Category Archives: Off Campus

The Peak of Hong Kong

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Have you ever been to Hong Kong? The Peak of Hong Kong is a nice place to visit, if you ever will. It has a tremendous view of the place from the peak of a mountain. There’s a balcony stretching around the top of the mountain where you can eat or stare at the view.

My family and I went there twice, once during the day and once at night. Both times were beautiful,  but the winds were considerably stronger at night. I liked the night view a bit more because the lights of the city were clearly visible and lit everything up. I hope that I will someday be able to go there again.

Museum of Natural Sciences

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My whole grade recently had a field trip to the Museum of Natural Sciences. Here is my experience there. On January 27, a Friday, we set off on two buses to the Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh. The bus ride there was almost 40 minutes long, but it went by quickly. We were there for a couple of hours, including lunch.

My favorite parts of the trip were these super cool 3D printed things and the realistic animals. In my opinion, the most interesting thing about the museum was the race exhibit. There were these interesting posters about race and I learned a lot from it. About halfway through, we had lunch outside, which was really nice. I recommend the museum and wish I could go back again. Thank you for reading!

 

Trip to New York

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I’ve been wanting to go to New York for a while now. When my parents told me I’d be going for Thanksgiving in two weeks, I was super excited and happy. I’d be getting to go to New York for the first time, and it was in just two weeks!

When my parents told me that I would be going to New York, it was a Thursday night, and my family and I were having dinner. They broke the news to me midway through dinner, and I thought I would choke with happiness! I would finally be going to a big, famous place! Better yet, my parents scheduled a bunch of activities and fun things to do. They excitedly told me the schedule: On Monday, we would be driving up to Washington D.C., where we would meet some of my mom’s old friends and stay there for the night. Then, on Tuesday, we would drive all the way up to New York and go to a museum, and afterward, stay at a hotel again. The next day, we would go to more museums and some events, and meet some relatives. On Thursday morning, we would go watch a show and go sightseeing, and then drive back down to Baltimore in the afternoon. On the last day, Friday, we would hang out around Baltimore and walk around. I am so glad and excited about me and my family going to New York for the first time! Although driving may be a hassle, I am thankful and glad for the extra time my family can spend together. I am really looking forward to my trip to New York and thank you for reading! Have a nice day.

 

   

Camp Hanes

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My 6th grade class of Durham Academy had a lot of fun at Camp Hanes, although there was a hurricane brewing on the coast of Florida. Early Thursday morning, I woke up and went to school, still tired from yesterday. Once we all got there, we all started boarding the buses and carrying our luggage onto the buses. I boarded bus two, with my friends. The two-hour bus ride was long but not too long. I enjoyed it, talking with my friends, eating candy, and watching movies. Once we got there, we dropped off our stuff at the big gym and headed inside. We played games like four corners and battle master. It was a lot of fun, and soon we were dismissed to go move our stuff to our assigned cabins. I was super excited because I was in a cabin with my friends!

    We then got everything ready for our next activities, which for me was canoeing, archery and rock climbing, s’mores, etc. I had the most fun in rock climbing, so I will describe that. We had a huge wall with things to climb on both sides and a huge sky loft on the top, above all the walls. To go up to the sky loft, you had to climb either the pixy sticks or the slanted climbing wall. I climbed the slanted one, and then went down with the pixy sticks. Since you could fall down on the pixy sticks, it was a bit scary climbing down. There were also different levels of difficulty on the climbing wall and overall it was just really fun. I loved the sky loft and the walls. Afterward, my class and I had s’mores, and it was delicious!

    Something that I am proud of for this trip was that it was my first time staying away from home excluding sleepovers. I loved everything about it excluding the hike, which sadly I could not go on because of hurricane Ian. I hope that next year I can go to camp again with my friends and class and have a blast!