My journey to the U.S. was full of new experiences for me. It seemed like a long, difficult two-day journey for me and my family. Many new things happened, some funny and some frustrating. For example, when we went on the flight, I saw many things which I had never seen, I had to sit for a long time and we missed our next flight in Los Angeles.

We began our flight from Guangzhou, China to Los Angeles on May 16, 2010. My parents, my sister and brother all went with me. After saying goodbye to everybody, we left our stuff to get checked and then boarded on the plane. The plane took off at about 9:30 p.m. I sat beside the window and my sister next to me. We flew higher and higher, the sky was so dark, we couldn’t see anything but only the light of some houses or streets. I fell asleep late. After I woke up, it was almost dawn outside. I saw the sun rising and the cloud was under the plane. They seemed much closer to me and they were so beautiful.

But soon I felt bored. The 12 hours on the plane seemed too long for me. I didn’t like sitting such a long time. I chose noodles for my breakfast, but it did not taste very good. So I decided to watch the movie, but I had watched this movie one time already. It was still so boring. Then I wanted to sleep. I closed my eyes and kept thinking, “sleeping, sleeping.” But the seat was so narrow that I couldn’t sleep well. Strangely, I kept wide-awake the whole time.

Then, we arrived in Los Angeles at about 9:25 p.m. Then my dad headed to transact the entry visa. But it took us such a long time. When we finished it, it was nearly 11 p.m. but our next flight would start at 11:30 p.m. There were a lot of people waiting for checking their stuff. We had no choice but to wait in line.

After checking all the stuff, we had no idea what to do next. One staff member told us to go to No.4 Building. The lady in the building gave me other tickets. But next flight would take off at 6:10 a.m. That meant we must wait in the airport in whole night here. We had no food, no water. Dad and I went to McDonald’s to buy some hamburgers. It was so cold outside, and I just wore one jacket. We stayed at the building and waited until 5 a.m. We must check in an hour before the plane left.

Finally we arrived at Washington DC. We were all so tired. Then we all waited for my aunt to take us to Virginia. This was my voyage to the United States. This journey gave me so many special experiences to remember.