Despite having been to Hong Kong many times before, I had never been to Ocean Park. Last December, I was finally able to visit this tourist spot. It was my first trip there and the most memorable ride that my family and I took was the ‘Raging River’, a boat ride on a winding waterway.
Before we boarded the boat, we saw some people wearing ponchos. We were puzzled about this and wondered why. I was filled with trepidation as we boarded the boat. We did not have seat belts and had to hold on to the handrails. The boat moved and we had a slow ride around before we went up a steep slope.
Due to the twists and turns of the waterway, we kept knocking into its sides. We went through a dark tunnel, up a gentle slope before arriving at the final steep slope. At first, I naively thought that the gentle slope was the highlight of the ride and I screamed when we descended it. Little did I know that the boat would take us down a more fearsome slope.
While the boat was going up the slope, I was really nervous and my heart was stamping furiously. My parents told my sister and me not to release our hands no matter what. We heeded their advice and as the boat plunged down, I screamed my lungs out! It felt as though my heart had been left behind.
At the end of the slope, the water splashed onto our bodies. The towering waves drenched us from head to toe. It was then that I realised the need for a poncho and regretted not wearing one.
I had sat at the end of the boat, which was the worst position because it felt like I would be flung out of the boat any time, when it went down the slope. It was the most thrilling ride that I had ever taken. Nonetheless, I vowed never to take such rides again because it was also a traumatic experience for me.
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