Band 7: Describe a long journey you took by car What it was When and where it happened Who it involved And why you enjoyed it (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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Journeys often really help to refresh our minds. I have taken a lot of journeys, but there's just this one journey that I took by car recently. It was a journey to Masai Mara National Park, or rather, a game reserve. I really enjoyed this journey firstly because I was accompanied by my parents. It was a family road trip during the December holidays. The reason we decided to take this journey is that during our December holidays, we always find time to refresh our minds from the year. We make sure to break the monotony of staying at home and all the activities that have taken place throughout the year. This journey had a great impact on me because I learned a lot of things. I learned about animals, I learned about nature, and I really saw that Kenya has great natural beauty. I enjoyed each and every event that took place. We also refreshed our minds, and I found myself enjoying every bit of the journey. During that time, we were in the safari vehicles that we used inside the park. It was really enjoyable looking at the giraffes, seeing the big rhinos, watching the elephants, and all those animals. There was also this one part that I really enjoyed, catching up with my family at a table, having dinner, and enjoying some delicious food.

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Journey often really helps to refresh our minds. I have taken a lot of journeys but there’s just this one journey that I really took by car recently. It is a journey to Masai Mawara National Park or rather game reserve. This journey I really enjoyed the journey firstly because I was accompanied by my parents. It was a family road trip. It was during the December holidays. So the reason why we decided to take the journey is because during our December holidays we always find time to refresh our minds of the year. We find the time to make sure we break the monotony of staying at home and all the activities that have taken place during the year. So it really happened and it really was of great impact to me firstly because I learnt a lot of things. I learnt about animals. I learnt about nature and I really saw that Kenya has a great nature and I really enjoyed each and every event that took place. We also refreshed my mind and I saw myself enjoying every bit of the journey. First during that time we were on the vehicles. These are safari, safari vehicles that we use inside the park. It really was enjoyable looking at the giraffes, eating, looking at the big rhinos, looking at the elephants and all those animals. It was really… There’s also this one part that I really find myself enjoy so much catching up with her family in a table, taking some dinner, taking some food, enjoyable food,

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