Vietnam- Now I know why no one likes to talk about war. First day I went to the Cu Chi tunnels, and went in the tunnels which were very small and tough to crouch through them in the pitch black. The next day was our trip to Phnom Penh. We went to the killing fields and the genocide camps, both which were very disturbing. On the last night I got the travelers sickness, which is not fun. We went to Angor Wat, which is considered one of the wonders of the world. The story about this place is amazing. It was built around the 7th century and was finished in the 9th century and then they somehow lost the temple because it got overgrown by trees and vegatation. This does not make sense because it is absolutely enormous. They say you could spend a year there and still find new things to look at. It was then discovered about 150 years ago. On our last day in Vietnam we walked around Saigon (ho chi minh city the locals call it Saigon). and bought some gifts and ate at a gross KFC.

China- We landed in Hong Kong but since we have a trip we went directly to the airport. So I spent about 20 minutes in Hong Kong which looked like a very fun place.
We got to Beijing and had tours all day long of temples. We went out to some bars because it was one of the kids birthday. They owner of the bar had the band sing happy birthday for him. The next morning we were on our way to the Great Wall, and it lives up to its name. It was really an unbelievable sight. I climbed up about half way and then stayed there for a while before descending. The wall was unbelievable, it is amazing how they built it. We then went to Summer Garden; which is a beautiful temple right on the waters edge. I got left behind here and had to take an hour and a half cab ride back to the hotel, and it is not too fun with the language barrier. (I guess never go the bathroom exceot at a hotel because its easy to get lost) The next day we went to the telecate warrior museum. This was a sight and an even better story why this was made. They made this to protect the kings tomb and also put a layer of mercury in the ground so no one would break in. There were thousands of clay soldiers underground that also protected his tomb. This one is tough to explain, because you really have to see it. It was amazing, they call it the eight wonder of the world. Outside of the museum a Chinese student came over and talked to me for a while, and he loved Yao Ming, but they all love Yao Ming. The last day we went to Tienanmen square and the forbidden city, which were nice but I think everyone was worn out from sightseeing. These things were also huge, it was the biggest public area in the world. After we went to a market and I stayed outside of it and about 20 Chinese girls came over to me to take pictures of me and talk about the USA. They kept saying “you look like a million bucks.” They were very nice and funny, I was going to go to there university but there was not enough time. They all wanted to know who was my favorite pop star. On the last day of port we went to the markets and then to the Tsing Sao brewery. There were probably 50 SAS kids there and it was two kids’ birthdays. After that place closed we went to a bar down the street were a keg cost 100 yaun. This is about 14 dollars. So we all bought 3 of them. Everyone had a lot of fun and then we were on our way to Japan land.

Japan- This is our first developed country that we are visiting and the only one. The first day we walked around looking for Dice-K gear and we finally found some but it was made really cheap so we did not buy any of it. For dinner we went to an awesome Italian Restaurant because a few of us do not like Japanese food and the restaurant was unbelievable, and the cook spoke English so he was a help. I bought a huge Baileys bottle at a bar and when I was leaving the owner came in and he thought I stole it so he made me go back in and once he found out he bought me a drink. Now Japan has the screaming orgasm and everyone was ordering them. The next day we went to the baseball game which was awesome. We took the trains to the game which was very easy to navigate. At the game everyone has noise makers and they have many chants to yell. They seem to go the positive chants instead of negative against the other teams. At the 7th inning and after they won everyone blows up these huge balloons and than they let them fly away and it is really a sight to see. Tons of fans had huge flags and everyone seemed to enjoy us being at their baseball game. The three of us that went all bought jerseys and the guys jersey that I bought never stepped foot on the field so everyone got a good laugh out of that.
Happy Birthday Pat and Kevin!