Meet Gulangyu Island - a Fantastic Adventure
An essay by my student Sarah Zhang, Grade 6
During the winter holiday, I went to Xiamen. It is a city in Fujian province at the south of China. Xiamen is near both the ocean and Gulangyu Island. When the airplane arrived at Xiamen, it was already 1am midnight. We went to the wharf and waited for the ship to the Gulangyu.
It was night, I just saw the dim lights around me, only the moon still in the sky. The sea breeze stroked my face, and brought the special smell from the sea.
When we arrived at Glangyu Island, the story started. It was a fantastic adventure. My mom and I must find the inn at a strange place. First we followed mom’s GPS and tried to find the place. But, it was not an easy thing, the result was that we got lost! We circled at the island, but because it was really dark, we could not clearly see the road sign.
When we walked to a church, it was really scary. The light was flickering, the cat went “meow”, it was so weird. Finally we turned back to the wharf, it was 2am. At last, I called the inn’s owner, he was waiting for us. He told us the landmark at each road over the phone. Nobody was there, my mom and I felt cold and scared.
It was a remote place, and when we found the inn, it was already 3am. We walked half of the island! We were all tired and fell asleep soon. This was an adventure I would never have done, it does not look like a nice beginning, but tomorrow everything will be fine, the trip would start then!
During the winter holiday, I went to Xiamen. It is a city in Fujian province at the south of China. Xiamen is near both the ocean and Gulangyu Island. When the airplane arrived at Xiamen, it was already 1am midnight. We went to the wharf and waited for the ship to the Gulangyu.
It was night, I just saw the dim lights around me, only the moon still in the sky. The sea breeze stroked my face, and brought the special smell from the sea.
When we arrived at Glangyu Island, the story started. It was a fantastic adventure. My mom and I must find the inn at a strange place. First we followed mom’s GPS and tried to find the place. But, it was not an easy thing, the result was that we got lost! We circled at the island, but because it was really dark, we could not clearly see the road sign.
When we walked to a church, it was really scary. The light was flickering, the cat went “meow”, it was so weird. Finally we turned back to the wharf, it was 2am. At last, I called the inn’s owner, he was waiting for us. He told us the landmark at each road over the phone. Nobody was there, my mom and I felt cold and scared.
It was a remote place, and when we found the inn, it was already 3am. We walked half of the island! We were all tired and fell asleep soon. This was an adventure I would never have done, it does not look like a nice beginning, but tomorrow everything will be fine, the trip would start then!
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