Bubik takes Tel Aviv!

After eating a huge bowl of pasta at midnight, I've got inspired to start writing. This post I would like to dedicate to Galushki, as all in all our trip is well concentrated around her and around her discovering Tel-Aviv. Tomorrow she is turning 9 month old and it comes out this is the first time that we are spending together as a family. Needless to say that Bubik seems to be in heaven to be with her both parents on vacation, and doing that in Tel Aviv just completes the picture. As I mentioned in the previous posts, she is all smiles. She seems to like it here a lot. But of course, how can it be any different if she is a center of attention everywhere she goes to, even on the street. Everybody loves Bubik. If we would count all the compliments she gets in a day, it would probably get even to1 in every 5 minutes. She sings in the stroller a-ti-ti-ti-ti-ti-ti and waves to by-passers like she is a princesse of Wales. This is her first summer ever - 'sun is shining, the weather is sweet' in Tel-Aviv, which is a very bachelor and kid oriented place, at least as it seems to me ( aside of its narrow sidewalks that some of them do not allow to pass with a tractor stroller as ours). There are plenty of playgrounds, and jamborees, (where Galushki loves to make new friends) and they are free, unlike in New York. Another highlight of being in Israel is that Galushki goes crazy about the food! She loves pita bread, hummus, kuskus, falafel, 'ptitim'* and Bamba (thanks Eli & Carmela) along with variety of fruits and vegetables and yes, we are past the allergy warning- she eats everything! 

This is a very special time, when there are only us. I love to observe her,to learn about her and to bond with her. Seeing her as happy as she is right now, makes me wonder if this time could last forever and it also makes me think that we are a damn pretty happy family and this is all that matters tfu tfu tfu hamsa hamsa hamsa!

She is still our cutest little terrorist and when you get on her bad side she will scream your ears out, but I hope this is just a sign of a strong character and persistence. Below are the images from different days in different places, that I will elaborate on a little later. In a meanwhile enjoy Bubik in detail.

Koh Samui in One Day

One of the days on Koh Samui, we took a scooter and went to explore the island on our own. Being one of the biggest islands in Thailand, Koh Samui is much more natural in its character then Phuket and can be circumnavigated by car or bike in just couple of hours. We didn't have any particular plan, and went where ever the road would bring us :)

 Early morning, looking at the Big Budda from Bang Rak beach.

KOH PHI PHI

So remember this fantastic movie  The Beach (2000) with Leonardo Di Caprio still relatively young?

The Beach is Koh Phi Phi Leh shore line that became so famous after the movie came out. Incredibly touristic place but so far this is the most emerald water I've ever seen...

We started from island hoping and snorkeling on the way to the final destination.

Mo Chiang Mai

We were completely caught in between adventure and relaxation, so we had no time for the blog. But here we are again. So our next stop after Bangkok was the Northern part of Thailand, city of Chiang Mai, where we spent our next 4 days.We were looking for a combination of culture and adventure at one, and we started from the elephant training camp. Northen Thailand is considered to be the center of elephant farms and we couldn't resist. During our day with elephant we learned to be the "mahouts"-ones who take care of elephants, were feeding them, washing them, learning to ride them etc. The bonding was strong! hope the camp takes good care of them. Note: thai elephants are significantly smaller than African ones, their life lengths is similar to humans, they are very smart and have an excellent memory, so when feeding them don't favor anyone, and give everyone equally, otherwise beware of being boxed!! :) Don't worry it didn't happen to us :)

Some vocabulary:
Pai=go How=stop Qwe=turn Nolong=get down Dee=Good job Feeding Manoy: