Lili and I like to go down to the beach best of all. We can run around in the sand and play in the sea and everybody leaves us alone – even Lilis mummy says we can’t get into too much trouble there. I love swimming in the sea. It’s really amazing what you see underwater and I can’t wait to grow into my snorkel. There’s lots of funny plants and little fishes down there - and some big ones too - in all different shapes and colours. The prettiest ones are usually the most dangerous though. A bit like girls. The sun shines every day so sometimes, especially in the afternoons, it gets too hot to do anything. Then we have to sleep a little bit before it cools down and we can go out to play again.

We went out to the desert last week. It was a really bumpy ride, worse than Naama high street, but after only 10 minutes drive we were in the middle of nowhere. It was so quiet that it made our ears ring at first, but after a while we could hear things much better than ever before. Lili and I found all kinds of funny creepy crawly animals and plants. Some of those are dangerous too, even though they’re only small, so I have to sleep inside a big blue bag so that nothing will bite me in the night. I always wake up early at home, but when we sleep out in the desert I get up at the same time as the sun. It’s a really good time to wake up because it’s still cool enough to run around. You can watch the mountains change colour as the sun gets higher in the sky and then, in the evening, they all turn red just before it gets dark.

When I go to grandmas house in Europe for a holiday, my mummy takes me to see my friends over there, but they just stay inside and watch TV all the time. If they ever go swimming, then it’s in a big blue hole with a roof. I tried it once but the water smells horrible and there aren’t any fishes anyway so I won’t bother again. They have lots of cars and lorries going really fast everywhere and making lots of noise and smoke. This seems to make everyone cross with each other and they’re always worrying about things called schedules and balances. Our parents tell us that we are lucky to be here where the air is clean, the sea is warm and the people are laid back and friendly. One funny thing around here though, is that everybody makes different sounds at each other. Apparently this means that I’m going to grow up multi-lingual. I hope it doesn’t hurt too much.