Travelling

Many people like to travel (旅行) by plane, but I don’t like it because an airport(机场) is usually far from the city. You have to get there early and wait for hours (小时) for the plane to take off (起飞) and it is often late. You can’t open the window. You can’t choose (选择) the food. Planes are fast, but they still take hours to get out of the airport and into the city.

I like travelling by train. I think trains are safe. Train stations are usually in cities. When you can’t catch a train, you can catch another one. You can walk around in the train and open the windows. You can see many interesting things on your way. I know it takes a little more time.

I also like cars. You can start your journey (旅行) when you want to, and you don’t need to get to a train station or a bus stop. Also you can carry many things with you in a car. But sometimes there are too many cars on the road.

I went to two cities to play during last summer holidays. They are Beijing and Hohhot.

I went to Beijing more than eight times. Beijing is the capital of China. It’s a big city. I am very familiar with Beijing. It takes an hour and forty minutes to travel from Nantong to Beijing by plane. There are many tall buildings in Beijing. My family visited the Great Wall, the Summer Palace, the Palace Museum, Beihai Park, the Space Museum and so on.

I went to the countryside of Beijing to go boating and fishing. It was very interesting. I like eating Beijing snacks. They are delicious. I also miss Beijing Duck. It is really nice.

Hohhot is in Inner Mongolia. There is lots of grassland there. The grassland is endless. The sky is bright blue. There are a lot of horses and sheep. They were running or eating grass when I got there. I rode a horse on the grassland. I picked some colourful flowers. We drank tea with milk. There is a small desert, it was very hot when I walked on it. The sand can sing.

These trips helped me open my eyes. I enjoyed my holidays.