We landed in Singapore late Friday night. Our driver was waiting for us, so we all hopped in a van and he drove to our hotel. The next morning, we went to the Botanical Gardens. All the plants were so pretty and the weather was just right.
Next, we went to Marina Bay Sands which is a bay with the Merlion, the Marina Bay Sands hotel and a big shopping center. The hotel was beautiful, there were three buildings in a row and it looked like a huge, huge boat was laying across them. 
First, we went to the big shopping center. It was like the future of all the malls in Vancouver. There were some really expensive stores like Versace and Gucci and a little river that went right through the mall. There were people going down the river on little boats. It was so cool! 
After lunch, we went for a walk around the bay, took nice pictures and ate fried ice cream for the second time on this trip. When night fell, we took a lovely boat ride down the Singapore River to see lights. 
They were beautiful because they lit up the entire city. After the boat ride, we went for one more little walk before returning to our hotel to go see the……….Merlion! It was all lit up and so beautiful. 
We took a couple pictures then we went back to the hotel. The next morning, started off with a lazy morning then we decided to go do the Cloud Forest. The trees were so tall and the view from the skywalk was so nice. 
The weather started to turn against us, so we hurried indoors to a dome with a gorgeous waterfall. 
We also learnt about pollution and global warming. 
After watching some upsetting videos about pollution, global warming, plastic and wasting water we suddenly felt that we should make a difference.
Here are some things that we can do to help the earth:
-cut down on plastic and styrofoam that doesn’t biodegrade
-eat less meat and more veggies
-take shorter showers
-turn off lights when your out
-don’t drive when you could walk or bike
After that, we took a subway to the Singapore Night Safari. It was so fun. We got on train that took us around the Zoo. We saw some amazing animals like the White Asian Lion, Malay Tiger, Sloth Bear, Taipir, Asian Elephant, Spotted Hyena, Hippopotamus, and Rhinoceros’. It was cool to see that the animals had a lot of space to run around and only a little fence to keep them in their habitat. After the train ride, we were gonna see a show but we missed it so we just got back on the train and did the entire thing over again. 
After, the night safari we headed back to the apartment. Singapore made me realize what Vancouver could look like if we tried real hard to cut down on plastic and water. Singapore deserves a 10/10!
We finally arrived at the school that my mom had said was our school but no one was there so we kept walking. After walking for about five more minutes we came across a teacher from our real school ( which we still didn’t no where it was ) and she started laughing when we told her we were trying to walk to school because apparently it was 2 miles away. My mom ran to Pali the grocery store and asked for a taxi but ended up getting an old man in a very old car with a broken steering wheel.
The school in Samara was very different from the school in Vancouver, the school in Samara is different because it only has three classes and goes up to sixth grade only. Grade five grade four and six are together, grade three and grade one are together and grade two is by itself. There are only three teachers and a principle. There are a couple subjects like Spanish, French, English, math, natural resources and science. I don’t understand Spanish very much. I like English because we are reading a good book called wonder. I haven’t had French yet. In math we are learning long division which I haven’t learnt yet. In natural resources they are making eco bricks ( which is non recyclable products packed into a bottled and transformed into bricks ). In science we are learning about planets. You bring your own snacks and if you would like you can buy lunch from the school which we do. On the first day three people introduced them selfs and now Anna is friends with two of them. I am friends with another girl, and so is Elise.
Friday was a pro-D day so we went ZIP LINING !!!!!! It was so fun, that afternoon we went boogie boarding in the ocean and the ocean was naturally warm so I also loved that!!!
One Family, One World, One Year 