Talking about a journey that didn’t go as plan. I I have different examples for that. So one of the wor examples I’m sayinging about this is was the tr um we planned this that trading a couple of months ago. So we planned a particular day for that. Me with my lot of friends uh started a journey um it was a treating plan so we carried gack with eating things we I was doing right. We have planned that drive rem me uh from a couple of months ago. So we finally got a date uh to go drive picnic and we convinced our friends and teachers for that. It was very tough to convince but however nevertheless I we did uh convince I was friends with some seniors and uh we had to teachers to guide us. Um, since it was a trekking plan we were going by foot. When we walk about three to 4 hours it suddenly started to raining. We didn’t expect to rain because it was a uh winter time but it rained. I don’t know how this was possible. So would’t get any places to get rid of that brain. Uh we got wet and all of the materials we carried damaged and couldn’t eat any things because rain has uh okay your time time is up now.
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Talking about a journey that didn't go as planned, I have a few examples. One of the worst examples I'm thinking of is a trekking trip we planned a couple of months ago. We had a specific date in mind, and I set off with a group of friends. It was a trekking plan, so we packed snacks and food. We had planned this drive for months, and finally got a date to go on a picnic. It was tough to convince our friends and teachers, but we managed to persuade them. We even had some senior friends and teachers to guide us. Since it was a trekking plan, we were going by foot. After walking for about three to four hours, it suddenly started raining. We didn't expect rain because it was winter, but it poured. I don't know how it was possible. We couldn't find any shelter from the rain, so we got soaked. All the food and supplies we carried were damaged, and we couldn't eat anything because of the rain. It was a real disaster.
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