I was very excited to visit a country called Vanuatu. which is an island nation in the South Pacific. Shane told me that it used to be called New Hebrides before independence in 1980, and that power for the country before independence was shared by two governments – United Kingdom and France! We visited Tanna […]
This was one of the most interesting places I have ever visited! It is called Langa Langa Lagoon on Malaita in the Solomon Islands. We arrived on Busu Island in Langa Langa Lagoon after a lovely 45 minute boat ride – many people waved to us when they saw Shane and me in the boat. […]
Shane and I flew to Port Moresby, the capital of Papua New Guinea. We only visited for two full days, so did not see much, but we did visit some interesting shops. In one of the shops I saw the Papua New Guinea flag, it is very colourful! One part is black with the Southern […]
We had three more places to visit before finishing our holiday in Myanmar. The first was Mount Kyaiktiyo, where the famous Golden Rock is found. We took a long bus ride, then a rough lorry ride and finally we hiked up the steep hill for almost an hour. It was very warm, but we were […]
After a happy time hiking, we traveled to Inle Lake. This is a very large lake where people still live and work as they have done for hundreds of years. We arrived at the lake and we went into a long, narrow boat with a very noisy motor! It was a very exciting boat ride. […]
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After seeing many temples in Bagan, we rode a very slow train to Mandalay – the train took eight hours to travel only 200 kilometres (125 miles) across flat land! The train stopped in many stations where people sold food and drink through the windows of the train. I even bought something to eat! Mandalay […]
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Myanmar is a country that used to be called Burma. We had to get a visa before we arrived, so we did this in Thailand. A visa is a pass that allows a frog or person to travel to a country. It was the first time I had to visit an embassy to apply for […]
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I visited a very special place in Thailand. It is called Elephant’s World and was started in 2008 by a man called Dr. Samart Prasitphol. He is a veterinarian and livestock officer of the Kanchanaburi Province. He wanted to start a safe place for unwanted or old elephants who used to work for a living […]
It was time for me to visit another new place – the Republic of China, also known as Taiwan. Shane lived and worked in Taipei (the capital of Taiwan) for four months during 2006, so this was his first visit in five years! Shane told me that Taiwan used to be called “Formosa” (meaning “Beautiful […]
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We travelled to a place called Seoraksan National Park which has some of the most beautiful mountains in all of Korea. When driving there we stopped at a place and I had a nice talk with a Korean frog whose eyes were large like mine! We arrived in Seoraksan and found a cute sign at […]
