I told you a trip I took to visit my grandparents to live in the countryside in Thailand. Usually it only takes about 5 hours to drive there for my house in the city. I went with my whole family, including my parents and my younger sister. We were going there for the third holiday. So everyone was very excited to see our grandparents. However, the trip took much longer than normal because of the traffic. Since it was a national holiday, thousands of people were leaving the city at the same time. The road was extremely crowded. Also halfway there, we saw a small accident on the road. So on the car, had to stop and wait for over an hour. Because of this, the trip took like about 7 hours instead of 5. At first I was happy but after sitting in the car for so long, I feel really tired and poor. My legs hurt because I couldn’t move. I remember I was also very hungry because we didn’t bring enough food when we finally arrived at my grandparents house. I was exhaled and just wanted to sleep.
Band 6+: Describe a car journey you made that took longer than expected. You should say: where you were going who you were with how you felt during the journey and explain why this car journey took longer than expected.
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I told you about a trip I took to visit my grandparents who live in the countryside in Thailand. Usually, it only takes about 5 hours to drive there from my house in the city. I went with my whole family, including my parents and my younger sister. We were going there for the third holiday, so everyone was very excited to see our grandparents. However, the trip took much longer than normal because of the traffic. Since it was a national holiday, thousands of people were leaving the city at the same time. The road was extremely crowded. Also, halfway there, we saw a small accident on the road, so the car had to stop and wait for over an hour. Because of this, the trip took about 7 hours instead of 5. At first, I was happy, but after sitting in the car for so long, I felt really tired and uncomfortable. My legs hurt because I couldn't move. I remember I was also very hungry because we didn't bring enough food. When we finally arrived at my grandparents' house, I was exhausted and just wanted to sleep.
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