Strange to be Home
We were in the airport and we were looking for uncle Jason he said he would be holding up a banner in the airport and we’d have to look out for it we told him that we’d be waving a little Mexican flags and that he would see them and you would shout Dickinson . The…
An amazing pool
When we were in a Valle, we had an amazing time, the people were very nice to us they had an amazing swimming pool that we used to Swim in every day I really really miss it. The cook made really nice food I loved it so much it was delicious a lot of the…
Mexico City The world of Anthropological
We went to an amazing museo with loads of activities. There was this really cool drawing table but you did not move it all, but the table was moving. It was being hung by four cables and you put your pen in a hole and against it and swing it in different angles and you…
Mexico – Pitaya Ranch – spots and stripes
Did you know that horses can’t see out of their eyes forward? So they have to turn their heads sideways to see forwards. Sometimes new horses think that a large object like an umbrella is like a big object and it could scare them, this happened to us on our ride. Did you know that…
Mexico – Oaxaca The hat with feathers
Today we went to a festival and there was a small fair. We all went on two things (the kids went on something), well we went on a trampoline with lots of balls it was fantastic, then we went on a bouncy castle slide it was so cool. After that we went on a walk…
Mexico – Oaxaca – An early Christmas present
When we went to Oaxaca we got to our house and we had an amazing swimming pool. We stayed around doing nothing that evening. We went for a swim but not for very long because it was freezing cold. They had round floats that we played in. It was very fun, when we went inside…
Mexico -San Cristobal – Now I am nearly a cowboy
Please can we take a puppy mummy Now when we went to Rancho Evergreen they had lots of puppies – they were sooo cute!! There was a man caled Sam and he had a daughter Cheyenne. Today we are going to the ranch again but not as many puppyies will be there today. Last time…
Mexico – San Cristobal Doing Sporty Things
Making a dearth maul mask I have been doing a few sporty things in San Cristobal. Me and dad have been going to a Capoeira class and dad is terrible. Our teacher has one really cool plait going down his shoulder and his beard is plaited in three with black hair. Capoira is a mix…
Mexico – San Cristobal de las Casas- Surviving on sweets
In San Cristobal we had two neighbours that were very nice, they were called Anshu and Rammadatta. One day they wanted to take us out to the park because last time we didn’t get to go . When we were walking down the hill, it started to rain, it really did rain. We went into…
San Cristobal – lots of Fleas
Well, we have been in San Cristobal staying in a lovely house with three dogs. I got flea bites and I am itching them right now, while I am writing this blog. Today we are leaving our house and I am quite worried that I will have lost pieces of my lego I got for…
Mexico San Cristobal de las Casas – The Start to a New Year
On my birthday it was a very special day, we woke up and dad started making pancakes and then we went upstairs and opened the presents. I got some lego, a sheath for my knife, a wooden F18 jet fighter, two balls , a jaguar’s head, an art book and much more. After school I…
Mexico Tulum – A Load of Refreshment
When we went to Tulum it was really nice. We hired bicycles. When we first saw our hotel we thought it looked very nice and wondered if we would need another bedroom. 3 days later… We went to the Cenote – it was amazing, it was apselitly fenomenal. It was a big hole in the…
Ecuador – amazon
When we went to see the tarantula hole on the nightwalk first Diego poked a stick down the hole to try and get it to come out but it didn’t budge and then he went to the other one and it still didn’t budge. After the night walk he tried again at both holes and…
Ecuador – a Tribe – Not headshrinkers
As you know my last blog was on the head shrinkers but now it is time for desert… this will not be so horrible but still quite disgusting. First they have to get a piece of tight string and tie it on their willy, because there is a fish that gets into it and can…
Amazon – Recipe of the Jungle
In the Amazon jungle there are two tribes but I will right now tell you about one tribe. This type I like to call head shrinkers. The other tribe I have not thought of a name and I am thinking of it right now while I’m doing my blog. This tribe shrinks heads through a…
Ecuador – The. Amazon – that’s a record!
Dad said to me that just him and me were going to the jungle but then it turned out we were all going to the jungle. But I still think I’m going to like all the parrots and the snakes and sloths and tarantulas, so I think I’m going to like it. Dad said I…
Ecuador – The Galapagos – Waves that suck you in
When we went to the first beach it was very rocky and black and had waves that suck you in. Me and Jemima saw lots of fish – that was good. The next day we went to a different beach and it was a lot more nice, it had white sand, was a lot warmer…
Ecuador the Galapagos – Smelly Iguanas
MARINE IGUANAS Marine iguanas are certainly among the most unusual creatures. When they are diving they can they can travel up to 5 km an hour. They have curved pointed toes and sharp nails to grip onto the rock, when they are mating they transport from black to green and red. If they’re males they can…
Ecuador Cuenca – overlooking windows
One of my dragons My brilliant dragon Not coloured in My house in Cuenca – on April Fools day we made a pretend spider made out of a tree tomato and toothpicks and hung it out of the bathroom to trick Mum and Millie. Then we hid upstairs. And dangled it out if this window…
Ecuador – Vilcabamba
When we went to Vilcabamba we were sitting at breakfast and we had a lovely breakfast colouring in There was this outside toilet! we went horse riding and for the first time in forever we galloped. It was so fun, it felt like we were flying and it was amazing When I went out of…
Ecuador – Cuenca – Boring Homework
When we went to Cuenca we have been having a lot of fun. The only thing that was not fun was the night bus that was not fun. When we got there, we were very tired, because we did not get a good nights sleep because we were on a bus not a bed. Our…
Ecuador – Otavalo – awesome birds
When we went to the condor park there were lots of birds of prey. There was a bird with an orange collar, it was beautiful. I got to hold an American kestrel – I got excited. They did not fly the condor because it would be too dangerous. But we did get to see it…
Ecuador – Snakes Alive
Quito When we went to the VIVARIUM we saw lots of snakes and lizards. It was really exciting, we even saw a Caiman which are little alligators. Dad said we would go to the Amazon Jungle and I was very excited to go. We saw a frog bigger than Dad’s fist – it was astonishing.…
Ecuador – The differences between New Zealand and Ecuador
trying on Rasta wigs Well for a starter the mountains in NZ are a very different shape and size and also we have been in Ecuador now for three weeks and we haven’t swum in any of the rivers and in the first two days in NZ we were swimming in dozens and dozens of rivers!!!! Another…
New Zealand – A lovely home for a Hobbit
When we went to Hobbiton we saw lots of little holes that you can go in, they were really cool. We did not go into Bagend because you were not allowed inside. It looked very nice. I wish we could go inside Bilbo’s and Frodo’s house. It was a lovely home for a Hobbit. You…
New Zealand – I Love Animals
Wellington Zoo Mummy and daddy have gone away for a few days, so Hilary took us to the zoo. When we went to the zoo we saw lots of animals at the reception. There was a real egg it was really cool, it was huge. When we went to the main zoo we saw penguins,…
New Zealand -Sticky Out Tongues
Chiefs When we went to see the Maori we got on a bus and started to drive. When we got there it was very exciting because at the start they did a dance where they stick their tongue at you so you get scared and you are not allowed to laugh because it is rude.…
NZ- Yucky Squid
I went to Te Papa on February 3 2015. I went with Hilary, Jemima, and Millie, because mummy and daddy went and did a walk. I saw a squid. It was at least a couple of meters. It was in a big glass case filled with some kind of liquid to keep it looking alive.…
NZ – Fox Glacier
When we went to the glacier me and dad went to see what was in between the mountain and we saw a huge river of ice. It was very amazing. It was awesome. When the girls woke we went up the mountain to get a better look. They thought it was the best thing in…
NZ – glow worms
We went to see the glow worms. We went on a big boat to go to the place where you see them. When we got there we had to go through a big dark tunnel with lots of sparky flashing lights. The lights were the glow worms. But they were like stars shining in the…
NZ- I’ve got a hole in my foot
When we got to Wannaka, we stayed with a lady called Joss. There wasn’t enough room in the house so we had to sleep in a tent in the garden, which was pretty exciting except when you had to go to the toilet in the middle of the night which was a bit of a…
NZ – Massive Waves
Joint blog: Gabriel and Zebedee Gee When we met up with the Gees we were in Mt Mangonui. When we went to the beach, me and Zeb and Toby built a giant sandcastle. There were some enormous waves that went into the moat and started demolishing the castle. Gabriel’s Dad made a crocodile with teeth of…
New Zealand – A Different Christmas
Bay of Islands When we went to Sarah’s house it was Christmas Eve and we were very excited for tomorrow because it would be Christmas and tonight Santa will come and give us presents. We did not think Santa would come because we were in New Zealand and we live in England and he always…
Cambodia – Carlos and ShortTail
There are two geckos who live here, Carlos and Shorttail. There is one more gecko called Carlita. Carlos and Shortail had a fight when suddenly Carlos bit off Shorttail’s tale. I think because they both wanted Carlita to be their girlfriend. So Carlos had the right to Carlita, well he did win the huge fight! Or…
Cambodia – Chewy pork and pepper sauce
In Siem Reap we went to a hotel with a swimming pool that was really good and it was a really nice temperature, we were playing around which was good fun. When we went swimming Millie’s godmother Shunmay came around and played with us. We had competitions where we stood on people’s shoulders and battled.…
Luang Prabang fun
We went on a bus from Vang Vieng to Luang Prabang. When we got there we had to negotiate a good price for a tuk-tuk to our hotel. When we got to our hotel we found bicycles and rode them round the place – it was super fun. They gave us orange juice that was…
What I like about Nepal
I like Nepal because I got Snicker bars everyday and because Karma was always very kind to us when we went walking. He carved us lots of sticks. He made me a special stick with a lion’s head. One day we were all stuffed because we had so much supper, he came up with a…
Return to Kathmandu
Every morning when we got back to Kathmandu I got up very early to play football on the street with Norbu and Finso, Pronis my new friend and Raisin my new friend. Pronis did speak quite good English. We had a party almost at midnight, dancing to music namely Nicky Ménage, chosen by Millie and…
How sharp knives can get
Some people in Karma’s village were cutting things for their lunch, greens to put in their noodle soup. Dad put an order of making me a knife – we were watching the man make it. It was very, very, very, very, very sharp. Karma made me a cardboard sheath with cardboard and Velcro wrapped around.…
It could be France, it could be Spain but when you see the snowy mountains it could only be Nepal
In the morning I woke up and I found out we were going into the mountains, I was very exited of it,” I can’t wait” I said. “Hey” said Millie. We got into the car and off we went . When we got there we started to play. I enjoy the mountains. We made bows…
Kathmandu
When we arrived in the airport Karma gave us these scarves Sonahm was playing with us with Ati and Norbu in Karma’s house in Kathmandu. After that we found our room and watched TV with everyone and had supper. We had dal baht, the secret of our energy!! The next day it was brothers day…
Zipping zip lines
In Laos we went to a brilliant place called Vang Vieng. We went to the Blue Lagoon where you can do dives off trees and backflips and front flips. We saw how much the zip lining was and the next day we went back and did it. It wasn’t like a normal zip line with…
Tooth falling
In the morning we went to a tea plantation and there was lots of tea, they dried it shredded it, the women were carrying it on their heads in sacks with rope. It was hard work . They only earned £2 a day. It was very interesting. I pulled one tooth out and when I…
Morby and stick heaven
We went to a hotel for lunch we took the dog for a walk with us his name was Morby I was throwing sticks. It was very fun I really enjoyed it. Whenever I lifted up a stick he looked at me. We came to a halt and suddenly had to come back we passed…
Embroidery fun
In the morning it was dark and grey you couldn’t see anything out of the window – all I could see was cloud and mist. Me and Jemima went into the living room to do some embroidery. I am making an embroidery you put your wool on the needle and sew it through the basket,…
Days of Elephant fun
In Mysore we went to a parade to see lots of elephants and dancers and weird strange dressed up people. We went to see a palace which was lit up at night time, we ate candy floss on the way out. We saw the chariot for the elephants from the parade but where were the…
Hampi
On the way to the hotel in Hampi we had a great tuk-tuk race, known as the great tuk-tuk tournament of Hampi. It was girls v boys and obviously the boys won. The great tuk-tuk tournament! In the morning me and Dad woke up very early, it was still dark and we went up the…
Complete Awesomeness
In the morning we woke up but we didn’t have breakfast because we were going on a night train and it was the first night train we were going on it was really exciting! When we got there we were really excited – the people there were really kind and their dogs were lovely but…
Skyscraping record
We flew from from Addis to Dubai and I watched TV on the plane. We went to our flat but I was asleep so mum and dad put me in my bed. Half way through the night my little annoying sister called Millie started kicking me so I moved onto the sofa but I moved…
South Omo Tribes
In the morning we had a play until a man came in and we had to go with him to the south. Our tour guide was called Bek and our driver was called Amde. We went to a tribe where mummy made Injera then we tasted it. After that, I traded all my loom bands…
Hippos and crocodiles
In the morning we went to se the weaving and we were planning to see crocodiles and hippos but we could not go because mum was unfortunately sick so we went the next day instead. The next morning it was very fun. Crocodiles We were in a boat and we saw not one but one…
A once in a life time opportunity
First we got on the plain and took off it was so fun because I watched scooby doo.when we got off the plane we were continuously going up & down the escalator. Next we went to the exit but unfortunetly I fell asleep across trolly it was so funny! Next we went to see our…
Five Go Round The World 