Boston- My last day

Today is really and truly my last post. As I walked into my apartment in Boston, I thought about the amazing places I had been and how much I had learned. It had been a wonderful trip. But I was ready to settle back with my life now. Maybe I could get a pet now that I was done traveling. Or maybe I would continue traveling on my own... I don't know.

Note From The Blog Creator and Writer-

I have had a great time blogging on this blog, and I am sad to be done with it. I have learned so many things about many places in the world. I'd like to thank my Dad for giving me this assignment in the first place, to teach me my geography. I learned so much, thank you. Thanks to my readers (if I have any.). With this said, I am going to close my 80 days blog. Please return in the future for information on places all over the world!

Driving Back to Boston

I landed at the Manchester airport, where my car was waiting for me. I grabbed the keys and settled back. My trip around the world was great. I thought about all the amazing things I had seen and learned, and all the interesting places I had been. I just can't believe it went so fast. It seemed like just yesterday that I was leaving Boston for the first time, and going out into the world to search for new things...

But hey, maybe now that I am going back I can get a pet, and settle down with my life... Or maybe I will continue traveling on my own... I don't know. I am sad to say that this is going to be the last post on my blog though.

 My sister is already back from her trip, and I am now back from mine. Goodbye, Eighty Days Blog. You have served me well and taught me a lot about the world. Thank you Dad for giving me this assignment, I have had a lot of fun with it.

Goodbye.

Rushing to the Airport

I woke up, expecting it to be early and to have a whole day to spend in London. But instead, I woke up at 1:00 p.m. with only a half an hour to pack my bags and get over to the airport! I had to eat breakfast first, of course, and my bags were already packed from the night before. But what about transportation? AND WHERE WAS THE CLOSEST AIRPORT?! WHAT AIRPORT WAS MY PLANE LEAVING FROM!? I had thought I would have all of today to figure that out, so I had just randomly bought tickets to a nearby airport.

I hailed a taxi and told the driver to take me to the nearest airport. Once I got to the airport, I hurried to find where my plane was. I found the right platform, just in time to hear that there was a 3 hour delay. Since my hotel was a long drive away, I decided to do some souvenir shopping at a little souvenir store in the airport. I bought a small Union Jack Flag to bring home to Boston with me.

After that, I went to Subway, and then just went back near my platform to wait. I took a 2 hour nap, and awoke just in time to hop on the plane to go back to Boston. I ended up not getting 1st class seats, but at that point, I just wanted a place to sit and relax.

I guess that this time I can't say that I quite enjoyed my visit to London, in fact I'd say I rather disliked it. On my past venture to London, however, I had a great time. It was just due to my waking up late that I did not enjoy myself. That is all for today. Good bye.

Plane to London

My eighty days are almost up and I can't believe it! Today, I left Nairobi by airplane for London, where I will switch planes and from there land in Boston, where my trip will, sadly, end. But I will make a stop in London tomorrow. At the moment, I am in first class, luxury seats on a plane next to NO ONE! It is wonderful. The most annoying thing is that the food cart stops here last. 

I was totally at peace. There were not very many people who could afford to fly luxury, so there was very little noise. I just put my headphones in and fell asleep for about an hour listening to my music. When I woke up, The food cart was just passing by, so I bought a few packs of cookies and a milk carton and settled back with a Harry Potter book. The difference was amazing! Even the bathrooms were cleaner! I actually felt safe SITTING on the toilets this time!

Well, soon it was dark out, and all I could see below me was night lights. Occasionally I could look out my window and look up and see the stars, but below was more entrancing. I had learned to get over my fear of heights. I just needed to tell myself that the pilot was experienced and knew what he was doing. It wasn't like they had a kid behind the plane steering wheel...

Anyway, my plane landed at 1:00 a.m. that night. I was exhausted, and dragged myself into my hotel room. I fell asleep almost automatically. When you stay up till 1 with nothing to do, I am sure that everyone falls asleep easy.

Nairobi, Kenya

Well, I ended up taking an airplane and flying to Nairobi, Kenya. At least I GOT there. I settled into a small hotel with tiny rooms, and since I hate being cramped, I decided to look around for some cool attractions. I went online and searched TripAdvisor, and found the perfect attraction for myself. THE GIRAFFE CENTER!!!! For those of you who don't know, the giraffe is one of my favorite animals.

I decided that my mind was made up, I was definitely going there. I was very excited when I found out that I was allowed to feed the giraffes too! A lot of schools were there on field trips. While I spent an hour feeding one of the giraffes, and enjoyed that, I did not like the fact that there was so much noise and so many people pushing others out of the way. 

The Giraffe Center was also a very small place, so I did not think it was very much worth the high fee to get in. Because of the bad quality, I decided I was not going to spend a single penny on food there. I did get a plush giraffe for a souvenir though. I ended up going to a McDonald's to eat food after the giraffe center.  

To finish up my stay in Nairobi, I went on a safari through Nairobi National Park. I drove my own rented car through the jungle, and ended up seeing tons of Wild African Animals. It started to get dark halfway through my safari, so I left and went back to my hotel. All in all, I had a wonderful stay in Nairobi.

Kampala Uganda

I woke up in a hospital bed, not in my balloon, and at first I was confused. I was sure I had fallen asleep in my balloon basket. Then, a nurse walked in. She said my balloon had been floating in a nearby lake, and that they had rescued me and my items and brought me here for the night. I asked where I was, and let me tell you, when she said UGANDA, I screamed my head off. I had been floating towards Kenya! How the heck had this happened?

The first thing I needed to do was book a good hotel. Since I had crash landed, I decided to blow out some money on a five-star hotel called the Kampala Serena Hotel. It was beautiful there! The swimming pool had clear water, the rooms were gigantic and comfortable, and the beds were magnificent! I think mine was a water bed. I settled in right away.


I decided to stay at the comfortable hotel and read up about where I was online. I searched Kampala on Google and discovered that it was the capital of Uganda. Here is what I found:

 Kampala is the largest city in Uganda, hence making it the capital. The city is divided into five Municipal Divisions headed by mayors that oversee local planning. These include: The Kampala Central Division, The Kawempe Division, The Makindye Division, The Nakawa Division and The Lubaga Division. The city is run jointly by the Executive Director who is appointed by the president and oversees the administrative activities of the city and the Lord Mayor who chairs the Kampala City Council Authority.

I felt like resting. I was a little worried about getting to Kenya the next day. I was slowly running out of money, and since my balloon was gone, I needed to get a job in Kenya!

Day 2, Air Balloon- Drifting towards Kenya

It is day 2 of my balloon expedition! I am still heading towards Kenya, and my balloon has started to descend. It is getting very hot out, I feel like I am going to melt into a puddle at any minute. I ended up sticking my head overboard and dumping a bottle of water over it to cool off. After that, I set up a little pop up tent I had brought with me and stuffed so things in it. I grabbed a book and went into my little tent to relax.

I decided that it was time to take some beautiful photos after an hour of reading. It seemed to get dark fast, and as the sun escaped beneath the clouds, I caught a wonderful picture (not really none of this is real it is my imagination, this photo belongs to someone else.) of the sunset just as it went down. I then switched my camera to night mode, and I got some good night photos.

I knew it was still early, but with it being so dark, I had no idea what to do. I couldn't call anyone or go online as I had no service up in the clouds. I turned on my little electric lamp and read a little of my book. It was a really good book called Tom Sawyer Abroad. In the story, Tom too is up in the air on an adventure. Soon, I got tired and turned off my lamp. I fell asleep easily with only a little moonlight peeking through my tent. As I slept, I slowly descended into Kenya.