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Holiday in Bali
We had a wonderful holiday in Bali. It was a really great place. The people were
friendly, the food was great, and the weather was a lot better than at home. Most days were
pretty. I swam two or three times a day, but my brother Fachri just spent all his time lying on
the beach with his eyes closed.
Last Saturday I got on the bus and went to the north of the island, It was much quieter
there than here–very beautiful, but no tourists. The next day we went across to the east coast
to see some of the old villages. I learned Balinese–I couldn’t say much, but it was fun to try.
Fachri actually spoke it quite well, but he was afraid to open his mouth, so I was the one who
talked to people.
My Rainforest Adventure
Today I woke up at 5:00 am in the morning. I put on my loose fitting shirt, trousers,
sturdy black boots with little holes in them, wide brimmed hat and a plastic bag with spare
dry clothes in case it rained so I didn’t get a cold. When I got out of the four-wheel drive I
could feel the refreshing cool air, it smelt like it had been raining for ages before I came to
the rainforest. I decided to explore the forest floor.
The first animal I saw was a magnificent, giant eastern brown snake. I was so scared I
felt like I wanted to run but that would be really dangerous!The second animal I spotted was
a beetle eating a rotten berry. I bent down to have a closer look but it stank like rotten eggs
and onion mixed together. Then I turned to the right and saw a bowerbird collecting lots of
blue stuff like wrappers and blue flowers. It had beautiful, magnificent, midnight-blue eyes
and it looked very graceful.
By now I had seen enough on the forest floor so I decided to go to the understorey. So
I went to the bridge in the understorey 20m high off the forest floor.
The first animal I saw in the understorey was a massive, graceful, blue butterfly sucking
pollen off a beautiful orchid. That was my favourite animal so far of all the animals I saw.
The second animal I spotted was a black bat hanging upside down on the branch near me.
Before I arrived at the rainforest I thought we wouldn’t see a bat because I was going in the
day and bats are nocturnal.
The third animal I spotted was a grey Boyd’s dragon it was eating lots of bugs and
beetles. I looked down to the forest floor and saw a little stream, it had a cute, little platypus
looking after her five tiny, mini babies.
By now I had had enough of the understorey so I decided to go up the ladder to the
canopy. I already knew that we would see lots of brightly coloured birds in the canopy.
I went up the ladder and on the way up I already saw lots of birds and lots of berries and
colourful, beautiful, rainbow flowers. When I got to the canopy I was 30m high.The first
animal I saw in the canopy was a Crimson Rosella it was eating seeds off some beautiful
flowers. The Crimson Rosella was dark red and midnight-blue on its tail and wings. I could
see the emergent trees 50m tall off the ground. I saw a wedge-tail eagle looking for food and
other little animals.
I had a great time because I liked the rainforest. The most terrifying animal was the eastern
brown snake. I liked the blue butterfly the best of all the animals.
Traveling Abroad
My first overseas trip was when I went to Thailand with my father. At that moment I
was still in Junior High School level and it was a school day off. My father took this trip
because he needed a data for his research about the legendary bird “Garuda”, which turned
out to be a legend too in Thailand. We spent only 1 day in Thailand, but I already experience
a lot of new things.
When we first landed at the Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok, we got a taxi and
asked the driver to take us to the nearest hotel. He drove us to Windsor Suites Hotel located
on Sukhumvit Road. We went straight to the receptionist and booked a room for tonight and
tomorrow. The receptionist gave us a card that we can use as a key to unlock our room. We
went to our room and took a quick shower, change our clothes and then went down to the
lobby again.
From the lobby, we went out to the street. My father order a ride to a local driver. It
looked like a becak motor but a lot bigger and the people called it “tuk-tuk”. My father asked
the driver to take us to Chatuchak Market and find us a restaurant that served Halal food for
Moslem. Then we arrived at a small restaurant which turned out to be owned by Indonesian.
The owner was very nice, he gave us a free meal when we were about to left his restaurant.
He said that it was for our breakfast, just in case we couldn’t find any Halal food at the hotel.
My father thanked him and ask to exchange their phone number. Before we went back
to the hotel, my father took me around the Chatuchak Market. I saw so many toys that I have
never seen before in Indonesia. My father bought me one of those toys, it was rubber chicken.
It was so funny, because when we squeeze it, it will make sound just like rooster. After that
we went back to the hotel and go to bed.
In the morning, we enjoy free breakfast at the hotel. We had a lot of Halal food to
choose. I took a couple glass of free milk for myself. After that my father order an Uber and
ask the driver to take us to three archaeological sites in Thailand which were Ayutthaya
Historical Park, Ban Non Wat village, and the temple of Prasat Ta Muen Thom. When we
arrived on each destination, my father started collecting the data. While my father was
working, I walked around the historical site and took a lot of picture of myself. We finished
the job at 5 p.m, and we still have enough time to head back to the hotel, took a quick shower
and drove right away to the airport. We went back to Indonesia that night at 9 p.m. My father
and I were exhausted but I was so happy.
My Lovely Cat
I have a stray cat as my pet. He is really playful, He loved to play with me and the
new things he found. He has orange and white fur, his fur is so soft and I like to rubs it for
him. He has a long tail. He likes to play with it. He is also always try to catch his tail
sometimes. I also like to hold him in my hand, when i hold him like that he will fall asleep.
My Rabbit
I have a rabbit. His fur is white and has black spots. He has long ears and a short tail.
He also has cute red big eyes! My rabbit likes to eat carrot and other vegetables. When I
release my rabbit out of his cage, he used to jump everywhere and hard to catch. So, I could
just put him on his cage because I'm afraid that he might running away. I don't wanna lost my
rabbit because I love him very much.
Panda
I went to the zoo yesterday and I saw panda for the first time. Panda is the very cute
animal I've ever seen. It has little eyes with black spots around them. His body is black and
white colored. Panda's body is almost look alike with bear. Panda looks like tame animals but
it's actually not. Panda eats bamboo and they almost eat 40 kg bamboo in just one day. Panda
is animal from china. I like Panda because they're cute.
Elephant
Elephant is a herbivor animal and eat all almost all of the vegetations and fruits. They
have almost hairless skin, wide ears, four legs, and long trunk. Elephants is known as the
largest mammals. The elephants also have very sharp auditory because they have big and
wide ears. By these ears, they can hear sounds from a distance about tens kilometer. At the
back of the ears, they have one of the softest parts of their body which is called the knuckle.
In a zoo, Mahouts (elephant trainers) use their feet to steer or give commands to the animal
via tha knuckle. Now, they are a kind of protected animals because their population remains
little in their habitat. Their population began to decline year by year.
Giraffe
Giraffes are the tallest mammals in the world. We can find them in central, eastern
and southern Africa. Some of them are also kept in the zoo. A giraffe has a long neck and
long legs. The long neck helps it to eat leaves from the tall trees. It pulls the leaves by its long
tounge. Around his body, it has spotted patterns. “Giraffa camelopardalis” is its scientific
name. On the top of its head, there are small “horns” or knobs. They are used to protect the
head when fighting.
My Goldenfish