✒️Tuk Tuk 🚲😄 툭툭

Some days when its just too hot to walk to wherever we're going, we can take a tuk tuk. A tuk tuk is kind of a taxi that is a motorcycle with a cart on back for riding in. It's called a 'tuk tuk' because when you ride in it the cart rattles and it sounds like "tuk tuk tuk tuk tuk".

너무 더워서 걷기가 힘들면 툭툭을 탈 수 있습니다. 툭툭은 오토바이에 카트를 달아 사람들을 태울 수 있게 만든 택시같은 겁니다. 툭툭이라 부르는 이유는 탈 때 카트가 흔들리며 내는 "툭툭툭툭" 소리를 흉내낸 것입니다.

Daddy, the tuk tuk driver and the tuk tuk after our ride.

우리가 내린 후에 아빠 툭툭 운전사와 툭툭이.

On my way to Luang Probang! 루앙프라방으로

Sorry I haven't been writing much, but now here's a new post so I hope you're satisfied! 

요즘 블로그를 많이 쓰지 못해 죄송합니다만 여기 새로운 포스트가 있으니 만족하시기 바랍니다.

Today we are going to Laos, a country near Vietnam and Thailand. If you want to know EXACTLY where Laos is, you should try searching for a map on Google. 

오늘 우리는 베트남과 타일랜드의 이웃인 라오스라는 나라로 갑니다. 라오스가 정확히 어디에 있는지 알고 싶으시다면 구글지도에서 찾아보시기 바랍니다. 

     The time we got on the plane:(Korean time) 6:50 pm. The time we'll get off the plane:(Korean time) 1:00 am. Because we arrived so late we stayed one night in Vientiane, the capital of Laos. Then the next day we flew to Luang Prabang where we will stay for the rest of the trip.

비행기를 탄 시간: 한국 시간 오후 6:50. 비행기 내린 시간: 한국 시간 새벽 1:00. 너무 늦게 도착했기 때문에 라오스의 수도인 비엔티엥에서 한 밤을 보냈습니다. 그 다음 날에 여정의 나머지 날들을 보낼 루앙프라방으로 비행기를 타고 갔습니다.

     Daddy is going to Laos to help at the newly opened Lao Friends Hospital For Children, and mommy Jina and me are going to Laos to visit for fun. We'll be here for about three weeks, and daddy will be here for a bit longer than a month .

아빠는 새로 생긴 "리오 친구들 어린이 병원"을 도우러 가시고 엄마, 진아와 나는 여행을 갑니다. 우리는 삼주정도 있을 예정이고 아빠는 한달 좀 넘게 계실 예정입니다.

    But now you'll start getting bored, so on to the good stuff. BRING ON THE PICTURES!!!!!!!!

그런데 독자들께서 심심해지기 시작할 것 같으니 재미있는 걸 보여드리겠습니다. 사진이요!!!!!!!

The view flying in to Luang Probang... 

루앙프라방으로 날아 가는 비행기에서 본 풍경....

When the clouds cleared enough we could see the beautiful hills,valleys, and forests of the mountain-y area.

구름이 없어졌을 때 아름다운 언덕, 골짜기와 산의 숲을 볼 수 있었습니다.

My sort-of-dinner on the airplane. It consists of:

비행기안에서 먹은 저녁밥 비스끄레한 것은 다음과 같이 구성되어 있습니다.

Strawberry yoghurt,

딸기요거트,

Sam gahk kim bab, a Korean food made of rice wrapped in seaweed, with other things added inside. Mine is tuna and mayonnaise. 

김으로 밥을 싸고 여러가지를 안에 넣은 삼각김밥. 제 것은 참치와 마요네즈가 들어 있습니다.

A banana (no explanation needed here, I think)

바나나 (제 생각엔 특별한 설명이 필요 없을걸 같습니다)

And some green tea. (And a wet cloth to clean your hands, Korean-style)

그리고 녹차. (그리고 손을 닦기 위한 젖은 휴지, 한국스타일입니다)

✒️The Market (시장)🍱🍣🐡

Today we went to the market. The market's name is kuromon market. It means black gate market because there used to be a temple with a black gate in the spot where they built it. Inside there are a lot of shops and Sushi restaurants. My mom wanted to go eat Sushi at a restaurant she heard about so first we went there.

오늘 시장에 갔는데 시장 이름은 구로몬 시장 (黒門市場) 입니다. 까만 문이 달린 사원이 있던 장소에 시장을 지었기 때문에 구루몬 시장이라는 이름이 붙었다 합니다. 엄마가 들은 적이 있는 수시 레스토랑에 먼저 갔습니다.

This is what the Sushi looked like.

그 수시가 이렇게 생겼어요.

The first few bites

처음의 몇 입.

Puffer fish

After we ate all the sushi, it was time to explore the market. After awhile, we passed a puffer fish restaurant. My dad told me that puffer fish are poisonous so you need a special license to cook them, and when they're cooked right there's just enough poison to make your tongue tingle.

수시를 다 먹고 시장을 탐방할 시간이었습니다. 얼마 후 복어식당을 지났어요.  아빠가 말씀하시기를 복어는 독성이 있어서 특별한 자격증이 있어야 요리를 할 수 있고, 요리를 잘 했다면 적당한 독성이 남아 혀를 간지럽힌다고 합니다.

This is  the puffer fish tank. Jina wanted the puffer fish to puff up, but the fish didn't think Jina was scary enough. Some of the fish cost almost $300!!!

이것은 복어 탱크입니다. 진아가 복어를 부풀어 오르게 하고 싶어했으나 복어는 진아가 무섭다고 생각하지 않았어요. 어떤 복어는 거의 미화 300불 가까이 했어요!

Hey, this isn't a real puffer fish! And why did it eat my foot?!!!!!!!

이보세요, 이건 진짜 복어가 아니라고요! 그리고 왜 내 발을 먹었죠?!!

            😝

✒️Subway Surfing. 🚈🏄🇰🇷

Today we are going to the science museum. The museum is too far away for us to walk to, so we are riding on the subway. Before we got on the subway, my mom got my sister Jina and me T-Money transit cards at a little shop.

You just hold the card next to a card reader on the bus or subway and it takes money from the card. You can add more money at little machines in the subway or at stores like Seven-Eleven. We have our own discounted kids' cards.

This is me with my new card. You can click on it to get a closer look.

Then we took a bus to the subway station. The bus was my first chance to use my new card. At the station we went down a set of stairs to get to the underground tracks.

This is my sister Jina and me on the stairs.

Then we found a row of little card gates. At the card gate, we swiped our cards. The card reader knew that we were transferring from the bus, so it didn't charge us extra! 

The row of gates.

My sister swipes her card at the gates.

Next we examined the map so we knew where we were going. 

This is the map. We started at the very bottom of the blue line on the right.

Then, the subway train came and we rode for about half an hour .
The train fills up with people fast! When we got on the train was almost full.

The train can get so full that there is barely even room to stand. you are lucky if you can get a seat when the train car is that full.

Eventually, it emptied and we were some of the only people riding. It took awhile, but we finally got to the Science Museum. We swiped our cards as we left the gates and began to explore.

The Two Plane Rides

Helloooo. I don't really know how to start and I have a lot to say, so I suppose I'll just begin by telling you about the plane ride.🚥✈

On the night before the flights, we drove to Vancouver, Canada and slept at a hotel. once we were at the hotel, we met up with some of our friends, Frank, Jiasong, and Taiming. Jina, Taiming, and I cracked ourselves up for about 5 minutes before we went to eat dinner. We got quite the workout when we ran back and forth and back and forth trying to decide where to eat. In the end, we narrowed it down to two restaurants. The one we chose closed right as we walked up to the door. The other restaurant was actually really delicious. After stuffing ourselves with Chinese food we returned to the hotel where Jina, Taiming, and I cracked ourselves up watching news reporters fall over because of the extreme weather. By the time we got to bed it was around 12:00.

The next day we got up at 5:30 AM and dragged ourselves to the airport.

Breakfast in Vancouver Airport.

You can't tell, but my paper bag has a blueberry muffin in it. Jina ate a plain bagel with cream cheese in it. (this has nothing much to do with this entry, but I just noticed: the word 'cheese' is half Es. Anyway....) we rode two planes. the first was from Vancouver and went to Seattle. then from Seattle we went to Korea. the first plane had a (gasp) bronco design on it, but the flight attendant had a '12th man' necklace. Strange.

A plane Like the one we flew on (minus the Bronco's logo)

We actually flew from Vancouver to Seattle before going to Korea. My parents said it was way cheaper than just flying from Seattle. I am as confused as you are...

The 'sort of subway' connecting the terminals in the Seattle Airport. Lots of whooshing

We waited forever. I thought I would never get to Korea. Finally we got on the plane.

The route we took (in Korean) from the plane's entertainment thingy. The plane is still on the ground in Seattle

The view. It looks like you could jump down and sleep on the clouds all night long.

The flight was really long. At least they had free toothbrushes...

I learned how easy it is to save the environment.... OK, writing on the airplane toothbrush case. 

After flying for 11 hours, we finally arrived. 

Zombie-walking off the plane into Korea. My legs are sore. 

Now it's getting kind of late, so I think its time for bed. It is probably around 4 AM at home. Well, good night.

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Vietnamese ferry boat

It carries people with their bikes and motorcycles, not cars!

On the boat, Halong Bay, Vietnam.

Flying

Here we are on the airplane. I'm in the back row with my mom. It was pretty comfy for kids. Each seat had it's own TV for movies and games. 

I also read a book.

 We saw Mount Rainier out the window of the airplane.

 Here is the plane we flew on, through the window in the airport in Korea.

When we landed it was nighttime in Korea, but morning in America! I was very sleepy.

Noodles in the airport

These are the noodles we ate while we were waiting for the plane in Seattle. I felt like we were in the car all morning. Good thing I have books and things to color.