Holiday Problems

Save to My Favourites

I recently went on a holiday to India. My friend had been several years ago, and always told me I should go. After saving up enough money, I finally booked my holiday, and off I went. During the long journey, I read the guide book I had borrowed from my friend.

Well, unfortunately, things seemed to go wrong from the moment I arrived. After getting off the plane, I discovered that the airline had lost my luggage. They took my phone number and promised to call when they had found my bags, which had probably been put on another plane by mistake. I tried to get a bus outside the airport to where I was staying, but the driver didn’t understand me as we did not speak the same language, and I ended up having to pay a taxi driver ten times as much to get me there.

Unfortunately, it didn’t take long for him to get hopelessly lost, and it was many hours later that we finally reached my destination. Things didn’t end there. When I arrived at the hotel, it looked nothing like the photographs in the brochure. Instead of being luxurious, the room was cramped and dirty.

At least from my balcony, I could see a beautiful old building that my guide book said was an ancient temple. I spent my days exploring the sights the city had to offer, and sampled a lot of the local food. I found it really tasty, but then one evening I got very sick with food poisoning. Sadly, by the time I eventually felt well enough to go out again, it was my last day.

Overall, though, I was really glad I had taken my friend’s recommendation, even though not many things had gone as I had planned.