Hey there!

I hope you all had a wonderful holiday! I can’t believe it’s 2009 already. I’m really excited to start this year, so many good things ahead! 

I just returned from China and Thailand. I was there for two weeks and had an amazing time. My family and I arrived on the 18th of December in Hong Kong which is a major city in China, its extremely cosmopolitan. We were there for four days discovering the city. On our last day, we took a trip outside the city and climbed 200 stairs arriving at the largest bronze buddhist statue in the world called “Tian Tan”, it was absolutely incredible. I’m very into meditation and buddhism so I was really excited to see that. After Hong Kong, we flew to Bangkok Thailand, I was in heaven! The culture is just so unique and beautiful. Everyone was so kind, we went on these wooden boats up a river called the “river of Kings” one day. I saw woman and children in their broken down huts, weaving, cooking, studying us foreigners. I saw little boys splashing in the water, water that would make us extremely sick if we tasted it. We took the boat to this famous temple called “Temple of the Emerald Buddha” because it houses a small two foot jade statue of Buddha which rests upon a huge golden alter.  The temple is very elaborately decorated with a rich array of colors. This Buddhist temple is also significant in that it is the official royal chapel where the revered Thai royal family goes to perform their religious ceremonies. For the rest of the time we walked around the city of Bangkok, eating different food and getting a taste of this incredible culture. We left bangkok on the 26th and headed to Trang, Thailand. Trang has numerous exotic islands and natural wonders.  Where we were staying, we were able to take a boat to this underwater cave..we swam underneath and it turned into  an inland emerald green lagoon… I would wake up almost every morning @ 6:30 am to do yoga and kayak down this beautiful river. I just LOVE the outdoors..the placidity of the water in the morning, the birds chirpping in the trees, the smell of salt water, fish swimming so calmly. I can’t get enough of the outdoors. At sunset I would take my guitar to the beach, clear my mind, and just play for as long as the sunset lasted. At night a filipino couple sang songs on the beach while everyone ate dinner and the last night I was there, I decided to play as well, it was such a fantastic time. This trip meant so much to me, it’s definitely confirmed my desire to travel. I can’t wait to explore the world, really see what’s out there. I have a strong desire and passion for Africa, I hope to go there sometime soon as well. Helping people is what I want to do most in the world. I hope to go around the world, playing my music and helping as many people as I can. That’s my dream.

Anyway, just wanted to share my trip with you. It will forever be in my heart.

Peace & Love,

Kailin

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