Road Trip

This is likely going to be a short blog entry because the internet here is pretty sporadic and I keep having to do some pretty strange contortions in order to find the one spot in the room that gets Wifi. I already got booted once and lost everything which is pretty annoying. I'm staying in a hotel that is very old and has very thick stone walls which makes everything echo except for the wireless signal. The rooms were traditionally cooled by a wind tunnel system on the roof but they have recently installed air conditioners as well. I'm suffering from some Facebook and Blog withdrawal but thanks to my brother and sister hopefully the message is getting through. At least the Yankees website is available so at least I can follow the score of the game.

We visited a place today that all the tourists love although Alexander wasn't too fond of it. I guess it wasn't a hot enough attraction for him. After that, we visited a place where a lot of Kings hang out but it was pretty dead today. Finally, it was on to our big road trip. It was a four of five hour trip but we stopped a few times to see a big refrigerator, a really old tree and a mountain that looks like a bird. We also thought we saw a lake but we were mistaken.

The hotel we are in for the next two nights has beautiful gardens and an outdoor restaurant where we had dinner tonight. I finally met some other tourists for the first time since I have been traveling - a family from China. They spoke some English so we were able to chat a bit over dinner. There were some stray cats that kept jumping up on the table during dinner which was a little freaky! There are also some very large parakeets that live in the garden and we all know how I feel about birds! The food here is pretty good although it's starting to get a little repetitive but hey, I'm not that adventurous anyway.