We live in an apartment in Chennai that has a living room, a dining room, two bedrooms, two bathrooms, a kitchen, and a balcony.  In the living room there are two red chairs and a red couch.  In the dining room there is a dining table, and a table for the electronics.  There are step-down plugs and adapter plugs so we can charge our things.  My sister and I share a bedroom, and my mom and dad share another.  The balcony is level with the treetops, and you can often see little tree squirrels that look like chipmunks with long, fluffy, striped squirrel tails.
    Every morning, my mom wakes me up at 6:00 to go on a walk on the beach with her, my dad, and my sister.  There are lots of people stretching and jogging on the beach at that time of day because that is the only time it is cool enough to walk.  There are fishing boats on the shore and they are all painted in bright colors.  There are also boats made of logs tied together.
Isabel 22/9/08


 MY FIRST DAYS IN INDIAby Clio
I went to India on September 15th and got there two days later. I was so tired.  The apartment we rented is nice.  When we went on a walk.  We saw monkeys and their babies.  They were really cute.  There are lots of dogs on the streets.  Mom wakes us up at five in the morning to go on an exercise walk. It's very tiring. We do home schooling every morning.  So far it's been fun.