Hey everybody, this is Karen, Dave's sister （妹妹）. My mom, her friend Lauren, and I are over here visiting Dave, Katie, and Lilia in EA. To say the least, this trip has been way different than I could ever have expected. I personally have never been anywhere that I could not speak the language and hardly anyone over here speaks English. I think because of the language barrier we've been a little intimidated to do too much on our own so we've been really dependent on Dave, Katie, and their friend Angelina's language skills.
Besides having a really difficult time communicating with the people here, it has been amazing. The food is so good, even most of the street food. The shopping is fabulous! Things here are so cheap, well mostly, especially if you go down the back alleys. Lilia is so big now, she talks all the time and you can actually understand what she is saying! The only scary thing here is the driving/biking. At first it definitely seems crazy and like it makes no sense at all because people are turning on red and bikers almost hit people and cars almost hit bikers, but after a while it's almost like a symphony...we haven't seen anyone get hit yet! Here's a couple pictures from our trip so far...ENJOY!
