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On March 25, Cathie and I went to Animal Kingdom.  This was a pretty spectacular tree.  They have many different animals carved into the trunk.  We watched some African music performers.  A very beautiful Hawk  Have you seen a blue frog? I hadn't till the Animal Kingdom. Rafiki What an interesting looking animal.  I think I understand now

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On March 24, Cathie and I went to the Epcot Center. Cathie had been before but it was my first time. I really liked the Epcot Center.  A couple of hidden ducks.  It was a cloudy and rainy day at the Epcot Center.  I loved the topiary at the Epcot Center.  "To infinity and beyond." There were a lot of fun topiary images.   Mater is my favorite from

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March 22nd-24th 3 super great friends and myself spent the weekend in Orlando Florida at Disney World.  Cathie Ballif, me, Jodi Cantrell, Carri Hulet Our first day of adventures was at Magic Kingdom.  Exploring Swiss Family Robinson's Tree House. We went on a river safari ride and it was great. Our boat guide was hilarious.  Very pretty waterfall. Then we

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This is our taxi ride to go on our Elephant riding trek. We were the first to be picked up and by the time we got there it was full.   city road in Phuket.  This was a beautiful area.  More Elephant topiary.  When we got there we got to watch them fasten up the seats on the elephants. It was amazing to me to watch the driver fasten the chair atop the elephant

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Karon View Point Sea Hawks I loved the bright red bush with the view of the ocean in the background.  We were able to see Big Buddha from the view point.  The Male elephant of the heard. Look at those tusks.  We went to an orchid garden.   They were very pretty.  Chained Parrot Chained Monkey This is at

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When Joanna and I got to our hotel we were shocked when we saw our room. We paid $50 a night for this nice little room. King size bead and our towels set up to resemble swans.  The view from our balcony.  Our bathroom, I was excited to see this was a toilet that we could actually flush the toilet paper. Our last place at the Island, couldn't flush the TP.  The funny thing

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Joanna and I decided to go have a photo shoot in native Thailand clothing.  We had a fun time dressing up and feeling like royalty for about 30-45 minutes.  We have on these heavy headdresses but you can't see them very well because of all the goal they blend in to the background.  They had us wear these long things on our fingers to appear like 3-4in.

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As we were waiting for our boat to arrive for our scuba diving adventure. (Really we only went snorkeling but every time Joanna went to say snorkeling she would always say scuba diving. It was funny that she couldn't keep it straight.) I watched this boat across the way unload supplies. They would load up carts on two wheels and take the supplies to the shop where they needed to be

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Joanna and I boarded our boat for a 3 hour ride to the Island Koh Phi Phi.  That is not our boat but one we saw come into the harbor.  Someone is taking a cow on that boat.  It was rainy and foggy for our ride out to the island and while on the island.  Joanna enjoying the sun while it was out.  A rain spot got on the camera and blotted out

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Take a trip with me through my Korean meals.  Tang soo.  Koreans version of sweet and sour pork, but theirs tastes better! Lots of side dishes with every meal. The sides are free and all you can eat. But not very good so lucky if we can get through one serving.  Tang soo!!!  Now I am hungry again.  It has onion, purple cabbage, pineapple, carrot, peas and deep

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This is a revolutionary shower. The entire bathroom is the shower. It made it hard to keep the bathroom room because it is such a larger space rather than a smaller shower.  Joanna having a nutritious breakfast.     (bogfrog) if you haven't had one you are missing out.  In Korea the don't really have garbage trucks they have little carts the garbage people push

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On Friday, February 22nd, Joanna and I went to the Korean Temple.  When we got there the President of the Temple welcomed us. Then he introduced us to another Brother  and his wife because they lived in Tampa Florida while I was on my mission there. Small world I travel to the other side of the world and I run into someone who knows President Kenneth Hutchins.  This turned

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Original items from a royal family at the Jongmyo Shrine.  We were able to enter this building and they had it set up like a royal feast.  This is the prince and how he would have dressed.  The King in his royal clothing.  The King's chariot.  The King was the only one who could walk in the center of the sidewalk.  The first Shine. The

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The last palace we visited was Changgyeonggung.  This Palace was built in 1484, it was destroyed by fire during the Japanese invasion of 1592 and was restored in 1616. Many of the palace buildings were again destroyed by fire again in 1830, and then restored in 1834. During the Japanese occupation, the Japanese changed the name of the palace to Changgyeongwon, demoting it from a gung (

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The next stop on the palace adventure was Changdeokgung Palace  along with the Secret Garden.  An empty Canal. There was so much ice everywhere. So I decided to so slipping and sliding.  Changdeokgung was constructed in 1405, the fifth year of King Taejong. It was the secondary palace of Gyeongdeokgung, the main palace. All of the palace buildings were destroyed by

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The next Palace we visited was Deoksugung Palace.  Here if you took your shoes off and put on the slippers you could walk in to the dinning area.  This throne room had a dragon carving in the ceiling.  I really liked the vine walkway. I bet it is very pretty in the spring and summer.  This is a newer palace that is under renovations right now so

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Gueongbokgung Palace is one of 5 palaces in the Seoul area.  This is the exterior gate.  These soldiers reminded me of the soldiers at the Buckingham Palace because they didn't move and stood as still as a statute.  This is the ceiling of the entrance gate.   The entrance into the main area of the Palace where the King resided.  Fancy Drum Joanna,

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Feb 19th, We went to Myeongdong which is a big shopping district.  This area is mostly used by Japanese tourist who come to stock up on clothes and Korean cosmetics.  This area is full of good shopping and good food.  It has many street food carts and also foreign food restaurants.  It becomes so crowded between the hours of 2-9 everyday.  It can take 15 min to

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In February I had the opportunity to go to Seoul Korea. I went to visit my friend Joanna who is living there teaching English. On Feb 18th we went to Incheon where China Town is. Kind of funny that there is even a China Town in another Asian Country.  Ellie put on this hat in one of the little shops and then she got in trouble for trying on the merchandise.  Ellie, Me,

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March 9, 2013 I attended a wedding I have waited for, for 10 years.  I met this family 10 years ago while I was serving my mission in Florida. I meet Pascual and Danny as they were playing outside of their apartment complex. My Companion and I talked to Pascual about what we were doing and that we had a message we would like to share with his family. He invited us in and we found his

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I headed out to Cleveland for a few days to visit with some clients. These Elephants were in the airport. I thought they were kind of fun.  Cleveland is not a place I will ever need to go again. It was horrible weather, the roads were not cleared well and the wind blew all the time. The only thing worth seeing in Cleveland was this building at night. It was something and I enjoyed

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While I was in Arizona I had the chance to spend a little bit of time with Elizabeth and her family. Little Mason is such a cutie.  Brian, Elizabeth, Mason, and Kaden I didn't get to get very many fun pictures. Of Mason and Kaden.  I got to stop off at Sarah's house on my way to my next business trip stop. I spent the weekend with Sarah and her family. I met their new

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In January I went on a business trip that tool me from Phoenix to Las Vegas, to several areas in UT and then to Cleveland OH and finishing the month in San Francisco CA.  While I was in Phoenix on the weekend I went to the Botanical Garden. I got a Groupon for 2 admissions for the price of one. I unfortunately didn't get to take any of Elizabeth's kids with me so I made some random

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 We had a nasty snow storm on Friday night through Saturday afternoon. It was so bad that there was a driving ban on the roads. Public transportation was shut down at 3:30 Friday afternoon and all cars and drivers were to be off the roads by 4pm. If you were caught on the road you would be fined for being out.  The wind was high and intense. I never lost power which was great

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In December 2012 I flew out to Las Vegas for a trade show. I really hate early morning flights because it means getting up at 3am to get to the airport in time to make your flight.  But what makes those early morning flights worth it is the sunrise I get to enjoy.  I have an extremely hard time sleeping on planes so I enjoy watching Gods beauties blossom as the world begins

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