Ride to the clouds..

 

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        Hot air balloon rides and attending the hot air balloon festivals is one of the things in my wishlist. I was so close to doing in this year but sadly, I missed it as I saw the timing wrong. I was it pm instead of am. I was hyped up for that day until I double checked the time as realized that I already missed it as it was the last day of the 3 day events also. But it is definitely something I would love to do. Being with the loved ones and enjoying the view and having good time.

     It would be beautiful to be up in the air and seeing things from above. I think the view of other hot air balloons up in the air along with your one during sunset or sunrise time is the most beautiful view and feeling that one can have. Although, it can be nerve wrecking too when the basket shakes in wind, knowing you are up so high and you can fall. I didn’t think about it before but now that I think of it . It makes sense that weather plays a big factor for such festival especially wind.

    This is definitely something I’m looking forward to doing so, although I’m scared of height but the beautiful of such experience motivates me to do so. I would encourage, you guys to do so and see if it’s something for you.

Good Times..

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   During my year as an exchange student in high school, I was lucky enough to go to San Diego, California for a conference. San Diego is a beautiful hilly area. I was surprised by seeing how tall the palm trees were. I loved the sunny weather there. People say it rains a lot in California but during my one week there, it didn’t really rain. I guess we were lucky.

   We also got to go on a dinner cruise. A dinner cruise is basically where you have dinner on a boat or small ship while it sails around the city. It was beautiful seeing the sunset. There was a DJ inside the boat too and he played all upbeat songs for us high school kids which I enjoyed. During that conference, I got to know all of the exchange students who are also international students from all around the world. It was pretty cool experience.

   Another time, we had all kinds of pizza for dinner using paper plates and shared our exchange year experiences at the tables around the pool. Some even relaxed in the pool while others enjoyed the jokes and silly experiences. After we finished eating food, we decided to clean up after ourselves and throw other paper plates that some other exchange students didn’t clean up after themselves. But we ended up making a mess anyway, as what we thought was a trash can was a container for pool towels. It was too late when we realized it. So, we went to our rooms before we get in trouble. Next day, we got to go to Sea World and see the shows and enjoy the rides.

 

Land of Magic

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Those of you who have been to Walt Disney in Florida or in Disney in general knows what that magic feels like that Disney always talks about. You probably heard this line so many times already by now that Disney is a place for everyone of all ages, but how many of you actually felt it. If you haven’t yet, I recommend that you go there. It is really beautiful, fun and, thrilling!

           During my year as an exchange student in high school, I was lucky enough to go to Walt Disney in Florida. That was one of the best and most magical experiences I ever had! There are all kinds of roller coasters and thrill rides. They have musical shows too, if you enjoy watching shows. My favorite ride was Soaring. It made me feeling like I have wings and I’m flying all over the place. It’s hard to explain how it feels but I would recommend people to try that one. They have fast-passes, which give you access to lines with less people. I think you can get one at a time. So, while you wait in line for a ride or enjoy one roller coaster, you can get a fast pass for another one.

              Every night they do fireworks and it’s the most beautiful and amazing thing I’ve ever seen! I was amazed by the fact that they do this every night in all their parks. The most beautiful ones that I got to enjoy was Epcot Globe and Cinderella Castle. It shows how technology is being used to a whole new level to create magic. We had 3 days there but still didn’t have enough time to enjoy all the rides in every park. Our flights got cancelled on the 4th day to go back to South Carolina from Florida and I’ve never been happy about flights getting cancelled until then as our tickets were for 4 days but our conference was for 3 days. Due to our flights cancelled, we got to enjoy another day in Disney! That’s one of the places that will stay very dear to me and I would recommend others to go at least once to feel the magic!