Results tagged “Sushi”

Hi people! I'm now in Japan.

After we got off the plane in Fukuoka, we went to a nice hotel that looked like a giant boat, close to a beach. Once we were settled in, we went to the beach where I flew a cool kite that I bought in Shanghai. Imagine that, me on a beach in Japan!

The next day, I stayed at the hotel with my Mom because I was not feeling well. I felt a little better later on in the day, so I finally went out. First, me, Tyler, my Mom, my Dad, and our tour guide all had sushi together. We even made out own! It was really good and I ate everything with chopsticks. They had a tank of fish with a squid. I got to see the squid squirt black ink.

Hello everyone (or rather, Konnichiwa, which means hello in Japanese). The last time I wrote, I was in China, but now we're in Japan.  

We left Shanghai and arrived in Fukuoka, Japan on a flight that was only 90 minutes. We only had one full day in Fukuoka and we did a lot. The first thing we did was go to a temple and shrine with traditional Japanese rock gardens. It was really quiet there because people were either just walking around or meditating.

Hello everyone. I want to tell you all about the newest adventures from my journey. After the Paralympics, we went to a hotel in Beijing to meet the people who are joining us on the National Geographic Expedition tour. After everyone got acquainted the next morning, we went to a place called the Forbidden City, which was used in ancient times as a place where the emperor and his court lived (picture of his throne to the right).

Later, we went to the outskirts of Beijing to see the Great Wall of China. When we got there, we were followed by local farmers acting as guides. At the end of the tour, they tried to sell us stuff, like books and t-shirts so they could earn some extra money. The part of the wall we walked on was over 500 years old and was built during the Ming Dynasty. It was really huge and curvy and this was just a small part of it. The whole wall is actually thousands of miles long!