Dominican republic - a travel journal

by Katie

On winter break, I went to Dominican Republic. The plane ride took 4 hours. I wanted to go swimming when we came but we ended up not doing it. I found a GIANT chess board with GIANT chess pieces next to a ping pong station. First I played against Lucka’s little brother that is a 9 year old. He took all my chess pieces away. I only had a king left. Then I played against Cedric. On Sunday, my dad joined the ping pong lessons. He almost came to the finals, but the game before the finals, my dad lost!

St. Martin - a travel review

by Michael

Saint Martin is pretty weird because there’s the dutch side and the French side and there spelled different in Dutch it’s spelled sint maarten and in French is saint-martin.

Also in Saint-Martin on the French side there’s this beach called Maho beach and there’s a airport right behind you and planes land over you or start their engine and go really fast and the best parts are when the plane stops right in front of the beach and (boom)!they go really fast and if you look at the sand and the sand will go in the ocean like spraying sand like water and here’s a picture of a plane landing right over the beach and it looks really scary and i went there and it’s awesome you should go just search up Maho beach and it will tell you where to go and have fun. There’s also another beach called Orient Bay.

This is a hotel close to the beach Maho it’s really cool it has a beach on the right side of you or left depends. There’s a pool too and you could get in the water and don’t worry about having to speak French or Dutch they will speak English. Don’t forget to bring your swim suit, have a great time.

Oyster Bay Beach Resort

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#11 of 68 hotels in St. Maarten-St. Martin

• 01/02/2017“Dutch Riviera”
• 01/02/2017“Great resort near a quiet beach”

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Florida: a travel review

By Alex

Florida is a great vacation place. It has lots of beaches. It is near the equator. It is located in the southwest region of the United States. Florida has 280 towns. That is a lot of towns. Florida has a great vacation place for kids called Disney World. Tallahassee is the state’s capital. Florida has grown with it’s population in the past years. Florida used to be bigger until US took over the land. Florida borders the Gulf of Mexico. Did you know that Florida has 1800 miles of coastline? Florida is mostly sunny. Florida’s football team is called the Gators. So pack your bags and go to Florida.

My February Vacation 2016

By: Lilly

During February vacation of 2016, I went to Vail, Colorado with another family. I went there to go skiing. I only went skiing 1-5 times before I went to Vail. The place I went to skiing before Vail was Thunder Ridge. I live in New York and it is a 4 hour plane ride to Denver, Colorado. It is a 2 hour car ride to Vail. My family and the other family stayed in a house instead of a hotel. When everybody got to the house we searched the house and every room! 

The New York Aquarium

by Ronald

Last Sunday I went to the New York aquarium. I went with my mom, dad, and sister. It was decent one because hurricane Sandy took away most of the attractions. 

First when I went in I saw fish. There were so colorful and beautiful. My mom even wanted the fish. I saw stingrays, Hogfish, and some many more I can’t remember. After we came out we went to get food. Hurricane Sandy destroyed the food court we got hotdogs and ice cream. 

Yu Yuan (a King's garden)

By: Ronald F.

In the summer, I went to Shanghai. In Shanghai, we visited a king’s garden called Yu Yuan. It was built hundreds of years ago.  I think you should go there because it is an ancient, wonderful place.

Yu yuan is a garden with many houses. All houses are used for a different purpose. Most are used for living, but some are for looking at the land, some are for resting, and one is for looking at performances. It is massive so I don’t expect you to finish looking at the whole thing in one day. I went on a Chinese taxi. Chinese taxis don’t have seat belts. When we got off we crossed the road and went to buy tickets. Each ticket was bought using Chinese money. The king’s garden was built by a king. The king built it all by himself. It has mostly houses. So when I got in there was a bridge. Many people are on the bridge so you have to push through the crowd to get in. Then there are a bunch of tunnels. When I went through the tunnel I found many houses. The gates blocked the entrances to the houses. I passed many houses. Most had carvings on top. The carvings are very detailed. We walked for two hours and then we had to go back home.

London Dungeon, London City!

by Kevin

  *Sizzling sizzling* “It’s pouring” I said to my mother. “Are we still going to the London Eye?”

“Yes we are.” My mother said. “The carts have roofs so we won’t get that wet.  We’re taking the bus there. It’s a 45 minute drive so you might want to take a nap.” said my mom.

“Ok!” I said.

   Twenty minutes later, I was fast asleep on the bus. Drip drop drip drop it was still pouring when my mom woke me up...