My Recount

This year on new years day my sister Anisha, my dad, my aunty and I went to Sydney to go on a cruise. At first it was just my dad and aunty who were going but I managed to beg my dad to let me and my sister go as my sister had just graduated. We wanted to have a good time and also relax from things that had happened last year.

The day we left I was really excited because it would be my first time on a cruise and I got to spend it with my sister who really didn’t have that much time to go anywhere. Then we left and arrived for the airport to board the plane to Sydney. As we were walking I had asked what plane we were going on, My sister had told me that we were going on Emirates. I fistbumped the air because I knew I was going to get food and it was going to be good. After we had dropped our luggage we waited 30 minutes to be able to board the plane. Once we were able to board the plane I had gotten hungry and started eating mints that were in my travel bag that I always pack when I’m going somewhere.  When I was on the plane I was given Pasta with bits of chicken inside of it. I also had this delicious cheesecake that had black forest flavouring sauce.

Once we had Arrived we waited for my aunty who was on another plane since she lived in Somewhere else than us, she then arrived and we went to the hotel we were staying in. We were given red wine and Sparkling Apple Juice which tasted really good.

After two days it was wednesday, the day to board the cruise. I was feeling gloomy as we arrived but when I saw the cruise I instantly brightened up and couldn’t wait to go inside. After getting our room keys and giving our luggage to security so they can put it in our room we finally entered the Cruise and took a photo. When we fully entered the cruise I had said “Whoa, This place is a mansion in disguise! How did we find this company!?” I was really surprised that when we entered that there was a bar, green and purple party lights. It looked like a party instead of a cruise lobby.

After two hours we had gone outside to the top floor and watched the boat depart from the Sydney docks, I was a little seasick so my auntie gave me tablets to stop me from feeling seasick. The country we were going to was called New Caledonia and we were going to a city called Noumea. It took five days to get from Sydney to Noumea so we explored the boat and relaxed while waiting. When we arrived it was quite boring, everyone spoke in french and no one spoke english or knew parts. They were very loud. After an hour we went back onto the cruise and changed into nicer clothes.

After four thirty the cruise left and we were going to fiji. It took 3 days to arrive in Suva but it was extremely hot. We went to my aunties house and ate crab curry which was quite spicy but it was really tasty. We then went to buy some clothes and get my sister a nose pierce which was really pretty, it was gold and had a single crystal on it. We then bought these island dresses for our island themed dinner. We then went back into the boat and then then traveled to Lautoka. We had my uncle over there so they came to pick us up. I then saw my cousins Hinal, Krishnal and Kartik. It was fun seeing them because Hinal had just gotten married recently and I had been there. My sister hadn’t been in Fiji for seven years so it was nice seeing them.

We then went back onto the cruise and traveled to Tonga. On the cruise one night there was a british celebration which had ‘guards’ which were just entertainment people who did it for fun. We arrived at Tonga and we left and explored, we saw a cliff that a young girl died in. it was really sad to know that someone had died but it had an amazing view. Soon it was time to go home and I was getting hungry. As I was looking around I looked into the water and had seen a snake. I had quickly told my sister and she had gotten scared. I laughed at her and then we had gone back onto the cruise.

We had departed from Tonga and arrived into Auckland. I was really sad that the cruise had ended but I was happy that I was able to go on a cruise for the first time. I would love to do it again because it felt like a dream to actually be on the sea. I can’t wait to go on another cruise.