Author: Astrid
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Going on a Dugong-free Dugong dive
8 April 2014- Yesterday we booked a dugong diving day trip for today. We're supposed to leave this morning (after breakfast) and head out on a boat in search of these unusual sea creatures. Here's a link to dugongs on wikipedia. Poor Ava is covered in bumps! We even went to the resort doctor who…
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First Dive on House Reef at Club Paradise
7 April 2014- We arrived at Club Paradise yesterday afternoon. Mark immediately booked us scuba dives for today – one in the morning and another one in the early afternoon. Ava is also going to do a Bubble Maker class (that's for kids under the age of 10 who want to try out scuba diving).…
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Club Paradise here we come!
6 April 2014- Thank goodness we didn't have to get up early on Sunday morning! We arrived waaaaaaaaaaay late at night in Cebu and spent the night at a hotel next to the airport. We got to eat a leisurely breakfast in the hotel and then it was time to head to the airport…
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Heading to Club Paradise in the Philippines
5 April 2014- The girls have one week off from school. Yippee!!! We've decided to do a tropical island vacation – which includes SCUBA DIVING – in the Philippines. The place? Club Paradise. It's located on its own island close to Coron, Palawan. I heard about this place from a German couple who love…
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Changes to the blog
6 May 2014- The girls and I returned from Lanzhou late on Saturday night. I can't wait to post photos of our trip! Sadly I didn't take the Big Camera with me so all my photos were taken with either the iPhone or iPad. We got to see some amazing places and people! Oh…and some…
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mini adventure to Rainbow Mountain
30 April 2014 – Today we're heading out into the Wilds of China. We'll hopefully get to see a place called Rainbow Mountain near Zhangye in Gansu Province. (I'm hoping I got that right). We're not going alone – the girls and I will be in the excellent company of two other expat families.…
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little MuMu
23 March 2014 - Do you remember David and Lynn? They're Mark's co-workers and they helped him build the barrel smoker. (mmm…..just thinking about the smoker reminds me of yummy smoked ribs!!!!) David and Lynn have a sweet baby girl – I believe she was born on 12 August last year. We've met her…
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bake sale cupcakes
21 March 2014- So this morning the PFO (that stands for Parent Faculty Organization) held a bake sale fundraiser. Oh my! You wouldn't believe how the goodies – which parents generously donated – were flying off the table! I tried helping Sam (she's one of the PFO co-chairs this year) but holy schmoly! I…
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yellow house
March 2014 – There are giant boards in one of the school's front entrances that has information on each of the four houses at the school. There are four houses: red, black, white, and yellow. Our family is in the yellow house – we're the Wind Dragons. This year Annika, along with ChaeRin, are the…
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more pottery in Beijing….
11 March 2014 - We – Sam, Frances, Jen & I – went on a shopping excursion to Beijing. We found some goodies (oil paintings!) in the Yashow Market before heading over to Lily's Antiques. I love Lily's but I don't love the exorbinant prices! Fortunately the ENTIRE area around Lily's is chock-full of shops…