I am sorry for not making a post in so long, I have been very busy. I have more posts coming soon. Thanks for reading!
- Lenora
Thursday, February 7, 2019
Jungle Trek in Bukit Lawang
After staying in Panang, we took a plain flight to Medan, Sumatra (Indonesia, Asia, The World). From there we took a four hour drive to Bukit Lawang. (A small jungle town.) Then we did a small walk at night in the pouring rain. We first wrapped all of our bags in plastic. Then we put on ponchos. After that, we walked to a rickety bridge with a lot of broken boards. Under the bridge was a rushing river. When we got to the end, we walked up 5 minutes worth of stairs and we finally go to our bungalows. I thought that was fun, but in a scary way.
Then we went to the restaurant and ate dinner. I had chicken satay and passion fruit juice. My mom had curry and my dad had fish. My meal was good, but the sauce on the satay was not my favorite (it's sweetness did not combine with the satay's savory taste for me).
After that we went to our bungalow. It had three rooms: two bedrooms and one bathroom. Our porch had a hammock and two chairs. The bathroom was pretty because it had rocks on the steps.
The next day we went on a tour of the town. We saw stuff like rice fields, people making brown sugar and people making roofs. The people working at the rice fields were replanting the rice in small groups. I think they do that after a while so the rice plants have more room to grow out. The people making the brown sugar were frying it in a pan, then shaping it into circle molds. It was super sweet! The people making roofs were doing a weaving type technique to make sturdy roofs our of bamboo and leaves. I thought the tour was fun because we got to learn about how different things were made in Bukit Lawang and it was fun to see how different things work compared to America.
We were going to take a cooking class when we got back, but our guide for the tour took us to a restaurant with very filling soup and fried things. We decided to move it to the next day. On that day we just hung out (and did the cooking class).
At the cooking class, a lady made soya sauce chicken for me and chicken rendang for mom and dad. The lady making the food had all the amounts of the ingredients laid out, so we could not really "learn" how to make it, but we kind of got to see what they do. My chicken was good but the soya sauce was sweet! (Again, it was not my favorite with the savory meat.)
That night was going to be the last night in the bungalow before the jungle trek! (Yay!) We were planning to do a two day jungle trek, camping in two spots. My parents said they met our guide the night before. They said he was very nice. We started hiking into the jungle and after a while we came across some other bungalows. There we saw our first monkeys. The people from our bungalows called them "punky monkeys" because they have a big black stripe on their heads. We also passed a monkey with sharp teeth, like very sharp. On the way to our camp, we passed orangutans too! We passed an orangutan named Mina, she had two babies. Mr Wong, our nice guide, said Mina was mean. He was right. We were almost to our camp when Mina started chasing us, looking for food. It was scary! Mr. Wong went back to hold off Mina. We got to the camp site alive though. (Phew!)
The next day we saw monkeys stealing our food! One monkey baby came up to us and started screaming! ( "Back off!") We also saw a baby orangutan that was poking a monitor lizard with a stick! They he went down and grabbed a rock and threw it at the lizard! Then he went pee pee on him! The lizard did not care and neither did the orangutan's mom. We were going to camp at a big river for the last night, but we decided to stay at our little river camp. The rocks at our little river were soft and Mr. Wong carved an orangutan necklace for me out of one!
The next day we hiked up to the big river to go river rafting back to the bungalows. The river rafting was fun, but the waves weren't too big (so big it is not fun anymore).
We stayed at our bungalows for a few more days, then it was time to go to our next place!
lizard
our hut
cows crossing!
rice farming
making brown sugar
punky monkey
MONKEY
orangutan
Then we went to the restaurant and ate dinner. I had chicken satay and passion fruit juice. My mom had curry and my dad had fish. My meal was good, but the sauce on the satay was not my favorite (it's sweetness did not combine with the satay's savory taste for me).
After that we went to our bungalow. It had three rooms: two bedrooms and one bathroom. Our porch had a hammock and two chairs. The bathroom was pretty because it had rocks on the steps.
The next day we went on a tour of the town. We saw stuff like rice fields, people making brown sugar and people making roofs. The people working at the rice fields were replanting the rice in small groups. I think they do that after a while so the rice plants have more room to grow out. The people making the brown sugar were frying it in a pan, then shaping it into circle molds. It was super sweet! The people making roofs were doing a weaving type technique to make sturdy roofs our of bamboo and leaves. I thought the tour was fun because we got to learn about how different things were made in Bukit Lawang and it was fun to see how different things work compared to America.
We were going to take a cooking class when we got back, but our guide for the tour took us to a restaurant with very filling soup and fried things. We decided to move it to the next day. On that day we just hung out (and did the cooking class).
At the cooking class, a lady made soya sauce chicken for me and chicken rendang for mom and dad. The lady making the food had all the amounts of the ingredients laid out, so we could not really "learn" how to make it, but we kind of got to see what they do. My chicken was good but the soya sauce was sweet! (Again, it was not my favorite with the savory meat.)
That night was going to be the last night in the bungalow before the jungle trek! (Yay!) We were planning to do a two day jungle trek, camping in two spots. My parents said they met our guide the night before. They said he was very nice. We started hiking into the jungle and after a while we came across some other bungalows. There we saw our first monkeys. The people from our bungalows called them "punky monkeys" because they have a big black stripe on their heads. We also passed a monkey with sharp teeth, like very sharp. On the way to our camp, we passed orangutans too! We passed an orangutan named Mina, she had two babies. Mr Wong, our nice guide, said Mina was mean. He was right. We were almost to our camp when Mina started chasing us, looking for food. It was scary! Mr. Wong went back to hold off Mina. We got to the camp site alive though. (Phew!)
The next day we saw monkeys stealing our food! One monkey baby came up to us and started screaming! ( "Back off!") We also saw a baby orangutan that was poking a monitor lizard with a stick! They he went down and grabbed a rock and threw it at the lizard! Then he went pee pee on him! The lizard did not care and neither did the orangutan's mom. We were going to camp at a big river for the last night, but we decided to stay at our little river camp. The rocks at our little river were soft and Mr. Wong carved an orangutan necklace for me out of one!
The next day we hiked up to the big river to go river rafting back to the bungalows. The river rafting was fun, but the waves weren't too big (so big it is not fun anymore).
We stayed at our bungalows for a few more days, then it was time to go to our next place!
monkey
frog!!!!!!!
more monkeys
Sunday, December 9, 2018
Malaysia
We stayed at three places in Malaysia. The first place we stayed at had a roof top pool (51 floors up!). This place was in Kuala Lumpur. We stayed there for a week and we did some super fun stuff, like going to a fun science place, going to a bird park and going to some cool caves called the Batu Caves!
The science museum was very fun because you could try out many things, like pumping air to make a bottle shoot up and standing on a pad and feeling what different level earthquakes would feel like. The bird park was great because it was so big and there were peacocks and other birds walking around everywhere. We got to feed some birds and one stood on my head! The Batu Caves were fun because there were cute monkeys everywhere. One of them stole somebody's McDonalds! We went in a dark cave that was very beautiful because there were lots of holes shining light onto the ground.
The second place we went to in Malaysia was Ipoh. The place that we stayed at had a roof top pool also, except this one was on the seventh floor. Ipoh is known for dim sum restaurants. We went to a couple of them. The first one had the best egg tarts! They also had a very yummy thing that they called yam. It tasted nothing like yam, but I think they called it that because the crust might have some yam in it? Anyways, the yam was very good because it had meat and a yummy sauce rapped in bread, chewy on the inside, crunchy on the outside. Another place we went to was a soup and noodle place. I got plain broth with noodles which was not my favorite. In Ipoh they also have lots of cool street art, like how to make and origami dog and kids jumping rope. We went river rafting in Ipoh too.the rapids were soo big!
We stayed in Penang for a week also. We walked down to Cecile Street Market every day. The food there was so good! Most of the days I got a Chinese pancake filled with peanut butter! This was the best (super sweet)! I sometimes also got chicken with rice. It comes with a yummy gravy to put on it! We ate there every day and the people there knew exactly what we were going to get! In Penang, we also went to a yummy restaurant called Mr. Shawerma. The pizza was so good! We also at shawarma, which was also super good! We also got henna in Penang too, a tattoo that lasts a week
I love Malaysia! :D
henna
river rafting
yam and egg tart
batu caves
bird park
roof top pool
The science museum was very fun because you could try out many things, like pumping air to make a bottle shoot up and standing on a pad and feeling what different level earthquakes would feel like. The bird park was great because it was so big and there were peacocks and other birds walking around everywhere. We got to feed some birds and one stood on my head! The Batu Caves were fun because there were cute monkeys everywhere. One of them stole somebody's McDonalds! We went in a dark cave that was very beautiful because there were lots of holes shining light onto the ground.
The second place we went to in Malaysia was Ipoh. The place that we stayed at had a roof top pool also, except this one was on the seventh floor. Ipoh is known for dim sum restaurants. We went to a couple of them. The first one had the best egg tarts! They also had a very yummy thing that they called yam. It tasted nothing like yam, but I think they called it that because the crust might have some yam in it? Anyways, the yam was very good because it had meat and a yummy sauce rapped in bread, chewy on the inside, crunchy on the outside. Another place we went to was a soup and noodle place. I got plain broth with noodles which was not my favorite. In Ipoh they also have lots of cool street art, like how to make and origami dog and kids jumping rope. We went river rafting in Ipoh too.the rapids were soo big!
We stayed in Penang for a week also. We walked down to Cecile Street Market every day. The food there was so good! Most of the days I got a Chinese pancake filled with peanut butter! This was the best (super sweet)! I sometimes also got chicken with rice. It comes with a yummy gravy to put on it! We ate there every day and the people there knew exactly what we were going to get! In Penang, we also went to a yummy restaurant called Mr. Shawerma. The pizza was so good! We also at shawarma, which was also super good! We also got henna in Penang too, a tattoo that lasts a week
I love Malaysia! :D
henna
Monday, November 19, 2018
Taipei (our two houses)
Taipei is a very big city and the capital of Taiwan. It has very good meat sticks, desserts and fruit. It has lots of wonderful parks and the craziest cafes.
So when we got to Taipei, we went straight to a night market. A night market is normally a long road with stands in a big line, kind of like a farmers market, except it has the craziest foods and you can only see it at night. So when we got there we started going around to different stands, trying meat sticks, pancakes and fruit. Some people there were cooking stinky tofu. It was very stinky so we never tried it. We kind of had to try not to smell it. The only problem was it was everywhere. Other people were cooking meat by putting it on a grill and cooking it with a hose type thing that sprayed out fire. It was fun to go the night market because you could be like "Ooh what's that?" "I don't know, let's try it!"
The next day we walked down to the Peace Park, but it was pouring so we just drew pictures under a gazebo. I wish we could have explored the park more because it was so beautiful.
The next day we went to the viewing deck of one of the tallest buildings, Taipei 101. This building was so tall, 101 floors! It stood out from the rest of the buildings by a lot.
The next day we went to the night market again and this time we got a weird peach shave ice that was not my favorite. It was super sweet. Then we played a pachinko type game, where you put in one Taiwan dollar (3 cents) and you try to shoot a ball into a slot. Then you get tickets to pick out toys.
In our next house we stayed at, we went to a cool modern art museum with some very interesting things. (I will show you pictures.)
We also climbed a mountain called Elephant Mountain. The steps were so steep but the view at the top was so good!
Then we went to a park called Daan Forest Park (you say it like Da-an). They had some cool machines where you bike and it pumps water into a river. We also saw a cool bird that walked right by us!
We went to Taipei Zoo. There was a hippo that was scared to go in the water and monkeys that were SOOOO cute! That same day we went on a gondola. We got one with a glass bottom! It was fun because we looked down and saw a bald eagle!
I think Taipei would be a great place to live because there are so many things to do like going to cafes. Taipei is different from Seattle because in Taipei they have night markets and we don't in Seattle.
Night market
peace park
taipei 101
the modern art museum
elephant mountain
daan park
zoo and gondola
So when we got to Taipei, we went straight to a night market. A night market is normally a long road with stands in a big line, kind of like a farmers market, except it has the craziest foods and you can only see it at night. So when we got there we started going around to different stands, trying meat sticks, pancakes and fruit. Some people there were cooking stinky tofu. It was very stinky so we never tried it. We kind of had to try not to smell it. The only problem was it was everywhere. Other people were cooking meat by putting it on a grill and cooking it with a hose type thing that sprayed out fire. It was fun to go the night market because you could be like "Ooh what's that?" "I don't know, let's try it!"
The next day we walked down to the Peace Park, but it was pouring so we just drew pictures under a gazebo. I wish we could have explored the park more because it was so beautiful.
The next day we went to the viewing deck of one of the tallest buildings, Taipei 101. This building was so tall, 101 floors! It stood out from the rest of the buildings by a lot.
The next day we went to the night market again and this time we got a weird peach shave ice that was not my favorite. It was super sweet. Then we played a pachinko type game, where you put in one Taiwan dollar (3 cents) and you try to shoot a ball into a slot. Then you get tickets to pick out toys.
In our next house we stayed at, we went to a cool modern art museum with some very interesting things. (I will show you pictures.)
We also climbed a mountain called Elephant Mountain. The steps were so steep but the view at the top was so good!
Then we went to a park called Daan Forest Park (you say it like Da-an). They had some cool machines where you bike and it pumps water into a river. We also saw a cool bird that walked right by us!
We went to Taipei Zoo. There was a hippo that was scared to go in the water and monkeys that were SOOOO cute! That same day we went on a gondola. We got one with a glass bottom! It was fun because we looked down and saw a bald eagle!
I think Taipei would be a great place to live because there are so many things to do like going to cafes. Taipei is different from Seattle because in Taipei they have night markets and we don't in Seattle.
Night market
Friday, November 9, 2018
Shanghai Disneyland Resort
We went to Disneyland in Shanghai and basically stayed there the whole day. When we got there, we went straight to Tron Light Cycles, a ride where you lay down on a motorcycle and you go on a roller coaster. This ride was a little scary for me because it was fast and it made me feel sick. Then we went on Woody’s Roundup and Slinky Dog Spin, in Toy Story Land, which were kind of boring because they were kiddie rides.
After that we went on the Pirates of the Caribbean ride and that was awesome. On this ride we went on a boat ride that made you feel like you were under water. You went through scenes from the Pirates of the Caribbean movie. I liked it because the scenes were really cool.
Then we went on a ride called Soaring, which is where you sit on a big bouncy seat and you get lifted off the ground. You let your feet dangle over a screen that shows famous places around the world. It was fun because it made me feel like I was really soaring. After that we did Roaring Rapids, where you raft around and go down little drops. I loved this ride because you sometimes got splashed.
Then we did something that was not a ride called Challenge Trails where you get strapped int a harness and you climb mountains and stuff. We got to do this two times. I liked doing it a lot because it made me feel like I was exploring.
Later we went on the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train ride, which was my favorite. This was a roller coaster so I was surprised I liked it. I liked it because it did drops but it didn’t go too fast :D!
The last ride we did was the subway back home.
Disneyland was so fun that I did not want to leave! All the rides (except Tron Light Cycle) were so fun!
After that we went on the Pirates of the Caribbean ride and that was awesome. On this ride we went on a boat ride that made you feel like you were under water. You went through scenes from the Pirates of the Caribbean movie. I liked it because the scenes were really cool.
Then we went on a ride called Soaring, which is where you sit on a big bouncy seat and you get lifted off the ground. You let your feet dangle over a screen that shows famous places around the world. It was fun because it made me feel like I was really soaring. After that we did Roaring Rapids, where you raft around and go down little drops. I loved this ride because you sometimes got splashed.
Then we did something that was not a ride called Challenge Trails where you get strapped int a harness and you climb mountains and stuff. We got to do this two times. I liked doing it a lot because it made me feel like I was exploring.
Later we went on the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train ride, which was my favorite. This was a roller coaster so I was surprised I liked it. I liked it because it did drops but it didn’t go too fast :D!
The last ride we did was the subway back home.
Disneyland was so fun that I did not want to leave! All the rides (except Tron Light Cycle) were so fun!
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| What the tron light cycles looked like |
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| Roaring rapids |
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| Disney castle |
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| Tomorrow land (part of Disneyland) |
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| Pirates of the Caribbean ride |
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| WANTED Jack Sparrow |
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| Challenge trails |
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| Bucket o solders |
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