Band 5: a memorable holiday u visited. (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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I am in India. He welcomed me to India. I traveled by plane last night, arriving in Mumbai at around 7 am. It was a pleasant journey. The memory stays in my mind because it was my first time traveling by air. Upon arriving at Mumbai airport, I was received by him and his family. They are great people. They took us to their home. I can't forget the kind of dishes they showed me, and the culture that was so ingrained in their family. They had much respect, and the way they treated us was quite fabulous. I remember him taking us out with his family to Yehobichu hotel, which had a variety of different types of food. We were able to enjoy Indian meals that had a lot of spices. I was able to eat some, but I was not able to acclimatize to the situation because I am used to African Kenyan food. India has a similar climate to Kenya in South Coast. We share the same climatic temperatures as my home place. It was so fun, and we really enjoyed it a lot because we were able to ride some motorbikes in the ocean and travel a long distance. We could really enjoy ourselves for the rest of the time. I am happy that I visited India, and I would love to go back anytime. Mumbai would be the best place for me to land because it has a variety of social life that I really like.

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I am at India. He had to welcome me to India. I travelled by plane on the last night. Arriving at Mumbai at around 7 am in the morning. It was a pleasant journey which I had. The memory can get off my mind because it was the first time travelling by air. On arriving at Mumbai airport I was recieved by him and his family. They are great people. It took us to their home. I can’t forget the kind of dishes they show me. The cultures which were so much ingrained in their family. They had much respect and the way they handled us was quite fabulous. I remember him taking us out with his family and we went to Yehobichu hotel which had variety of different types of foods. We were able to enjoy Indian meals which had a lot of spices. I was able to eat some but I was not able to acclimatise the situation because I am used to African Kenyan food. India having the same climatic area with Kenya in South-Costia. We share the same climatic temperatures just as home place. It was so fun and we really enjoyed it a lot because we were able to pedal some motorbikes in oceans and we were able to ride a far distance. We could really enjoy ourselves for the rest of the time. I am happy that I visited India and this comes even anytime I can wish to go back to India. Mumbai would be the best place for me to land on because it is a variety of social life which I really like so much.

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