A Picnic by the Sea .

 A Picnic by the Sea . 

A Picnic by the Sea . 

Vung Tau is about 125 kilometres from Ho Chi Minh City. It is a popular holiday resort where millions of people spend their holidays each year. 

It was on a Sunday in the summer that we had a picnic in Vung Tau. I went there with my uncle and his family. There were five of us, my uncle, my aunt, their two young children and me. My uncle drove us there in his car. 

We arrived there at about nine in the morning. The beach was already crowded with other holiday-makers. Anyhow we managed to get a good 

place with a rented parasol and we put our things there. My aunt laid out a mat for us to sit on. 

In double-quick time we were enjoying ourselves in the sea, except my aunt. She just sat on the mat watching us. 

The water was cool and refreshing, and I loved splashing it on my cousins. However, the hot sun above could be quite uncomfortable. So after about an hour or so, my uncle told us to sit in the shade for a while. The sun was getting increasingly hot, so we reluctantly came out of the sea. 

In the shade of some trees we built some sandcastles. Time passed so quickly. Soon we heard my aunt calling us to have lunch. We ran to her and helped ourselves to the delicious food she had brought. Then we had several glasses of ice-cold drink from the thermos flask. 

After lunch we played a while more in the sea. The sun was just too hot. So we walked over to one of the hotels nearby and washed ourselves with clean freshwater. 

When we returned, my aunt had already packed everything in the car. So all of us got into the car and my uncle drove us back home to the city.