Finally in dubai, after 8 hours of flight. I got to see my younger sister after 3 years and looking forward to seeing the rest of my family in a couple of days. To my surprise dubai is not really an islamic place as many people assume, it is just happens to be in the middle east with a large arab population hence the assumption. it took me 2 hours to get out of the airport … [Read more...] about New York in the Desert
Our morning trip involved going to a monkey temple, some of us got to feed the monkeys and go around the temple before heading out for our boat tour of the James bound island. It was definitely exciting but sad at the same time because is our last day. I am definitely glad I had this opportunity to go on a trip like that because I don't think I will get to do something like … [Read more...] about Last night at phuket and for the whole program.
Today is our last day of planned activities in Phuket, is sort of sad that the trip is over. Time flew by quickly, I guess is true what the say; time flies when you are having fun. We have a one hour drive to the pier where we are suppose to board a long tail boat and head to the James bond island, apparently they have so many islands here that are famous because of Hollywood. … [Read more...] about Last day of activities in Phuket:
We are very exhausted from the tour, the swim took a lot out of us most especially Mr Xu who had to help me swim to the island and back to the boat. It was the funniest experience for me in Phuket, I had a life jacket when I got into the water but I still panic and held onto Xiao and Xu so Xu had to go back to get a life jacket so that he can haul me to the island but by the … [Read more...] about Phuket: At night.
Our second day in Phuket; it is such an amazing place. We went on a tour of the island where the movie "the beach" was filmed. It was great but we didn't get the opportunity to get on the island. We went snorkeling, it was exciting for me because I don't know how to swim but I manage to swim to the island with the help of a life jacket and Mr Xu who probably is not happy that I … [Read more...] about Phuket