A student has written about a New Year vacation cruise to China. While it may have seemed enjoyable on the TV program, she writes that the trip was anything but enjoyable since so many people failed to take motion sickness medicine prior to leaving. She wrote that it "was hard to deal with the noise from the" seasick passengers.
As English has many specific words for different types of sounds, I have shared with her the word "retch", which should not be confused with the ubiquitously seen Taiwan url root, "wretch."
The Grammarist, a good reference tool for many different types of questions you may have about the English language, distinguishes the two well.
Shirley, your final sentence summarizing the experience was well written:
"I swear that I'll never, ever go on a boat to China again."
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