Travels

Almost home

obsidian — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 16:19:00 GMT

hello faithful followers! We have been having alot of fun and as you can see haven't written so much. The internet here is dreadfully slow and we have been very active. I have a bunch of new photos to send but need to find a faster connection to do it. Let's see...

We took a day cruise to an island off of Bali, just obsidian and mom. There were dolphins in the water which we always like to see. The dock had a waterslide into the ocean and a ocean spa with jets spraying water on your tired back. There was a buffet and lots of japanese tourists to share with. We went on a submarine and also snorkelling. It was sooo beautiful. The small island was rustic and we had a blast.

We also went to Bali Bird Park ans Rimba Reptile House. The highlight was seeing REAL komodo dragons. They are huge!! Bigger than humans and ferocious!! Obsidian was in shock for days at the size of them. We have iguanas at home but this was really big.

Well, a few more beach days left an then we are back to Seattle for a week. Keep in touch.

Love, us

the mountains

obsidian — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:41:00 GMT

hi again. You can see our new photo album from the rice paddies in the center of the island. we are going back to the beach tomorrow. We are having so much fun. I saw my friend sean he is so cool. he likes skateboarding like me but I know some more tricks. we used to live together but we don't remember because we were 1 yr and 2 yrs old. he is 9 now and I am 8. My mom took us on a bike tour in the villages with me and sean and mom. It was sooo cool. First we went to a volcano and you could see the crater. We ate a breakfast buffet there. then we went to a coffee farm. they make a kind of coffee where a cat called a civet eats the coffee fruit, and then poops it out. Then they clean off the poop and get the coffee bean. Then they sell it as coffee and it cost $100 a kilo which is the most expensive coffee in the world. We saw the civets and they love all kinds of fruit. At the farm they had a cinnamon tree, a vanilla tree, a coffee tree, a chocolate tree, a snake fruit tree, and so much more that I forget. We tried coffee, ginseng coffee which is good for men, lemongrass tea (my favorite), ginger tea, and fresh hot chocolate. Then we got on the bikes and rode through so many places. It was mostly downhill. Everybody came out and the kids said hello, hello, hello, everywhere. We learned about rice. they have old rice which is tall and new rice which is short. We walked in the rice paddy. we learned about a bali holiday called gulangen. It was yesterday. Everything was closed and everybody was celebrating. It is a holiday about the good spirit winning over the bad spirit. My mom said she hopes my good spirit wins over my bad spirit. Then we went to a real balinese family house and ate a big lunch. I could eat anything I wanted. I like sate which is meat on a stick. Also rice. I tried duck too it was good. My friend sean ate the most sate sticks. They had a pet fruit bat there too and we fed it carrots and passionfruit. It was hanging upsidedown all the time.

The next day we went to a place called treetops with my dad and his girlfriend juli and my mom. I like juli a lot. she is the principal of a school here. She is from australia. At treetops my dad and I did an adventure course in the trees. There was ziplines and tightropes, and nets and swinging like tarzan. All the people thought I was so brave because I wasn't afraid even of the hardest course. You learned how to hook your harness onto everyting and you have to stay hooked all the time never unhooked. You have two hooks and if you want to change wires you only unhook one and then hook it to the new challenge. Then you unhook the other one and hook it together on the new wire. I liked to learn about that.

ok, bye and I will tell my mom to put the pictures soon.

Gallery: biking in the rice paddies

obsidian — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:50:00 GMT

from the mom

obsidian — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 11:00:00 GMT

thank you everyone who has been replying to obsidian, he likes to hear from you! Today he went to Bali Safari with his dad and I am shopping for my mexico store.

It has not been the easiest to vacation with my ex-husband. Obsidian doesn't want to go anywhere without me, and Ino's girlfriend doesn't want Ino to have anything to do with me, especially if she is not there. Even when she is there she doesn't want me to join them. I have tried talking to her and hopefully she will relax. Tomorrow the 3 of them are going to the water slides and I am on my own again. I will send pictures again soon.

On another note, it is so beautiful here. The other day I went to the spa for 3 hours and had a massage, facial, traditional spice body scrub, and rose petal bath with ginger tea for $25!!! Yesterday my pedicure cost $5. So I really can't complain because I am relaxing just fine!!

Gallery: Bali

obsidian — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 12:13:00 GMT

first days

Safe in Bali!!

obsidian — Sat, 9 Aug 2008 00:13:00 GMT

hello everybody! Me and my mom are here in Bali. It is hot like mexico and very crowded because it is high season. We flew for 12 hours from Seattle to Taiwan first. I liked taiwan and we ate beef noodles in soup there. There is a picture of me in the airport. It was so fancy and mom wouldn't buy me anything and it was a little boring waiting to leave again. Then we got on the airplane and guess what? We sat in first class!! We don't know how but it was sooo nice. We were a king and queen. You can see a picture of me in first class. I had my own TV with Nintendo games but no movies. That ok for me!! The seat laid down all the way and my mom took a nap and I could still go to the bathroom without waking her because there was so much room. Then we landed in Bali and i saw my dad again. He keeps kissing me all the time. He got us a REALLY nice villa. It has a bathtub, DVD, kitchen, big bed, a closet room, and a garden. Next door is a swimming pool. We ride all around on papi's motorcycle and he is teaching me to drive it. My other grandma came from a different island and she hugged me and was crying. And my cousin came too and we swam in the pool together. I like it here but it is better in Mexico. We went to a beach with really big waves and my mom was scared but I had so much fun. Yesterday I bought a surfboard and went surfing. It is shallow so my mom can walk out with me and I can catch small waves. The waves here are bigger than sayulita. Soon we are going to the mountains. Today we are just going to the beach for some more surfing. I am learning some indonesian language like selamat pagi: good morning. The food is really different and sometimes I like it but not everything. They eat chicken feet!!!

ok, thanks for your letters.

Love Obsidian and Mom

Gallery: game center

obsidian — Sat, 2 Aug 2008 06:19:00 GMT

cool pictures

Gallery: olympia washington

obsidian — Sat, 2 Aug 2008 06:01:00 GMT

my favorite characters

obsidian — Sat, 2 Aug 2008 05:58:00 GMT

these are my favorite pictures of Nintendo game characters. Do you like nintendo? Well I do. my name is nintendo man.

new pictures!

obsidian — Sat, 2 Aug 2008 05:33:00 GMT

Tomorrow I'm going to see my dad. We are going to the fair tonight. Check out my new pictures in my photo gallery. Bye

Summer Camp

obsidian — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 10:45:00 GMT

Today I went to summer day camp. It was ok. We learned about how acid melts things and we made a lake. Mostly we played at the playground 3 times and my favorite part was going to the gym. i am still in Olympia WA and tonight I am going to a roller skating birthday at Skateland. I never did that before. Tomorrow we are going bowling and I never did that either. See you soon. I will send some pictures soon, ok

Travel in the USA

obsidian — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 10:38:00 GMT

Hi everybody this is obsidian with my mom helping me out on the typing. We are in Olympia WA right now visiting old friends of my mom's. the good thing is they have kids so I am not bored. Sam is my friends' name and he has lots of video games and a trampoline. We are leaving for Bali in 5 days. I can't wait to see my dad there. But did you know the airplane takes 19 hours? My mom is worried about that because I am good at bugging her when I'm bored. Please write back! Bye, Obsidian