Oneika's Blog – May 2010 Archive (4)

Beijing is an exciting, cosmopolitan city that is vast as it is diverse. There are always a TON of things to do. The five days I spent in Beijing were not enough to scratch the surface of all there is to see and do. ESPECIALLY since I was on a field trip with 130 seventh-graders.



But I'm not complaining. I'm glad that I had the chance to go (and the… Continue

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Destination: Kenya, Tanzania, and Zanzibar during the Christmas break.



Kenya: Two days exploring Nairobi after a harrowing 14 hour flight with a faulty entertainment system. Stayed for two nights in a hotel where we feared getting malaria and slept with mosquito nets on, went to the markets, mentally prepared for what came next.



Tanzania: Started a 7-night camping trip where we had to set up and take down our own tents. Went to the Serengeti and watched a wildebeest… Continue

How do you adequately explain the sheer beauty and immensity of such an epic and historic site? Pictures do not even do it justice. Excuse the lack of blogging, but this past week found me in Beijing, on a field trip with 140 7th graders,… Continue