Visitors & Visas

Well, it has been an interesting day to say the least. We received an email early this morning from Joe's cousin, Antonio. He and Big Aunt were on their way to join up with Joe's parents and Cousin in Bangkok. Turns out if you are traveling under a Mexican passport (like Big Aunt and Cousin) you need a visa. The travel agency did not get one for them.

So, after much fussing around today, Cousin is staying here until to Friday, when the cruise ship arrives, and Big Aunt and Antonio are arriving on Monday night to stay until the cruise comes. Good thing we live in Singapore!

We had a very nice visit with Joe's parents. On Thursday, they slept in because of jet lag and we went out for dim sum. That night Joe's mom and cousin cooked us a nice meal.

On Friday, we pulled Oliver out of school, and went to the zoo. We saw the elephant show, Joe played with his new zoom lens, and generally had a good time. That night Joe's mom and cousin cooked us some yummy black bean chicken. There was also fish, I couldn't tell you if it was yummy or not.

Today, as it was rainy we stayed home and had the fussing about the flights. Oliver did go swimming and Joe's dad went also, and was impressed with his abilities.

I don't have a good picture of Oliver with Joe's parents, but this is from the zoo splash pad, taking with the zoom lens. Isn't this a beautiful picture?