My Worst Vacation

“The best things in life are the people we love the places we’ve been…. And the memories we’ve made along the way.” by Unknown. 2017 started off terrible but then soon got better from a little help from God. My family found out we won a trip to Hawaii. My parents were deciding whether or not they should take us kids with, my brothers Chris was 18, Matt was 11, Nic was 8, and I was 15. Then my parents talked and the decided that it would be our last family vacation with just our family saying chris went to college the next year and probably will find a girlfriend. Hawaii I know made me look at life a different was saying everything that just happened to me.

The day has finally come to go on vacation. My family and I departed promptly from our house at 4:30 in the morning. Our flight was scheduled for 7 in the morning at Pittsburgh International Airport. We had to arrive their early because all people flying international had to be their two hours before the flight would leave. We boarded the flight out to Punta Cana, which is located in the Dominican Republic. I can remember that I was so excited to go, that I was the first on the flight. I am pretty sure that it took about three hours to get to the Dominican Republic from Pittsburgh. It was a really long flight to me because I could not wait to get there and I just wanted to land. Finally, the moment has come and we landed. When we departed

My vacation to Jamaica was one of the best weeks of my life so far. At first though, it was a bit hectic. It was June 24 and I was excited to go out of the country for the first time. I could already see myself soaking up the sun on the beach. We had arrived at the airport and we’re waiting in line to get our boarding passes. We had gotten there a little later than expected and the line took a year it felt like. When we got our passes, we rushed to our terminal. Running for our lives, we were hoping we weren’t too late. As soon as we arrived, our plane had stopped boarding. My family and I were devastated. But my father was looking forward as he got us another flight to Chicago later that night, another flight to Jamaica the next morning, and another day for us to spend at the resort. In the morning of June 25, we had arrived in Montego Bay, Jamaica.

This year on Spring Break my family went on vacation to Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. We traveled there a couple of times when I was younger, but don’t have any memories except for the flight. I want to share two favorite things that were awesome about our trip, the food and the gift shops. I really enjoyed both of them because the food tasted delicious and the gift shops had a bunch of cool items such as chocolate, medication, beach towels, and a lot of expensive jewelry and antiques that just cost too much.

The reason I was heading to Hawaii was for a job with one of the leading facilities in marine biology, the national institute of oceanographic research. I was planning on studying the effects of global warming temperature changes on the coral reefs close to the shore of Honolulu. One of the things I am most passionate about is the environment, and any chance I get to understand what is constantly damaging it, I take that prospect. On the off-point of work, I had planned to take a helicopter around the island, one thing I find absolutely amazing is how vast the world is. This job has only been my goal since I wanted to start in marine biology and now I have the chance to, but the moment of clarity ends and the screams return. I look to my left and there is a couple embracing each other, hoping and praying for survival. They were my inspiration now, and I too prayed for the mercy of God. Within split second, all the lights go out and its pitch black, you can hear suit cases and bags crashing from the overhead compartments. I had no sense of direction at this time, the only thing I knew was where the front and back of the plane are. I look back and I realized I don’t know where the back of the plane is, it wasn’t there anymore and neither was my hope. I take it gravity is close to taking its next victims,

I was born in Hartford, Connecticut and at the age of 3 years old, my parents

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When the summer break started, I didn't really do much of anything. I slept more, went to bed late, and my dad would occasionally take me and my sister's to the pool at the Robins Air force Base. After a month, our family went on a vacation to Destin, Florida for three days. While in Destin, we went shopping, swimming in the hotel pool and the Gulf of Mexico, and caught some Pokémon. We also went to Destin's harbor by the Gulf and walked around. We went onto a two hour dolphin watching cruise, which was followed by frozen yogurt. When we had finished the cruise, we went back to the hotel. After we had changed clothes, we went to the beach to take a family picture by the Gulf of Mexico. Afterwards, we swam in the gulf for a moment then proceeded

Turbulence from a rainstorm over Nebraska caused us to slow down and now we only had four minutes to catch our flight. We took off out of the plane and down the corridor. We got to the plane just in time, to see it getting taxied to the runway. We asked a tall lady with a blue and black vest on if their was anything she could do to stop the plane.,she replied saying their was nothing she could do and we would have to go to the help desk at the front of the airport. We walked down the hallway discouraged knowing that it wepould be hard for us to get another plane in this prime travel season. When we got their they said there where four seats left, dispersed around the airplane. My dad said we'd take them. Their was one problem, the flight didn't leave till tomorrow. So their we where spending a whole day of our vacation in

After the storm had passed me and my mom decided to look further into Disney World we rode Splash Mountain I didn't like it very much that I thought I would it was kind of like the log ride but faster after all that craziness me and my mom decided to go back to the camper when we met everyone there the camper stopped working and there were no air conditioning it was like a hundred degrees out, we had somebody to come and look at it and they said it would take one day to fix it so they were generous enough to let us

It was the night before leaving Canada and flying over to the Philippines. the Philippines and Hong Kong are considered my “home”. I haven’t visit there for four years, I said to myself “ Tomorrow will be the biggest change in my whole life.” When I woke up in the morning inside the airplane, I saw the sun shining in my eyes as the airplane landed at the airport. When I stepped out of the plane, I saw the fresh, green and the muddy land of Philippines. The feeling of arriving to the airport is unbelievable and amazing at the same time. I saw my loving grandma and my awesome uncle. They greeted me and my family with a warm and gentle hug. My grandma cried with happiness. It took a lengthy five hour drive back to Flora where my family lives.

The best vacation of my life at the time was over, and it was time to sit for six hours in a van. My parents, siblings, and I were in a dark green 2000 Chevrolet Astro Minivan. My uncle and his family were in a black GMC Sierra. All the luggage was in vehicles, and we departed at 9 am. I still hate long road trips because of the hours and hours that I remain stuck in the car. After being in paradise for the weekend, I did not look forward to the long ride home. The weather at the time was blazing hot and extremely humid. The windows of the van felt as hot as melting lava. I was not able to touch the window with my finger for longer than 5 seconds. As a result of the

As I was riding in the car on the way back to the airport, I couldn’t believe THAT was how my summer vacation ended. Just one week before that my family and my cousin’s family were on our way to Minneapolis, because that was where we were flying out of. The rest of my family was all driving. We were going on our first vacation as a big family. There was about 28 of us going to Orange Beach, Alabama. The summer before that my mom and aunts were trying to find a place for all of us to go together. They finally decided on a beach house in Alabama.

My worst travel memory took place about two to three years ago. I was in Turkey as always.

My journey the day I left my home country in search of a better life was not as pleasurable or exciting as I expected. Although it was not a long flight, the accumulation of unexpected vicissitudes during the trip made my dream of traveling an absolute nightmare. Not only my sadness to be leaving my family behind, the uncertainty to fly alone and for the first time, or my inexperience with the procedures at the airport contributed to this calamity, but even my neighbor on the plane added his bit of sand in the affair. All this situation was such traumatic to me that I even considered never daring to fly again.