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Slip and Slide - $15

Sheet of plastic from Home Depot. 10ft x 25ft x 6Mm (important thickness dimension if you want it to last.) Periodically water it down or put an oscillating sprinkler next to it.   

 

Water Rockets - $20

$20 of minor parts from these guys (anti-gravity research). As fun as model rockets without the fire. Maybe more fun because the power water/air pressure is more surprising. You need a bike pump and 2ltr bottle. Clears 200 ft vertical.  

Alternately, you can do a totally homemade version - lots of examples on YouTube.   


Fire does not burn paper

Great book - 50 Dangerous things you should let your children do. We completed about 10 of the experiments including letting your child drive a car and putting unusual things in the microwave (read the book before attempting). Boiling water in a paper cup is astonishing, and shakes your thinking on why things burn. This is an ordinary coffee cup from Peets. 

Asia Trip

Tokyo
Cerulean Hotel
- Shibuya
7-11 - Breakfast 
Pasta Kan - Okonomiyaki restaurant in Shibuya
Meiji Shrine 
Imperial Palace Plaza
Ginza Tenkuni - Tempura restaurant
Hakuhinkan Toy Store - largest/oldest in JP
Akihabara - electronic town
Oiwake - traditional JP folk show and restaurant (here)
Tsukiji Market 
Fioria Karaoke - Roppongi
Ginza Ward, Sony Tower - 
Tokyo Tower
Hozuki Restaurant - Asakusa  
Fly to Taipei 

Taipei 
Grand Hyatt Taipei
Longshan Temple - Guanzhou street
Wistaria Teahouse -
Din Tai Fung - famous soup dumplings 
Shilin night market - stinky tofu
Sin Yeh Restaurant - A9 
Brown Sugar - jazz club 
MediaTek - fabless semiconductor company 
TSMC - semiconductor fab
BenQ Headquarters - consumer electronics 
Delta Electronics - power supplies 
Shangai Dumpling - 
Barcode Lounge / Room 18 -
Landis Resort / Hot Springs -
National Palace Museum -
Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall - 
Fly to Hong Kong, then Bangalore   

Bangalore 
Park Hotel -
Shmeshwaran Temple - 
Trinity Church -
KR Flower Market - 
MTR (Mavalli Tiffin Room) Restaurant - 
Commercial Street -
Ibraham Street -
Vinay's House -
Akshaya Patra Foundation -
Parikma Foundation School - 
Lovedale Foundation - 
Leela Hotel / Jamavar Restaurant -
Dakshin Restaurant -
13th Floor -    

Fly to Hong Kong, then SFO  
 
 
 
 
 
    

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