IELTS SPEAKING PART 2 - A Trip By Public Transport

A Trip By Public Transport

Describe a trip you went by public transport.
You should say:
    how you travelled

when I was young, probably prior to primary school, I went back to my xxxx’s home with my parents by ship, or by boat, a motor boat, along river
    why you went there I went there because it’s a tradition to celebrate a family reunion during festivals, and we live in the eastern coastline of china, whereas my grandma lives in, an inner land city.
    how long the trip took

It took approximately 3 days, because shipping would be one of the least efficient means of transportation in the contemporary world. Even driving is faster than shipping I suppose.
and explain why you remember this trip.

I remember this trip because that was the first time I travelled by boat, and prior to that, I heard someone is seasick on the boat, so I was slightly worried. But after boarding, everything was fine; there was no feeling of vomit. So such an expectation gap kind of strengthened my impression of this trip.

Another reason is the food on the boat, which was completely a nightmare to me, because usually the cuisine served in south-western china is hot and spicy. But I was grown up in the north, so I cannot eat any spicy food at all, I have to drink so greedily to alleviate such a pain that sometimes I was full because of water rather than the meal.

Besides, that time was during 1990s, which was relatively a short time after china’s economic reform, so the commodity, snacks on the boat is also quite limited. It seemed that the only snack available was instant noodles. And even those noodles were a spicy flavour. So during those day, I hardly had anything but noodles with boiled water.