Describe your perfect holiday

Topic: Describe your perfect holiday

Outline:
1. Describe the country you went and the places of interest you visited.
2. Describe how you got to know more about the life of the people there.
3. Describe how you felt when you had to leave the place.

Last year, my family and I spent one whole week in Sri Lanka which was once known as “The Paradise of the East”. It turned out to be the best holiday we had ever had.

Our flight on Singapore Airlines was uneventful. The stewardess managed to distract us with food, duty-free goods and their pretty smiles. As we approached Sri Lanka, I was enchanted by what I saw of the awesome mountains and thousands of coconut trees.

The journey to the hotel in Colombo was interesting though humpy. The driver had to contend not only with the other vehicles but also with the unpredictable dogs, cats, cows and pedestrians. We toured various places of historical and cultural interest. The “Sigiriya Rock”, the home of an ancient king, fascinated me the most. The king had defended his realm from the Rock which was in the shape of a lion. The shaky stairs leading to the castle ruins on top of the rock were not easy to climb. However, the preserved frescoes of beautiful maidens made the climb worthwhile.

The south-western coast of the island is lined with beautiful, white, sun-soaked beaches. The sea was a deep sapphire color, sparkling under the sun on the day of our visit. There were few tourists around and so the beaches were practically deserted.

Most people on the island speak English well. From them, we had an insight of the lives of the local people. I made friends with a teenaged boy called Siri who took me to his village. There, he introduced me to his large family and we played their local games. Form dinner, I was served rice and vegetables grown on their own plot of land. It was much more delicious than the hotel food we had been served. The week passed b too quickly. I was sorry to leave the island which had lived up to its name: “The Paradise of the East.”