I’m going to describe about a journey that was unexpected to me. Last year around March I was travelling from the city of Elroy to Nairobi and I had been booked a flight by the people who had sponsored me and the time that they had indicated in my documents was around 1pm, the time for my departure. So when I went to the airport where I was supposed to check in, I was told that my flight is not available and that my details were not found. So I was really a bit discouraged because also it was my first time using a flight and I when the people saw that I was in distress they chose to still find out why I had such documents but my name was not appearing. So when they kindly checked into the SIM systems they found out that my actual flight was supposed to be at 8 am which was already past and I felt so helpless but they assured me that let’s just wait for the 1 pm plane. If they’ll be as pace in it they’ll slot me in because I was supposed to be Nairobi during that for that day because the second day I was to have an activity to do in the in Nairobi. So when I went when it’s 1pm came I was able to be given a chance to board and when I arrived in Nairobi I finished my task on the day of coming back again I checked in for my flight which was supposed to depart at 12 noon but still before it was around the time to board we were given a notice that the plane the aircraft that we were supposed to use has some issues and it has to be and to undergo some maintenance for quite some times so again we had to wait for it until it was made during that time I was just alone I never knew anybody in that airport because I was just going one of my errands and other people so we’re going in their errands during that time I really felt that something bad was coming my way and at the end of the day I really felt that it wasn’t a good thing at the end of the day and whatever task I was going to do I wasn’t able to manage it well and I was told to go and redo it again
Band 6+: Describe a long journey you went on that was unexpected. You should say: - Where you were going - Why the journey became unexpected - Who you were with And explain how you felt about this journey during and after it ended.
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I'm going to describe a journey that was unexpected for me. Last year, around March, I was traveling from the city of Elroy to Nairobi. I had been booked a flight by the people who sponsored me, and the time indicated in my documents was around 1 PM for my departure. When I went to the airport to check in, I was told that my flight was not available and that my details could not be found. I felt a bit discouraged because it was my first time flying. When the staff saw that I was in distress, they chose to find out why my documents were valid but my name was not appearing. They kindly checked the systems and found out that my actual flight was supposed to be at 8 AM, which had already passed. I felt helpless, but they assured me that we should just wait for the 1 PM plane. If there was space, they would slot me in because I needed to be in Nairobi that day; I had an activity scheduled for the following day. When 1 PM came, I was given a chance to board. Upon arriving in Nairobi, I completed my task. On the day of my return, I checked in for my flight, which was supposed to depart at 12 noon. However, just before boarding, we were notified that the aircraft we were supposed to use had some issues and needed to undergo maintenance for quite some time. Again, we had to wait until it was ready. During that time, I was alone; I didn’t know anyone at the airport because I was just running errands, while other people were attending to their own matters. I really felt that something bad was coming my way. At the end of the day, I felt that it wasn’t a good experience, and whatever task I was supposed to complete, I wasn’t able to manage it well. I was told to go and redo it again.
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