I am in Beijing. In Beijing people spit out wads of snot and saliva. It is so different and gross. You are walking by somebody and you can hear them collecting the snot and saliva. If you hear the person behind you do that, run away. Another thing that shocked me was that everybody here thinks that blond hair and Caucasian people are freaks. Everywhere you go, people are taking pictures of you. Sometimes they ask to take pictures with you and sometimes they take out their iphones and sneak a picture or 6000.

Yesterday I went to Summer Palace and the Great Wall of China. Summer Palace was very boring. We got a free college tour guide. Our mistake. We went to both places with another family that had a younger daughter and an older brother. They were from Great Britain. The wall was cool. We when to the section called Mutianyu. It was steep and some stairs were a inch deep and some were 2 feet deep. There was a couple taking there wedding photos there, I thought they had the right idea because it was beautiful.

Today I went to Tienanmen Square. The security there is crazy. You get patted down and they check your bag(s). I get it though. If a violent protest started, they have to deal with it.

It was raining today, so that is all we did.

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I am going home tonight! I can’t believe it.

Thank you for reading my blog.

Sincerely,

Best wishes,

From,

MEG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This blog post is going to be like a essay.

The temples that the Khmer people built were built in the 900 AD- 1600 AD. Some of them were called Angkor and some of them were just temples. Angkor meant Holy City. Angkor Wat is the Vatican of temples. It is the biggest temple in the world. I even did some research on that. It was very hot. You were sweating gravy because you ran out of water to sweat.

Bayon Temple was restored in a weird way. The French people took it apart and put it back together with numbers like: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35,
36,37,38,39,40,41,42,43,44,45,46,47,48,49,50,51,52,53,54,55,56,57,58,59,60,61,62,63,64,65,66,
67,68,69,70,71,72,73,74,75,76,77,78,79,80,81,82,83,84,85,86,87,88,89,90,91,92,93,94,95,96,97,
98,99,100 and so on (I said that for you, Mr.Rana). The war against Khmer Rouge and the government happened in the middle of them taking it down so they couldn’t put the rocks back up. The people were forced to make rice. We had to put it all back together. We means the French people.

I went on a scary boat ride and I saw begging children, an orphanage and the Tongle Sap lake.
The begging children had snakes around their necks and the mothers were annoying little jackasses. When you said no, all they heard was keep on going till’ they punch you. After a little while, when they stuck their dirty hand near my face I pretended they weren’t there.

I only have 3-4 days left! I can’t believe it, it has flown by.

The essay part is how I stated only some of the numbers.
I didn’t say it would be a good essay.

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I went on a cruise around Halong Bay, on a Chinese junk boat. The trip was two days and one night. It was so relaxing, fun and beautiful. I met some people on the boat that were Chinese, Kiwi, American, Australian and from Martinique. There were only 18 people on the boat. We went to a island with a cave and a beach. The cave was made of limestone. It was huge and beautiful. The beach was a nice cool-off. It was so hot. The cave was supposed to be “cold”. It was hot. Then we went swimming at the beach. There were so many dead fish. Even though they were small, they were still gross. Some people started picking them up and throwing them. After, we went kayaking around a big island. On one side of the island it was flat and easy to paddle. At the other side the current was strong and not easy to paddle in. The next day we went to a floating school. It looked so dirty and you felt you should help. The school that they didn’t take you to was the school that was in the next building. You know, the school with computers, a new chalkboard and musical instruments.

My cooking class was cool, but kind of boring. We made Hanoi style spring rolls, green papaya salad and stir fry chicken with cashews. That is all to say.

I have a upset tummy today. It sucks. The sad thing is all I ate today was a bowl of wonton soup, bread and fruit.

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My time in Phuket was very uneventful. I got caught in six foot high waves, got burnt so my skin is peeling( it looks like I have vitiligo), I swam in the pool and I also did something very adventurous. Some of you will know this( every person in my family) I put my feet in a tank of Doctor Fish. Doctor Fish are fish that eat the dead skin off your body.It didn’t hurt, it was like somebody was trying to tickle you but not succeeding. Nobody else in my family would try it with me. I’m the youngest!

Now we are in Chiang Mai. It is hotter than Bangkok, but not as humid. With that said, it is uncomfortable.

Today I went to the day market. It has everything: clothes, food, electronics and daily needs. It is very cool seeing how messed-up our fruit at home is. Here it tastes and looks better. At home sometimes the fruit has no taste and next no colour.

When I was trying to get a good picture of sacs of peppers, a local man tapped my on the shoulder and suggested that I took a picture of him. After I did, he gave me and my mom each a half of a roasted yam. It tasted so good. We thanked him and left. That made my day.

Something else I did with my family in Phuket was launched a Chinese lantern. My brother held one side and I held the other side when the seller set it on fire. We let go and it was beautiful. When they came down, it was like you just finished your favourite book or story.

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Here are some pictures for my last post:

I was in Phuket for my birthday on May 4th. During my birthday I got burnt to a crisp in the sun. My shoulders sting like somebody put hot frying pans on them. My face is so red, it looks as though I am a tomato. I did have a lot of fun. We went to the beach, the pool, the sauna and the jacuzzi.

The resort we are staying at is very nice. It is in walking distance of the beach, has a rooftop pool and as I said, a sauna and a jacuzzi.

For dinner I went to Mama Tris. It is a fancy restaurant on the ocean with exceptional food and they give out roses to the ladies at the end of the meal.

At the beach, the waves were so big. When I got caught in a wave, I got flip around and I couldn’t breathe. It was worse than it sounds. It is a horror show when you get caught in any wave. The ocean is warm though. The sauna is herbal scented and very, very hot. Then right after you go in to the jacuzzi and you cool off.

The temperatures in Thailand are very different then in cold, cold Canada. In Canada, we bath in maple syrup, we are all lumberjacks and we say sorry for no reason. (Those are all the Canadian stereotypes). They do none of that here. In Thailand, the temperature is around 35 degrees Celsius. In Canada, the temperature is anywhere from -15 degrees Celsius to 25 degrees Celsius. I have to go put some aloe vera on my shoulders and face. Bye.

I sadly have no pictures right now, I will look to find some and post them later.

My title is very straight forward so let me give you some detail. I went to a fishing village called Aberdeen. When I was there, I went to a floating dim sum restaurant. It was called Jumbo. It was beautiful. All the details, architecture and paint. The paint was all different bright colours. There were different shades of colours; all different shades of yellow, reds and a lot  of gold(only one shade). The dim sum melted in your mouth. It was delicious. When you were sitting down in the restaurant, the waves would make the whole restaurant move with them. That explains the dim sum aspect of the title.

Now I will explain the fish and wet dog aspect of the title together. We went to another fishing village the next day called Sai Kung. It was very different. There were many restaurants, boats and dogs at this one. The boats were full of fish. The way the fishermen would sell the fish is they would have their boat set up under the bridge. When somebody wanted to buy a fish they would go on the bridge and yell to the fisherman witch fish they wanted. Then the fisherman would grab his net with a long rod at the end and put the fish in it, and the customer would grab it. The customer would then put the money in the net and the fisherman would take it. When we were walking down the sidewalk, we saw some dogs. These weren’t any dogs they were colourful, dressed up dogs. Somebody thought it was okay to paint their dog and then paint their other dog. Another person thought it was okay to dress up there dog in a tutu, a shirt and a diaper. Then one other person thought it was okay to take there dog in the water and let it run around. Fish and wet dog as separate smells smell rancid. Imagine them together. It was disgusting. That is all to say about that.

For the sweat and heat part I will be taking those two together. Bangkok is sticky, hot and half a third world city and the other half is skyscrapers. The third world part is the tuk tuks and the small shack restaurants that are so good. If you ever think of coming to Thailand, I suggest you come to Bangkok and take a tuk tuk, and find some really good seafood restaurant that isn’t in a plaza or a skyscraper. The tuk tuks are really fun. If you are afraid, try it once and if you  don’t like it, send me a comment. If you do come to Bangkok, bring light clothes and a sprits bottle so you can cool yourself off.

By the way, my birthday is on Saturday! I can’t wait. I will be in Phuket on a beach.

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