Kyle the Crocodile

Hi everyone! In between the snowstorms, I took a quick trip to Boston to see Harvard University.

Boston’s Logan Airport is on a piece of land that juts out into the ocean. I had a great view of the city and the ocean when we were getting ready to land.

Here’s a view of one of the busy intersections in Harvard Square:

Harvard University is in Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA. Much of the university is within a fenced-in area known as Harvard Yard. First-year undergrad students live in Harvard Yard, and many of the classrooms and other famous buildings are within the Yard.

There is a big statue of John Harvard, the man whom the university is named after, in Harvard Yard. Here’s a photo of me with John Harvard.

Widener Library is one of the largest libraries in the country. It’s kind of like a museum for books! The lower levels are filled with dusty books that researchers travel from all over the world in order to read. There are lots of books that are one-of-a-kind that are here.

Another fun thing in Harvard Yard is a very old replica of a water pump.

No trip to Boston would be complete without a big bowl of New England clam chowder! Yum.

From Kirby:

We left Seoul, South Korea and made a short stop in Subic Bay in the Philippines. It is 1,466 miles from Seoul to Subic Bay. I am flying with a FedEx pilot, Mr. Vanterpool, and the company has a cargo facility in Subic Bay.

That same night, we flew to Bangkok, Thailand which was another 1,146 miles of flying.

Question: How many total miles did we fly that night?

Bangkok is the capital of Thailand. It is called Krung Thep Maha Nakhon in the Thai language. They call it Krung Thep for short. Bangkok beacme the capital in 1768 and is the world’s 22nd largest city by population with 15 million people.

From Kirby:

Hi! We travled from Hong Kong to Seoul, South Korea, a distance of 1,362 miles. We moved across another time zone so now we are 14 hours ahead of Raleigh. 

Question: If it is 4:00 in the afternoon in Raleigh, what time is it in Seoul?

 

Seoul is the capial of South Korea with a population of 10 million people. The metropolitan area called Seoul National Capital Area includes the cities of Incheon and Gyeonggi-do. The area has a total population of 24.5 million people making it the world’s second largest metropolitan area.

Question: What is the world’s largest metropolitan area?

 

 

 

Next I go to the Philippines and Thailand. Talk to you later!

Love, Kirby

 

Hi all, Kirby Crocodile is now in Asia. He is traveling with a pilot for FedEx, so he will get to see lots of places in Asia. Here are the first pictures from the trip. First, Kirby had to fly from Raleigh to New York, and then he had a long flight from New York to Hong Kong. Here is what Kirby had to say. – Kyle

 

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Well, it was a long trip. It took us 15 1/2 hours to get from New York to Hong Kong. Hong Kong is 13 hours ahead of Raleigh. That means if it 12:00 p.m. in North Carolina (lunch time), it is 1:00 a.m. the next day in Hong Kong. I did have a really comfortable seat on the way over and even got to meet one of the pilots of the Cathy Pacific flight I was on.

 

 

 

After the long flight it was nice to arrive in Hong Kong. It was not a very clear day that day. There is a lot of smog in the city. I got to see one of the double-decker busses that people use to get around the city. Where else do they use double-decker busses??

 

Here’s a question for all of you back at Sycamore Creek: what are the two official languages of Hong Kong?? Hint: one of them sounds pretty familiar.

There will be more pictures to come. I miss everyone back home, but am having a great time.

Hi everyone. Maybe we’ll be back to school tomorrow! In the meantime, here are a lot of pictures of Katie’s trip to Washington, DC to see the inauguration. Thanks to our friends at Worcester Academy for taking Katie. Don’t forget to watch the video conference with Katie in the next post. – Kyle

Students: Did you watch the inauguration? What did you like best about it? What are you thoughts about our new president? Click comments at the top of this post to answer these questions.

[All pictures from Worcester Academy]