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Thie Field Museum

There is a skeleton of a dinosaur named Sue in the Field Museum. Can you tell me what type of dinosaur this is just by looking at her?

Kirby with Sue the Dinosaur

Is that my Great Grandcroc??

The American Girl Place

Kirby also got to meet some new friends at the American Girl Place in downtown Chicago.

Kirby's new friends at American Girl

Lake Michigan at Sunset

Chicago is a pretty city. Kirby hopes he gets to go back again.

Chicago's waterfront

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Kirby getting settled on the plane

Hmm…I wonder how long the flight is from Raleigh to Chicago. You might have to do some digging to find this one.

My view from the window seat

Looking out of the Sears Tower

Good thing Kirby is not afraid of heights! The Sears Tower is the tallest building in the United States. Can you find out how tall it is??

Don't look down!

Wow! Looking down to the tops of buildings.

Looking out of the Sears Tower

Kirby also got to go to the Lincoln Park Zoo where he saw some of his relatives!

Lincoln Park Zoo

Is that my relative under the water?

The nose of my relative!

We’ll post the rest of the pictures in another post. Stay Tuned!

I didn’t get a chance to see the tournament, can you tell me which golfer won and what country he is from? What other facts can you tell me about the Masters?

Here are the pictures Carlyle sent back. Enjoy. – Kyle

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Getting through check-in

Sometimes there can be bad weather at the tournament. If that happens people need to go inside to get out of danger. This sign tells people what to do if bad weather approaches (click the picture to see a larger image).

Patrick & Carlyle at a weather warning sign

Augusta National Golf Course is a big place. You need signs and a map to find your way around.

Don't want to get lost

On the grass at the 1st fairway

Hangin' out at the BIG Scoreboard

Where's Carlyle in the Magnolia Tree?

Patrick and Carlyle at the practice green.

Right next to the 18th green!

As always, Carlyle enjoys the snacks!

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Here we are back in Subic Bay in the Philippines. FedEx has a cargo base here, so we come here often. It was once a U.S. military base.

Kirby in Subic Bay

After Subic Bay, we moved on to Cebu in the southern part of the Philippines. It was a one-hour flight from Subic Bay to Cebu. We stayed in the Shangri La Hotel — one of the best hotels in Cebu. Cebu is an island. Can you find how long it is from north to south?

Kirby with a great view.

The beach at Cebu

From Cebu we moved on to China. We went to the city of Guangzhou in the southern part of China. There sure seemed to be a lot of people there. Can you find out what the population of Guangzhou is?

Kirby at the hotel in Guangzhou

Our journey also took us to Singapore (hmmm…isn’t that the name of one of Sycamore’s busses??). Here are some pictures from that trip:

Kirby in Singapore

There is a lot of construction going on.

Night in Singapore

Flying over Boston

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 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.

Harvard 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.

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.

Widener Library

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

About the Water Pump

Kyle on the Water Pump

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

Clam Chowder

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.

My traveling partner, Mr. Vanterpool

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.

Bangkok from my hotel room.

Bangkok at night

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?

Some scenes from 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?

Kirby in Seoul hotel room.

Playing in the snow outside hotel.

More snow!

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

Kirby's Comfy Seat

Kirby is flying in style

Kirby meets the First Officer

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??

Hong Kong

Double-Decker Bus

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.

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]