Hamster babies

The other day my big brother's hamster had five babies.

Nanny and Grandad's visit to Dubai

When my nanny and granddad came over to Dubai we went to a lot of places. First we went to the Madinat and then showed them the Burj Al Arab next to Jumeirah beach.

On another day we went back to the beach and then afterwards drove to the Palm Jumeirah to see the Atlantis hotel. Then on the way to the Marina we saw a car on fire.

At the Marina we ran through the fountains. The water was cold.

On an other day we went and to the Burj Dubai and saw them testing the fountains. They went really high.

Thailand trip, part 2

Here's some more of the things we did in Thailand, when we went out of Bangkok. We went to the Salt Farm at Samhoot Songfram. It was really fun - we watched people collect salt. They make the salt by letting the sea water dry and then after about a week they are left with salt.

We went to another place and saw some people making sugar from coconut flowers at the Orchid Farm in Rachaburi. They make it by boiling the flowers.

Then we went to another place called the Floating Market in Damnoen Saduak. There were lots of shops on water. We went on a small boat and when we wanted to buy something the people in the shops on the water would grab our boat and pull us to their shop.

It was very crowded with shoppers in boats but it was really fun. It was hard to get back to the shore because it was so crowded with boats. At Elephant Village we got to ride on an elephant. If you have a camera the elephant master will get off the elephant and take photos and videos of you. When the rider gets off he sometimes lets you ride on the elephants neck, but my mum did not let me. That wasn't fair because my dad let my big brother ride on the elephants neck for their elephant. I liked riding the elephant because it was very high. For me, this was the best part of the holiday.

We went to Samphran to see more elephants. They played elephant football and all but 2 of the elephants scored a goal. Then they did a pretend battle with the elephants to show how they went into a war with elephants in the old times. They fired pretend canon balls that made a big bang and made real fire. But they didn't hit anybody.

Then we went for lunch at Rose Garden and we went to see a show there. The show was about Thai people and how they lived. First they did traditional Thai music and they also did Thai boxing, which they didn't actually hurt each other in. Then they had a fight with real swords and when the woman's sword got knocked out of her hand she kept slapping the man's face.

Holiday in Bangkok, Thailand, part 1

Holiday in Thailand, Bangkok part 1

We've just got back from a holiday in Bangkok in Thailand. We were there for 6 days and had a great time. We went to lots of different places.

On the day we arrived we went to Jim Thompson's House. It was really fun. First we went to the garden and saw lots of plants. We went on a tour and we got to go in his house. The lady told us about Thai wooden houses not being made with nails, but Jim Thompson made his house with nails.
He came to Thailand in the 2nd World War. She also spoke about Thai people believing that people with long ears live long and healthy lives and people whose ears curve in a certain way at the top being clever.

The next day we went to Wat Arun. Wat means temple. It was very high and big and took over 60 years to build. We went up a very steep staircase and my mum took some photos of me and my little brother, then we went up more stairs and took more photos.We did not climb to the very top because the stairs were very steep. So we went down to the bottom where there were Buddha statues and a place where you could pray with a monk. We didn't do it though.
At last our dad and my big brother came down. He said we were chickens for not going to the top. I said it was because he was taking too long taking photos and I would have come if he didn't take so long.

I liked Wat Arun because we got to climb up lots of stairs, take lots of photos and it was very interesting.

Another day we went to the Grand Palace and looked around. It was very hot that day. We went around and took lots of photos. The Grand Palace is very big. We saw the Emerald Buddha in the temple.On the last day we went to the Snake Farm. The man took out a King Cobra and said it was the longest cobra in the world. Then he asked if anyone wanted to help catch the King Cobra but no one put their hand up. Then he took out two cobras and said they were one of the most venomous snakes in the world. They also had Pit Vipers. After, we went to the mini snake museum.

Camping fun in Dubai

I went camping in the desert yesterday.

On the way to where we were camping we went up loads of big and small sand dunes, the big ones were very steep. There were 6 cars in the convoy.



When we got to the camp we put up our tents and made a big fire. Camels came into our camp. Six camels were near our tent.

In the night I made a sculpture out of dead branches and my friend Matthew thought of making our own fire, so we took some of the grownups fire and lit our one. A few minutes later our fire was doing better then the grownups fire!

At bed time me and my big brother tried to stop going to bed because we were having so much fun.

My second time quad biking

Yesterday we went quad biking in the desert in Dubai with my brother's friend Joseph.

The first time I went up a sand dune I made a sharp turn and came down the sand dune so fast I fell off of the quad bike. The quad bike landed on me! Luckily all the grownups pulled the quad bike off me and I said I wasn't gonna have another go but I did.

I got back on the quad bike and I was much better. I did half a doughnut but my mum wouldn't let me finish it.

After my second go I played Jurassic Park with my brothers. It was really fun but then we had to go home.

The Snow Park in Ski Dubai

On Christmas Day, after we had opened our presents, me and my brothers went Ski Dubai. At Ski Dubai you can have snowboard and ski lessons or you can also go to the Snow Park. It was -1 and very cold.

We went to the Snow Park. We went on the toboggan run. You lie down on a board, the man pushes you and you go through corners very fast.

We also went on the Tube run. You sit on a rubber tube and go very fast spinning down a snow slope. At the bottom you go up a ramp and then back down again and it stops.

We also climbed a snowy wall using a rope. First time my big brother won, second time I won.

Afterwards we were so cold we went to a cafe and drank hot chocholate. I drank strawberry milkshake. And we pulled Christmas crackers.

Camel riding in Bab al Shams

In Bab al Shams, which is a hotel in the desert, I got to hold a falcon. It was very soft to stroke and it had a hood on its head so that it doesn't hurt you when people are holding it.

When it's getting fed they take the hood off and when I went closer the falcon kept swooping past me and flying over my head!

I also got to ride a camel. It was good fun to ride. We were high up and it was bumpy getting down, because first it lowers its front two legs so we were still high in the air and then it lowers its back legs.

In the desert

Yesterday we were going to go to the Dubai Autodrome but it was closed because there was a BAD STORM! So we went into the desert instead. Luckily the storm hadn't reached the desert.

In the desert we drove over the sand, we saw camels and we found two bones. That's me on the right.

The Discovery Centre and aquarium in Dubai Mall

Today I went to Dubai Mall and went to the aquarium and Discovery Centre.

The aquarium has 33,000 animals, it has the largest aquarium window and it has sand tiger sharks , stingrays, giant groupers and loads of big and small fish.

We went into the glass tunnel in the aquarium and saw loads of big sharks and fish surrounding us close up.

In the Discovery centre we saw little sharks, lots of different types of fish, Harbour seals, Humboldt penguins, Jelly fish and piranhas. We also fed fish and stood on the glass viewing platform.
It was very exciting. I liked seeing the seals best. We were very hungry after all that so we had a curry in the food court.