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My Trip to Malaysia visited Ubud too which was quite a scenic place with lots of green
trees and plants. Balinese people love art so they make different types
of art such as paintings, sculptures, and woodcarving. There were a lot
uring my summer holidays, I went to Malaysia with of stores selling colourful wooden artwork, which was made by local
my family for a week. On the first day, we went
to Langkawi islands. We went for a mangrove tour artists. There, we saw many temples and rice fields too .The people
Dand visited the Underwater World making it a very were very friendly and courteous. They spoke the local languages,
busy day. On the second day, we swam on the beach which Balinese and Indonesian, which I could not understand, but they also
spoke broken English. Bali has one main religion, Balinese Hinduism,
was followed by a mall visit. On day three, we took a tour of which 93.8% of the people follow and other minor religions such as
the city of Kuala lumpur which included visits to the King’s
palace, the bird park, the insect garden, and many more places. Christianity, Buddhism, and Islam. Bali also has many dances such as
In the following days, we enjoyed going to various theme parks the pendet, which is a religious dance, legong, which is a dance for
and beautiful gardens. We had an amazing time at Genting Highlands entertainment, baris, which is a war dance, and topeng, which is a
where I saw the Snow World. I enjoyed my holiday in Malaysia. mask dance. My vacation to Bali was the best vacation for me because
it was unique.
Sia Kashyap, P5 D Krishav Joneja, P5 D
Beautiful Bali My Visit to the Historic Ruins of Pompeii

I his summer, my parents gave me a surprise and took me
went to Bali with my sister and parents during the summer
vacation. Bali is an island in Indonesia and is known for its
picturesque beaches and delicious food. As we landed and reached
our hotel, we were greeted with a lovely local dance performed
expectations, proved to be a paradise for children with pastas,
by dancers in Balinese costumes. They also welcomed us with some to Italy. The trip was overwhelming and Italy, much to my
frangipani flowers. I had started loving Bali already! Many days of Tpizzas and gelatos everywhere. The best part of my holiday
was a visit to the historic city of Pompeii. My father loves history of
my vacation were spent on the Kuta beach in Bali. I jumped over and ancient civilizations and always wanted to see this city and thanks to
under the waves and swam as the waves came towards me. I was glad
that I knew how to swim! I was accompanied by my father into the him I was introduced to the sad but amazing history of this city.
sea and we both jumped higher and higher with the waves every day. Pompeii is a city in the South western coast of Italy, along the
I also saw many people surfing on the high waves and wished that I beautiful shores of the Mediterranean Sea and near the Mount Vesuvius.
would learn surfing one day! The beach was very pretty and very clean. In Ancient Rome, Pompeii was a prosperous city bustling with small
The water was clear and blue. I collected shells, played football, built a businesses, traders, warriors and common folk but on a fine busy day in
castle and basked in the sun. I saw the sunset one day too. The whole 79A.D. the whole city was destroyed because of a terrible volcano and
sky changed colour and it looked as if someone had painted it with all its people died due to the poisonous gas and rain of pebbles which
orange paint. I also saw the horizon and could see ships disappearing came out with lava. The volcano then buried the whole city under
over the horizon...that happened because the earth is round. I enjoyed layers of ash which preserved the city ruins over the ages. The city
the food in Bali a lot. I ate new mouth watering dishes like Nasi was lost until 1748 when it was found by a Spanish engineer and then
Goreng, Chicken Satay, Red Snapper, mussels etc. The meal I loved the uncovered slowly in many stages by many historians.
most was at the Jimbaran beach that is known for its seafood barbeque. I was astonished to see how well planned the city was in the early
The fruits in Bali are also very interesting. I had watermelon which was times with roads, lavish public baths, canals, theatres, gymnasiums,
yellow in colour, juicy pineapple, clusters of litchi and red dragon fruit. temples, bakeries and houses of people of various walks of life. The
The peanuts were crisp and salty. I enjoyed my Bali vacation a lot and streets were planned in straight lines with well-defined areas for carts
would love to go back one day to see other parts of the island and do and pedestrians. One could even see blockades made by rocks in the
more things. middle of roads to block traffic and withered edges on pebbles scrapped
Anhad Singh, P3 A by cart wheels. The remains of statues of early Roam gods in bronze,
wood and stone showed that the people believed in many gods and
they were good craftsmen. The houses of the poor had one or two
his year, during our summer break, I went to Bali with my rooms with a place for an oven however the houses of traders were
family and cousins. We stayed in a beautiful resort away
from the town. The weather was warm and sunny. The hotel lavish with paintings or Roman and Greek mythology on walls, mosaic
Thad eight lagoons and swimming pools with beautiful blue work depicting stories on floors and walls, courtyards and gardens
water. One of the pools had a huge water slide too. I had a lot of fun with a number of rooms including granaries and stores where one can
still see clay pots, wine and oil bottles and other utensils of storage.
splashing water around. We went to Nusa Dua beach for water sports. The Temple of Isis is still virtually untouched with a central place of
The glass boat ride and sea walking were wonderful experiences. We

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