Beatriz Zambrano Serrano
Mrs. Wheeler
Writing Class
Most Fun I Ever Had
11th June, 2012
The
Skyscraper City
I have a lot of unforgettable experiences in my life, but
if I have to choose one, I’ll choose, without any doubt, my last Christmas
vacations. My dad and my sister came to China to visit me and we had an
amazing, wonderful time travelling around. We went to the skyscraper city of
Hong Kong. There, we went to the beautiful world of Disneyland, and to the best
amusement park in the history of the world. It was the first time of my life
that I saw such high buildings, and because I haven’t had seen my family in a
long time, it was just marvelous.
When we arrived in Hong Kong, I was a little bit deception
because I could see the polluted clouds in the sky, the fog running after me
like I was guilty of a crime. I felt contaminated and suffocated, the pollutes
were going down my throat. However, everything changed when I saw the hotel we
were staying in. It was absolutely, imaginably breathtaking. The staff was
really nice and they helped us out with anything we needed, from carrying
suitcases to telling us what places and restaurants we should go.
The
first night, my dad told us that we should just walk around, so we did. I have
never seeing a more modern city than Hong Kong. There are huge gigantic
televisions in the streets. When people walk around, they stop and get
entertained watching cartoons, or the news.. And the buildings, that was the
best of the best. It seemed like they were touching the heavens with their
proud roofs. In some, I could see myself reflected in them. The offices,
shopping malls, and hotels were as beautiful and shiny as diamonds. My neck
hurt after a while, because I could not stop looking at the sky. I just cold
not, but I did not mind at all. I wanted to picture them in my head so I would
not forget how amazed I was, and still am, about them. I was directly staring
at them. Not only the buildings were
amazing, but the streets too. The streets had different smells, and different
people living in them. I was surprised because Hong Kong differs so much when
you are in the center, than when you are in poor markets. I begged and begged
not to go back to our hotel. I wanted to walk around exploring the city, but we had to because the next day
we were going to go to Disneyland.
We had to take a train to go to Disneyland because it was
in a little tiny island far from the peninsula. I was really excited because I
have always wanted to go, I almost felt like I was a little kid again. I could
not stop laughing and shouting, screaming and jumping around. When I first saw
the entrance I literally stopped. I have seen Cinderella’s castle a lot of
times in movies, but it was just so pretty in real life. I saw Minnie Mouse in
the entrance and took a really cute photo with her. She hugged me and we danced
while my dad took a video. It felt like I was not in the Earth anymore. It was
like I was the main character in my own story, in my own fairytale. The
buildings were magical; they were enchanted with details, and details. You
could find there anything you imagined, since chocolate grocery shops, to
gardens filled of roses. There was a huge Christmas tree with stockings on them,
too. In the afternoon, we saw a parade in which princesses and princes danced
around. I could feel the music in my bones. I wanted to dance and never stop, I
have no idea how people can me make feel that way. I sat on a dazzling carrousel,
and in attractions for children. It did not feel ridiculous, though. Disneyland had a romantic fragrance that I
will never forget.
While we were in Hong Kong we went to an Amusement Park.
We went there for two days straight because it was overwhelming. It was also
the first time I have ever gone to an Amusement Park. I have to say that I was
a little bit scared when I saw the snake like roller coaster flying in the sky
like they were free.” Up, down, up down”, that was my neck’s reaction when I
saw them. My mouth opened in surprise, the world stopped just a minute for me
to realize that I was there, and I had to try everything I could. I could hear
the loud screams in the background, children crying, teenagers laughing and
told myself, “Bea, you are brave, you can do this.” I rode in ten times in ten
different roller coasters, in sticky water, in smelly lands, and green forests.
We were exhausting, and because we needed a break, we went to a show. It was
incredibly amazing. There were dolphins, seals, and even sharks! They were
together, but the sharks didn’t eat the other fishes, that are a really hard
training job. I clapped when the dolphins swam between electric flame arcs. I
felt like I couldn’t breathe for a moment, I didn’t want anything horrible
happening to them, but for everybody’s sake, it turned out all right. The
sharks and seals moved elegant across the water. It was so nice. And before we
went back to our hotel, we rode in a boat. Just my family and I, we sat and
looked around. We were in Hong Kong! I thought that I was the most fortunate
girl in the whole, entire universe.
It was time to come back home, but none of us wanted to.
After the most cheerful and joyful vacations, we had to go back home. We had to
go back to our boring lives, leaving behind a city in which I dreamed. I felt
as if I was as powerful as a skyscraper. As exciting as a roller coaster, as
cute as a fairy tale’s character. In Hong Kong, no one could stop me, neither
in the dream land, nor in the amusement park because I felt real freedom.
