When we first arrived in Grenada I was sad to leave Ecuador and the house there with the dogs. But our new place in Grenada has a dog named Brownie and 3 little kittens (Speedy, Speedet, Lizzy). The Sylvester family owns them. They have 2 kids. One of them is a girl named Lilly and…
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Salabwek
Two years ago, Kew Beach, my school in Toronto, built a well in Kenya through a charity called Free the Children. I went with my family to visit it and the village is called Salabwek. First we saw the old school which the village parents had built because they wanted their kids to learn. It…
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Rescuing animals in Egypt
When we were in Luxor, it was crazy. People, tourists everywhere but the thing that caught my eye the most was how the people treated their animals like the horses and donkeys pulling sugar cane and people on a cart. I saw scratches and how skinny the horses and donkeys were. I really did…
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Petra and Wadi Rum
I am now in Jordan living in this really nice apartment in a house owned by a Jordanian family who let us stay there. I love it. Just a couple of days ago we started a 3-day trip into the desert and mountains of south Jordan. The first day we visited some mountains and got…
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Wicked Wind
We went to the Cliffs of Moher to see more of Ireland. It’s on the west coast, the most windiest place in the whole wide world. As soon as we got out of the car the wind would whip us back inside the car. There was even a sign that said that we shouldn’t proceed….
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Sandy the Horse
We are staying on a farm near Wicklow town. We live in a cottage on the farmer’s property. The second day I got to this farm I saw a horse hoping I could ride him but the owners said he was too old so I could only pet him. They told me his name and…
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