Greetings from Brazil the World Cup!
Woohoo! It looks like you're finally getting some warm weather back at home! I hope you are having lots of barbecues and eating loads and loads of Hocking´s ice cream (I can officially tell you it is the best in the world - Mr Kent has tried lots of ice cream whilst he's been away, just for research you understand!).
I expect lots of you are glued to your TV screens watching the World Cup! Mr Kent is watching lots too, he even managed to get along to a game. Unfortunately, it was the last England game against Costa Rica and by then England were already out! The atmosphere in the stadium was amazing though and Mr Kent and Steve really enjoyed themselves. Both of them had wanted to see England at a World Cup since they were young and so it was a great feeling singing along to the National Anthem!
Despite the airline losing his luggage (and me!) for nearly a week, Mr Kent loved his time in Bali. He loved surfing, riding on his moped and lying on the beach - and even managed to make some new friends when dressed slightly oddly.
I expect lots of you are glued to your TV screens watching the World Cup! Mr Kent is watching lots too, he even managed to get along to a game. Unfortunately, it was the last England game against Costa Rica and by then England were already out! The atmosphere in the stadium was amazing though and Mr Kent and Steve really enjoyed themselves. Both of them had wanted to see England at a World Cup since they were young and so it was a great feeling singing along to the National Anthem!
The football is one of the reasons Mr Kent has been quite so bad at blogging recently. He's very sorry! He is going to catch up whilst he sits on a beach for the next few days.
We've been to quite a few countries since I last wrote. In fact, now we are in Brazil, which is our sixteenth different country! Wow. Here are a few brief notes about some of them...
Despite the airline losing his luggage (and me!) for nearly a week, Mr Kent loved his time in Bali. He loved surfing, riding on his moped and lying on the beach - and even managed to make some new friends when dressed slightly oddly.
His favourite activity was definitely snorkelling in the beautiful, clear waters off Nusa Lembongan. If you ever get the chance to do some diving or snorkelling, you should go - it was an amazing experience, like watching a real life version of Finding Nemo.
In March, Mr Kent and Steve made it to Australia. Mr Kent was particularly excited about watching the Grand Prix, oh, and seeing his family! They saw the Formula One, ate lots of great barbecue food and even managed to find a wombat in the zoo. Mr Kent says they're his favourite animal, but I just think its because they look a bit like him, what do you think?!
Next was New Zealand. If you've ever seen the Hobbit or Lord of the Rings, you'll know how beautiful New Zealand is! Lots of mountains, beaches and open space. We spent lots of time with Steve's friends Sam and Reggie and their dogs Bob and Ito.
You'll never guess who I bumped into there! Mrs Roberts! She moved to Auckland in the new year and has an amazing place in the city, next to a very nice beach. Lucky her!
I was reunited with another friend too...
In April we were in California! Mr Kent loved swimming in the sea and visiting cities. We explored Las Vegas, San Francisco and Los Angeles. We braved Death Valley (one of the hottest places on Earth) and eventually made it to Yosemite Park. Yet another amazing place...
In LA we bumped into more familiar faces! Lots of you will remember Reuben and Nathan from their time at St Helen's a few years ago. They've been living over there for a while and Mr Kent loved seeing their church, their school (their teachers weren't as cool!) and even had a Nerf gun fight with them! They told me to say hello to everyone back in Devon! So, Hello!
Since then we have been travelling through South America. First Peru, where Steve and Mr Kent helped out at a project in Lima for a few weeks. Mr Kent then fulfilled a childhood dream when we visited an ancient Incan city called Machu Picchu. It was high up in the mountains surrounded by jungle. An incredible place.
After Peru came Bolivia and another beautiful location called Lake Titicaca. In Bolivia we went cycling on some of the world's most dangerous roads - it was scary but exhilarating.
Next we flew to Argentina and spent a week eating amazing food before we went to Iguazu Falls. These water falls are the widest in the world and were flooding, so they were even more spectacular than normal! We got on a boat right underneath some of them! We were very wet!
Brazil is our last country before heading home! It is football crazy at the moment! People from all over the world are here watching the games. There is a wonderful atmosphere and the people here have been so lovely to us.
Mr Kent and Steve are going to visit the Amazon before heading back to Rio, which they loved when they visited last week. Then our adventure will nearly be over :( We are sad to be finishing our journey, but excited about coming home. We feel like the luckiest people (Well I'm a bear, I think!) in the world.
I hope you are all really well. You must have done so many things in the past few months! Sports days, residentials, SATS, etc. The summer term is so busy!
Have a brilliant last few weeks at school before the summer holidays! Year 6, I expect to hear about some wonderful acting at the end of term! Very sad I can't be there for the production - I'm sure Mrs Gagg and Mrs Theobald have done a brilliant job!
Take care,
Lots of love,
Alan
xxx
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