This blog is to share some of our learning. We would love your feedback by making comments. To leave a comment all you have to do is click on Comments at the bottom of each blog post.
Hi Everyone,
Then we went to Anaheim which is where Disneyland is. On Monday we went to Universal Studios for the day. Yesterday we hired a limo and went shopping, today we are going back to Disneyland to do all of the new Toy Story rides.
Mini Dylan is having a great time.
After school today Allanah left to spend two days in the North Island leading groups of teachers to show them how we do the things that we do on our blog. Allanah hadn't been to the Nelson airport in while and liked the new sculpture on the wall there.
She flew and Mini-Dylan flew over the Marlborough Sounds on the way to Wellington. It was a beautiful day for flying and Allanah was happy that Mini-Dylan decided to come too to keep her company.
Next stop that day was Orana Wildlife Park and I got to look at the lions and the giraffes, one was really grumpy and Amy fed the baby. Lisa wouldn’t let me go up to the giraffes; she was worried that I would get eaten.
The next day was Monday and we went shopping at one of the malls and tank driving at Tanks for Everything. We were allowed to climb all over the tanks and inside them too.
This one to the left is called the Ferret and it’s a 4x4 scout car. This one on the right is called the Hagglunds BV206 and it can go on land or water. You can use it for lots of different things it can go anywhere.
We went to the Canterbury Museum. Here is one big dinosaur; can you see me by its foot? We got to touch it. It was plastic.
Next I went in a gondola. At the top we got off and went into the time tunnel ride experience, that took us though the history of Christchurch. It was a lot of fun.
On our last day in Christchurch we stopped at Willowbank before heading to Hanmer Springs. We saw lots of different animals that we could feed and pet.
Yes I was worried that the horse was going eat me but Lisa had a good hold on me.
Here I am in a Maori whare. Can you see me in the window?
Vincent didn’t like this swan, it bit him.
After visiting Christchurb we were off to Hanmer Springs. Wow what a place, lots of thermal pools and spas to play in. Just what I needed after a busy time in Christchurch.
Mostly in Hanmer we just played in the pools but we stop for a short time for a game of mini-golf. I had a great time on holiday; I got to see lots of wonderful things.
A big thank you to Amy and her family for giving me such a great holiday.
The Big Banana visit couldn’t come quick enough on Saturday morning. The Big Banana is an amusement park centred on a real banana plantation.
The Grand Palace of Bangkok is a place of wonder and beauty. Mini-Dylan had never seen anything so intricate and ancient in all his travels.
The palace had heaps of stunning statues and symbols to celebrate and remember the life of the Buddha. Each statue was covered in mosaics of ceramic or gold.
Thailand is close to China and some of the statues came from there.
Although it was busy the place wasn't too crowded with too many other tourists.
Mini-Dylan made friends with one of the palace guards.
Miss K thought this tree was stunning- look how carefully it had been trimmed.
Mini-Dylan was more interested in playing.
The whole day was an excellent way to end our stay in Thailand. Time to go home to New Zealand and get ready for a new school year. See you there!
Mini-Dylan and I are enjoying looking around Bangkok which is the capital city of Thailand.
We had tea at a river tree restaurant just as the sun was setting. It was very beautiful.
Yesterday we went to the Siam Oceanworld Aquarium which was really great. Mini-Dylan thought the shrimp was the one from Finding Nemo.
They had a really huge aquarium that was 5m deep and full of beautiful fish.
These creatures are water rats. They were about the size of a very big cat.
You can see the look on Mini-Dylan's face- he was a bit worried that the shark might have him for breakfast!
Tomorrow we are going to have a look around some Bangkok temples. More photos to come.
As the title of this blog post suggests this was our last day in England and thought we had better go and see a museum- but which one?? The Natural Science Museum was my best pick because of the really big dinosaur bones they have there.
And they even had a nest of dinosaur eggs for us to look at.
Some of the skeletons were huge. This one is a herbivore- eating only leaves and veggies.
This one had Mini-Dylan worried and he was grateful that it was only a model- not the real thing. Look at all those huge teeth!
Quite safe with this display though as it was as dead as a dodo! LOL.
After the museum Miss K took the underground train to Westminister Abbey and the Big Ben clock to catch a ride on a river boat down the Thames to Greenwich where time and latitude begins.
This is the top of St Paul's Cathedral which is very beautiful and really old. You can also see the sides of the Millenium walking bridge which was built in 2000.
We got off the boat at Greenwich and Miss K was keen to stop off at this pub. I wonder why??
Here is Mini-Dylan at Greenwich. Greenwich is the place with the interenational date line is excatly 12 hours apart from New Zealand time.
And here is the exact place where the lines of latitude start. You can actually see the red line exactly O° O° O° .
By the time we got back it was getting dark and time for one last photo of this huge ferris wheel type thing called the London Eye where you can go up high and get a great view of the city.
Farewell everyone- thanks for your friendship- next stop Bangkok on the way home.
Posts
All Comments
