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Personal Narrative: Vacation In The Dominican Republic
According to stress.about.com, “A good vacation can help us to reconnect with ourselves, operating as a vehicle for self-discovery and helping us get back to feeling our best.” Getting away is proven to relieve stress. From personal experience, I can vouch for this fact because going on vacation helps relieve my stress. I go on vacation and sit on the beach at least once a year. I prefer going to a tropical place such as Mexico. This year I will be going to Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic. I use my fives senses everywhere I go. I use them the most while laying in the beach.

I am laying on a peaceful beach in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. To my left, I can see the palm trees. They are very tall and not making any movement due to the lack of wind. Sometimes, it’s nice to have a little bit of a breeze so you don’t feel as if you are sticking to your chair from the sweat dripping off your body. Throughout the day the sun shifts and as it does the palm tree casts a shade over my friend and I, laying on our chairs. I can hear the children restlessly climbing the tree, trying to be the first one to the top. I watch them carefully, hoping
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As the children are playing water polo they are attempting to dodge the massive waves coming to the shore. The sound of the waves is so relaxing however, knowing there are young children near the powerful waves makes me nervous and on the lookout for one of them not returning above the waves. I understand the fun in dodging the waves because that was something I lived for as a child but it can be very dangerous. The touch of the soft, white sand on my feet is a feeling I will never forget. Personally, I think it is better than the feeling of soft carpet on your feet. The smell of the ocean's salt water is not one of my favorites but I adapt to it after sitting on the beach for so long. I just sit there and take in all the beautiful scene around

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