the doubly landlocked (yeah, never knew that was something a country could be before either), Silk Road thoroughfare, post-Soviet, country of central Asia which is now called Uzbekistan. It turned out to be a really interesting holiday with lots of history and as the boys will tell you, lots of mosques, madrassas, and beef, beef, beef. I can't say they didn't miss the pools and beaches that are normally part of our trips, but we still had a good time and learned a lot.</div>
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Our hotel was in a converted madrassa. Very cool experience and the one thing UNESCO is mad about in this town. They want it restored as the original madrassa, but the local government says it's "good enough." The florescent lights look cool at night, but gotta say I kind of see UNESCO's point.</div>
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From Khiva we had an 8 hour drive across the Kyzylkum Desert to the town of Bukhara. We all decided Bukhara was our favorite of the towns we visited. </div>
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This was the view we had from our lunch restaurant. It was amazing how uncrowded everything was. Tourism truly is in it's infant stages in this country. </div>
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The people were so interesting looking. A mix of Russian, Asian, and Turkish. They speak Uzbek first and also learn Russian. Hats are a huge part of their attire with the men wearing skullcaps, and many of the women wearing scarves which are just a fashion statement, not part of being Muslim. Multiple times we were told the stories of women collectively burning their veils in the 1920's and the repercussions it had at the time. In pictures we saw of those times the women looked like women today in Afghanistan, covered from head to toe. Many were stoned to death by their brothers, fathers and husbands. As a result of their activism, women today do not have to cover their head or faces.</div>
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From Bukhara we drove four hours to Samarkand and took in the local bazaar (market). That's always one of our favorite experiences in a new town. We love seeing how the locals shop and what they shop for. In Samarkand there was a lot of dried fruit, nuts, spices, traditional breads and melons, which they are famous for. I was dying for some variety in veggies on this trip. I pretty much survived on cucumber, tomato, watermelon and cantaloupe, along with a lot of bread. </div>
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My dad <i>loves</i> (cue sarcasm) the open air meat markets we see in our travels. And for a reminder of that love, I give you this picture Dad. You're welcome.</div>
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The money was hilarious because the biggest bill was a 5000 som, which is about two bucks. This is the stack of cash we had to pay for about a $35 dinner. There are also very few ATMs, so our driver moonlighted as our black market money changer. The stacks of cash changing hands made me laugh every time along with the way they would have to count the cash at the end of every meal or purchase. </div>
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The boys had their names written in Persian on leather by a local artist. He's the one next to Kenny.</div>
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This was the dining room in our hotel in Bukhara. They had remodeled an old merchant's house and the parts they left as original were really beautiful and interesting. The big part of the dining room was for the men, and where you can see Jack pulling back the rug on the wall there is a small room for the women. Our guide told us that dinner parties are still kind of that way, but by choice because she said the men drink too much and are too loud and rowdy. When I asked what type of alcohol they drink she said, "Everything."</div>
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The food was really interesting and good at first, but by the end we were all sick of so much meat, oil and general heaviness of the cuisine. Another testament to the lack of variety was that a lot of the places had no menu. The waiter or owner would just tell you the choices (generally 4-5 things) and you strained to figure out what he was saying in his broken/accented English, nodded a few times and hoped you had enough snacks in the car to get to the next stop. This was from our stop on the drive across the desert.</div>
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<li>Unplanned detour to Hot Springs, South Dakota where there is an active paleontological dig of the largest concentration of mammoth remains in the world!</li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After a week and a half in Colorado and quick trip to S. Dakota, we flew to New York where we picked up Kenny and headed south. First stop...Washington, DC.</td></tr>
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<br />Kerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01932579302195239396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36634711.post-44619318468896281962014-05-11T12:35:00.003+02:002014-05-12T06:14:26.345+02:00The Hermit KingdomJust got back from a strange, weird, bizarre, peculiar, trip to North Korea. No, I'm not directionally challenged...THAT North Korea and yes, Americans can travel there. If your reaction is "Why?" I can probably never make you understand my obsession with going there after reading this blog: <a href="http://waitbutwhy.com/2013/09/20-things-i-learned-while-i-was-in.html" target="_blank">Wait But Why</a>. If you have time, please check it out. Lots of curse words, but he is a much better writer than I am and sums it up perfectly with good photos. I hope that if you are at all curious, you will read my take on visiting North Korea, or as the people of the country call it simply, Korea. It was definitely worth going and I have to say I did hours and hours and hours of research and contacted travel agencies, talked to people who have gone, and weighed the safety, political and social responsibility of a trip like this. While there, I never once felt unsafe, but assumed that would be the case from the research. I still haven't processed it all and can't really figure out the right words to express how I feel about the country and people. Make no mistake, I think the leaders are crazy, sadistic, narcissistic, nut jobs and feel more strongly about that after visiting. It is a cult like no other I've ever experienced. The part of the trip I struggle to describe is the people. Our guides asked us how we felt about their country after visiting and it was so hard to answer. It wasn't that we were scared to give an honest answer, rather, we still weren't sure. Was it pity, was it sadness, was it shock at how brainwashed and insulated they are, was it anger when they continually insulted America? But how can you be angry when that is ALL they are taught? And they were very kind and gracious otherwise. When we flipped the question around and asked our guide what he thought of life in America he simply answered in a robotic voice, "Americans are indoctrinated." It was definitely what they were coached to say and as we had three guides/minders we think they were all supposed to be watching each other.<br />
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I have to admit that Americans are given a somewhat skewed impression of parts of North Korea. It is not all doom and gloom. I read and watched a lot of documentaries leading up to the trip. They are all so dramatic and give the impression the people are living in a gray world, completely unhappy and repressed in all aspects of life. I think it's a very hard life compared to ours and I can't imagine being so sheltered and controlled, but it's all they know. Also, in the news you hear about visitors being detained. Every one of those visitors was doing something we were explicitly told not to do. Laura Ling snuck across the border, as a journalist, without a visa. The Korean American was giving out Bibles in the main square. The 24-year-old who was recently in the news, crossed immigration, tore up his visa and said he wanted asylum. I was at the US Embassy here in Beijing today and a man who worked there said the 24-year-old had "mental issues." Ya think? Not saying what North Korea handled the reported events diplomatically and reasonably, but it <i>is </i>North Korea. If you abide by their rules, there have been zero incidents with tourists in 25+ years of tourism according to the big agencies handling the majority of tourists going to North Korea.<br />
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We flew to the capital of Pyongyang, which is the only way Americans are allowed to enter and exit. Our guides met us at the airport and we were literally in their sights at all times. They even slept at the hotels we stayed at. It was kind of overwhelming and hard because I didn't feel I could speak freely except at night in the hotel rooms and by then I was too exhausted. It was hard not being able to catch Kenny's eye and say, "Are you freaking kidding me?" when they gave their version of history. From the airport we drove into the city and were given a list of the rules. Basically don't take pictures of any military soldiers, or installations, and when photographing the "great leaders" you can not cut off any part of their portrait. We had a couple of photos deleted for this. It's a clean city, but looks like it is stuck in 1950....Russia in the 50's. However the people were like people anywhere, albeit as I said more brainwashed than people I've ever met anywhere else. They were going about life and appeared happy. We saw kids on rollerblades, visited two schools, drove past working farms. Many people were fascinated by our boys because they were western and I think tourists rarely bring kids. They were much more discreet and shy about staring at them than the Chinese are, however. On the tours North Korea allows you are only allowed to see what they want you to see and you are kept on a specific path, so our observations are obviously only of the leaders putting their best out there for the world to admire. Definitely a dog and pony show.<br />
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Touring around Pyongyang mostly consisted of seeing monuments dedicated to their "Great Leaders" and the buildings and museums said leaders built. The most fascinating was their library. They were so proud of their book delivery system and computers. The delivery system was basically a conveyer belt and the computers really gave insight into how far behind and sheltered they are. They asked me to search for a book and after 3-4 tries with no results (Harry Potter, Star Wars, should have thought to try Fifty Shades of Grey), I just put in "trees." SUCCESS! But there were about 400 books and the newest was from 1980. I tried "cars" with the same result. About 300 books and none newer than 1983. Google would completely blow their mind! A Google search of "cars" gave me 576,000,000 results in .28 seconds. I was in a time warp and they seemed to think they were showing me something from the future. In the music room they were so proud to play some Madonna for us on a boom box like I had in high school. And the funny part is that there were tons of people in this place. I can't really figure out what they were doing. It was a school and work day, but it was like they had nowhere else to go and no real reason for being there except boredom. We also visited the war museum to bask in all of their exploits over the US and the atrocities committed by the US during the war. In one room there was literally, I am not kidding you, a section dedicated to how we used mosquitos and flies to introduce illness and kill Koreans during the war. Luc was incredulous and named it bugological warfare. Normally I am full of questions for our guides, but by this point I gave up. I can't even say they were lying to us because they fully believe the load of crap they would give us as answers.<br />
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From Pyongyang we drove to a hotel about an hour outside the city where the next day we'd visit the modern marvel of a dam designed by their "great leader" who happened to not have any engineering education. And they fully believe he designed it. We even asked what his degree was in and they said political science. After the dam we went to a cooperative farm, which are like communes and were dreamed up by.....you guessed it, the "great leader," whom I gather was also an expert in farming. I keep putting the title "great leader" in quotes because I generally knew they were assholes, but I really, really, REALLY hate the guys after this trip. There's nothing great about them other than their egos. Also, I'm really only talking about Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il because that's all our guides talked about. They never mentioned the current nutter's name once until we asked about him. From the cooperative farm we went to a kindergarten which was a highlight. The kids were adorable and fascinated by seeing our western boys. We visited two schools and in both there is one room dedicated to teaching the history of their great nation and how the Imperialist Americans are holding them down. Then we had the biggest slap in the face and welcome to North Korea when we noticed the walls were decorated with machine guns, pistols, rockets and they were depicted as being used on the USA.<br />
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These poor kids are raised to hate us. It's not in their genes, they are taught by command of their country's higher ups that we are the enemy. From day one of their education; probably from birth from their family because that is what has been passed down. This is where I feel that visiting and coming into as much contact as possible with the people of this country is beneficial. And tourism and technology will hopefully someday be their leaders' downfall. Technology is slowly and illegally creeping in. And when they see what the outside world is really like, and see that we aren't as evil as they were taught, a few of them at least will start to question what has been drummed into them. Maybe if we're not the horrible monsters they've been told, just maybe some of the other things they've been taught aren't true either. It's already happening from what I've seen on more recent documentaries. As a side note on the documentaries, it is so interesting to compare some of the older ones to newer. In one with Lisa Ling, she states there are no cell phones in the country. In a newer one cell phones have been introduced and ownership/usage has exploded. I also watched a 2006 documentary called Crossing the Line about the 4 US soldiers who defected to North Korea in the 60's. One still resides there and has three western looking sons he has raised there who claim Korea as their nationality. It is really weird to watch them speak English with a Korean accent.<br />
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In the afternoon we drove from the north of Pyongyang to way south and the DMZ area. It was so interesting because a lot of the drive was at night and it was completely dark. I've seen this picture of the black hole that is North Korea from space, but now I've also experienced it.<br />
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Rarely a light on the whole drive and then as we got closer to the border our guide pointed out a glow over the mountains and told us that was Seoul. I should explain that there were only two themes on this trip, the "great leaders" and all their greatness, and reunification, specifically how the US is holding South Korea back from reunifying with the North. How, in a rational mind, can anyone believe that the city glowing over the hills is just clamoring to join this country that is stuck in the past with intermittent electricity, water and food? I took this opportunity to get a little dig in and told our guide we had just been to Seoul and it is a world class city with the fastest internet on the planet. Kenny told him how they now are considered some of the best at manufacturing and technology. He had to stew on that for a bit.</div>
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The next morning we went to the graves of some old emperor. Normally this is not that exciting to me, but I was so happy to not be hearing about the two crazy leaders and seeing their grotesque statues, that I was loving a little spice in the itinerary. From there we went to the DMZ. I have to say that was a little tense. Not for anyone else, but we were told we were sensitive because we were Americans. We were to ask before taking any pictures and initially were told "no" when everyone else was snapping away. It was very strange and disconcerting. We went to two different rooms where talks and signings had taken place and they saved seats for us on the American side of the table. We were definitely used as props and I would love to know what was said about us. The military dude in charge of our group gave talks in the different rooms and he didn't even blink when talking about how awful America was and all blame for the Korean War and its aftermath is squarely on our shoulders. It was a li-ttle uncomfortable to say the least. Our guide kept asking if we were offended. I so wanted to ask if I could turn the tables and tell him what the world thought of North Korea's leaders and see if he'd be offended. Offended wasn't the word for how I felt though, because I know the truth and have the freedom to research the generally accepted truth. He can say whatever he wants when I have that fact on my side.<br />
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So that was pretty much our itinerary and experience. The food was good, lots of kimchi, fish, pork, cabbage, bean sprouts, and eggs. Nothing phenomenal, but we didn't go hungry. The hotels were 2-3* and very stark. The big hotel in the capital has a pool, bowling alley, ping pong, billiards and a casino because you are not allowed to leave. They have to give you something to occupy your time. The streets are wide and smooth in the city, but AWFUL outside the city. The "great leaders" needed to put their street engineering smarts to work. Kenny noticed that there was zero advertising anywhere. Lots of propaganda, but not one advertisement. I suppose there's no need. It's not like anyone needs to convince you of the benefit of buying Coke over Pepsi.<br />
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I'm so glad we went and normally I end a trip by saying that I learned a lot. I don't think I really learned anything other than to see life in North Korea with my own eyes. I hope our guides and the locals we came in contact with learned a little from us. Most of what I learned came from my own research and I guess one thing it taught me is that I'm so grateful to have access to that research and the freedom to travel and have my own thoughts about the world.<br />
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And one of my favorite illicit pictures. Good thing this one wasn't caught by our guides. We may still be in a labor camp, but since we're back here in the land of the free (ha!) - eff you "great leaders!"</div>
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Hawaii is exhausting. Yes, Nugget was dead asleep under that towel.</div>
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Tidepooling near where we stayed. This is the biggest cowrie shell I've ever seen other than in a shop. Very cool!</div>
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Luc's favorite activity - paintballing</div>
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For the four legged member of our family, but I'm hoping we're now on the mend. Just like our boxer, Stella, we noticed that Indy started limping especially after running a lot. We had her checked over by two vets, including via internet by an orthopedic expert in Britain and they both thought she'd torn her ACL's (CCL in dogs). I was super hesitant about going through the surgery again as this was also how Stella died, following her knee surgery. Turns out the vet here in Beijing was bringing the British specialist over to do a bunch of surgeries so we had to make a quick decision and on top of deciding whether to do it at all, the British vet was confident that Indy had damage on both knees and would eventually need both done. He gave us the option of having them done at the same time. Poor thing was put through the ringer. This first photo is minutes after she was wheeled out of the operating room.</div>
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FINALLY - she got up when I went to see her! I was getting worried.</div>
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After over a week in the hospital, we finally brought her home yesterday.</div>
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The boys were so happy to have her home. She's doing remarkably well, actually limping a lot less than before the surgery, but stairs are tough and her muscles are really wasted. At this point she only gets 3-4 short walks per day and we go back to the vet tomorrow for suture removal. </div>
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It was such a different experience here from when Stella had surgery in Germany. I think we took Stella home either the day of, or the day after her surgery, which in hindsight was way too soon. That's why she died after having internal bleeding and going into shock. I had no idea what I was looking for or seeing. I visited Indy every day here in Beijing and she basically had her own private nurse who did range of motion, massaged, walked and iced her all day long. If it weren't so painful, it could have been a doggy spa.</div>
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<br />Kerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01932579302195239396noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36634711.post-27395357523992249852014-02-11T12:34:00.001+01:002014-02-11T12:34:39.589+01:00Inle Lake, MyanmarLast one! We spent two days boating around Inle Lake and visiting temples and local villages. I could have posted a ton more pictures because everywhere you looked it was like something out of a travel magazine. Unbelievably beautiful. <br />
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These little kids were busying themselves with a homemade broom. The one on the left had bells around his neck so the mom could hear him moving around and keep an eye on him.</div>
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Like I said before, I can't believe none of us got sick. From eating out of the communal spoon passed around at every stop, to this last minute detour to try sugarcane juice, which is FABULOUS, by the way. They pressed the sugarcane right in front of us, and the hygiene was okay, but definitely not health inspector grade A, or probably even grade D. But then we sucked it all down and it freaking had ICE in it. That is rule number one for staying healthy while traveling...DON'T DRINK ANYTHING WITH ICE IN IT!. Oh, well we're all still alive and it was really, really good. </div>
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Drs. Ken and Kerry's ER work. Of course no trip would be complete without a need for stitches. We had an elevated bathtub in our room and Luc tripped and hit his eyebrow on it. Definitely could have used a stitch or two, but given that we weren't anywhere near a city or hospital, Kenny and I did our best with tape and bandaids. The main city of Yangon was the only place I would have felt good about getting stitches and that was a one hour boat ride, one hour car ride and 1.5 hour flight away. It looks pretty good and will someday be camouflaged by his eyebrow, I think. </div>
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There were also a lot of stands selling betel leaves and areca nuts. The people wrap the nut in the leaves and chew on them for, I guess, some type of buzz or energy. It stains the teeth dark red and you can see red spit everywhere when walking around. Here are a couple of pictures of the nut, followed by the leaves they wrap it in. Nowadays they also add tobacco at times.</div>
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An interesting tradition that has taken a sad turn...the long neck women, aka 'giraffe women' of Padaung. The ancient custom of fitting the young girls with brass rings around their necks has unfortunately turned into a stunt used as a tourist attraction and exploitation. Our guide said the rings were initially used to keep tigers from biting the neck and legs, but our guide book said it was to make the women less attractive to raiding neighboring tribes. </div>
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Went exploring one night and got locked inside a temple</div>
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With a whole bunch of bats. They were very, very cool to watch. We found out later from another American that there are a lot of viper snakes in the area and they even had a picture of one they saw near their hotel room in Bagan. Turns out Myanmar has one of the highest incidence of deadly snake bites in the world. Glad I read that on the plane home.<br />
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My big man's officially ELEVEN!</div>
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Kerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01932579302195239396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36634711.post-78447335083909270812014-02-10T05:39:00.000+01:002014-02-10T05:39:29.989+01:00From Phuket to Myanmar<div style="text-align: center;">
We flew from Phuket to Bangkok to Yangon, which used to be the capital of Myanmar until the government decided to literally build a new city (Naypyitaw) from scratch and move the capital in 2005. </div>
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Until 1989 Myanmar was known as Burma, but in that year the military decided to change the name to Myanmar which the UN officially recognizes, but most opposition groups including the UK, Canada, and the US continue to use Burma. </div>
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The government recognizes 135 distinct ethnic groups in this country of approximately 61 million people. The majority are Buddhist. You may have heard of Aung San Suu Kyi, also known as The Lady in Myanmar, who is the leader of the National League for Democracy (NLD) and has been under house arrest off and on for the better part of 15 years. She was most recently released in 2010. She also calls her country Burma and not Myanmar, but every person we encountered in the country called it Myanmar. </div>
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In a lot of the photos you can see the men all wear skirt-like <i>longyi</i> and the women's faces are covered in <i>thankakha</i>, which is the ground up bark of a tree by the same name. They say this is for sunblock and to keep the skin beautiful.</div>
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Internet was almost non-existent except in Yangon and the same was true for cell phones. Until very recently there were no ATMs in country. Merchants will accept new and PRISTINE US dollars, and when I say pristine I mean if there is a folded edge or rip you need a microscope to see, they will not take it and tell you it's "broken."</div>
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Here you can see our guide's <i>longyi:</i></div>
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This is outside Aung San Suu Kyi's house where she was under house arrest and still lives. Of course, we didn't really understand this until clarifying later in the van because our guide was a bit hard to understand. We just knew he was hustling us in front of some gate that he seemed to think was important and that we couldn't dawdle in front for too long. Glad it wasn't more nefarious and probably not our finest travel moment given we weren't sure what we were dragging our kids into.</div>
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Kerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01932579302195239396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36634711.post-58337885028927673762014-02-10T03:03:00.000+01:002014-02-10T03:12:28.492+01:00Beaches, Birthdays and the Broncos<div style="text-align: center;">
Can't believe it's Chinese New Year already and my big boy is now ELEVEN. We'll start this post with the good stuff. We celebrated Luc's birthday early before we left for Thailand. I think he was pretty surprised and happy with his John Elway autographed helmet. <span id="goog_159649900"></span></div>
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Working back in time a bit, Kenny made a stop in Colorado on his way to meetings in Florida and was able to go to the AFC Championship game with my sister, brother-in-law, and mom. It was a beautiful day and they all had a great time. Two of Kenny's sisters were also at the game and they were able to tailgate together before going on to win and head to the Super Bowl in two weeks.</div>
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And now for the ugly...the whole reason we went to Phuket was to be guaranteed a good internet connection for the Super Bowl. Other than adding that the bar next door to our hotel hosted a Super Bowl party that Kenny and the boys got up for, that's all I have to say about that morning.</div>
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And the reason the boys love Thailand....lots of beach time, pool time and go kart racing. What more could you ask for? After the awful morning of the Super Bowl we headed to Myanmar and it will take me some time and multiple posts two wade through the photos.</div>
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<span id="goog_159649899"></span>Kerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01932579302195239396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36634711.post-73470635614702290862014-01-07T09:44:00.000+01:002015-04-08T07:10:09.939+02:00Christmas in Colorado 2013<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Had to start with a couple of lead up pictures from here in Beijing. First is one after the boys decorated Christmas cookies and the second is from our early gift opening.</div>
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After a week of keeping quiet about being in Colorado and about a zillion "When are the girls getting here?" it was time for the big reveal when my sister and brother came down to Sterling. We made something up about a new tent in the basement and had the boys jump out of boxes and yell "Surprise!" when they came down the stairs and I think they were.</div>
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Luc flying his new remote controlled airplane with a little help</div>
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Boxer puppies!! Jack said he'd give up all of his Christmas presents in order to keep one.</div>
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Visiting the wildlife sanctuary outside Denver. I learned about this place from a great and sad documentary called The Elephant in the Living Room. Kenny made me surrender my wallet before going in to prevent me from donating the boys' college funds to this wonderful place that I wish didn't have to exist. Luc wants to become a summer volunteer here as soon as he's sixteen and I may tag along.</div>
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First professional hockey game</div>
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Always a sad day when we have to leave family, friends and Colorado, but the long trip home was made a little better with a trip to the cockpit...</div>
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Notice the Champagne bottle he was swigging from on the boys' table. Guess Celebrity Rehab loses another one. That show doesn't have such a great track record. Go figure.</div>
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Jet lag last night. I pushed Dominic all over the house on that desk chair.</div>
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<br />Kerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01932579302195239396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36634711.post-31807809518527589432013-12-08T05:30:00.003+01:002013-12-08T05:30:55.272+01:00School Holiday CelebrationsThis past week the big boys had their Winter Show and Dominic had Winter Cheer. They all did a great job although Dominic decided he didn't want to sing with his class which worked out okay because we could focus our attention on the crowd....specifically the Chinese crowd which (sorry Nugget) was more entertaining than the singing as you'll see from photos below. The big boys' show had an airport theme and it was very cute, and well put together as usual. It's funny because the boys get so much more nervous about it now that they are older. I think they'd opt out given the choice, but they aren't given a choice and it's a good experience for them.<br />
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Decorating cookies at Winter Cheer<br />
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A little heavy on the embellishments<br />
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My personal favorite of the morning....apparently the woman in gray's kid scored a goal during Jingle Bells.</div>
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