My first vacations. Zaira Ramïrez

When I was about five years old I went on vacation to Coveñas with my family. We traveled for two days by car. While we were on the road we spent a night in a hotel with a very small room where there was no light.

When we got to Coveñas we stayed at a big hotel that was close to the beach and had many palm trees full of coconuts. My dad took us to the mud volcano, but I was so afraid that I cried a lot because I thought the volcano was going to swallow up my father. Finally my dad talked me into taking a mud bath and I loved it.

The only bad moment I had during the trip was when my father was swimming in the deep sea. I thought he was going to swim away and I started to call him but he did not listen and I decided to swim out to him.  Then I started to drown and some people saved me.

It was wonderful playing with my cousins in the sand and ocean all day. This was a perfect vacation for me that i will always remember.  Two weeks after, we arrived at home my father was killed.

Zaira Ramírez Zapata