Travel the world with West High students
Vacations are fun for anyone who likes to travel, but an adventure for some.
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Many people have been traveling to amazing places over the years of breaks in between the school year. Lauren Upchurch is one of the students who has traveled to many countries.
Upchurch has traveled to:
Mexico
Florida
Virgin and British virgin islands
Cayman Islands
St. Maarten
And this year she has traveled to Turks. She recalls the experience as In 2017 she plans to travel with her family to Turks again. On the vacations that she does, she usually goes with her family, but on occasional brings her friends along.
“Typically on these vacations we go as a family but other friends in the neighborhood go and we do some activities with them but we also do family exclusive things.” Upchurch said.
She Traveled with Abby Henderson and Savanna Richter to Turks just this year and explained how she felt during the trip. “having your best friends by your side in one the most amazing parts of the world is a really cool thing.” She explains during the interview via text message.
Another students that has traveled many places is Zach Ring ’18. He has traveled to the following countries; The Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, Mexico, Batiz, Guatemala and the Little French Key. Recalling his many vacations Ring explains why he likes too travel to the countries he did. “[It’s] enjoyable and I like observing different cultures.]” Ring said. “I usually travel with my family on these vacations.” He also explained during the interview while slightly laughing, about the worst part of traveling. “Waking up early to do fun activities.” He said.
As more students are traveling, possibly more and more places are becoming a vacation destination.