Wednesday, January 18, 2006

Dramatic rescue for Chinese Boy


An eight-year-old boy has been rescued after getting stuck at the bottom of a 30m deep water pipe in central China.
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Sunday, January 15, 2006

My holiday in Bali









I have just had a fantastic beach holiday in Bali. It started with a flight on Singapore Airlines (my favourite airline) and a couple of hours waiting at Singapore airport, where I bought myself an mp3 player. When we arrived in Bali, the sun was shining and the air was hot and humid. A driver picked us up and drove us through the peaceful streets of Denpasar, Legian and then finally Seminyak, where we stayed. Our hotel was called the Villa Bale Agung and the rooms were nice and spacious, with big bathrooms too. There was a tempting salt water swimming pool and a little restaurant and the beach was two minutes walk away.

I spent most of the holiday surfing, alhtough it took me a week to get back into being fit and strong enough to do it properly - it's hard work! I also did a lot of motorbike riding around the beaches and ricefields nearby. You can hire a moped there for about $2 a day, so I had one for the whole three weeks!

I was a bit disappointed when it was time to come back because it meant the holiday was finished and that I wouldn't be able to go surfing again for ages. However, I was excited about coming back to Dhaka and about seeing my class again!!!

Mr. Sherratt

What was your holiday like? Tell us in the comments section.