I’d like to talk about a time when I visited a place in the Bico region of the Philippines. It is Camarinas Sur or Kaoramoan Island. Around four hours apart from my. From my hometown. And this place was incredible. And I was very surprised about the nature and it was a different island, I mean multiple islands similar to El Nido Palawan, which is probably the most popular tourist spot here in the Philippines. I would say that um. Mhm. This island was a very good destination if you’re going to relax because of the limestone formation, a crystal clear beach and surrounded by beautiful trees. There’s also milk fish. I mean the milk fish that they call it in a small lake there. A lot of people are visiting that because they just wanted to see this. I visited this place because we had a. We have a. Team building with my colleague and we are able to spend three days there. It was fun because I able to relax after a busy work break and after my. Because my job is quite demanding and probably tiring and I need just to relax and get some fresh air and atmosphere where it’s a new place to me. What we did there is we do island hopping with my colleagues. It’s a variety of seafoods like grilled fish, shrimps and octopus. And it was very delicious. It is very peaceful than I expected because I’m just simply think that it was just a natural or similar to a. That was like. Like a simple natural. But apparently I was really surprised with how it was in. In the person.
Band 6+: Describe a place you have visited that you found surprisingly peaceful. You should say: - Where the place was - When you visited it - Who you were with And explain why it was surprisingly peaceful to you.
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I'd like to talk about a time when I visited a place in the Bicol region of the Philippines. It is Camarines Sur or Caramoan Island. Around four hours apart from my hometown. And this place was incredible. I was very surprised about the nature, and it was a different island, I mean multiple islands similar to El Nido, Palawan, which is probably the most popular tourist spot here in the Philippines. I would say that this island was a very good destination if you're going to relax because of the limestone formations, crystal clear beaches, and surrounded by beautiful trees. There's also milkfish, I mean the milkfish that they call it in a small lake there. A lot of people are visiting that because they just wanted to see this. I visited this place because we had a team building with my colleagues, and we were able to spend three days there. It was fun because I was able to relax after a busy work break and after my, because my job is quite demanding and probably tiring, and I need just to relax and get some fresh air and atmosphere where it's a new place to me. What we did there is we did island hopping with my colleagues. It's a variety of seafood like grilled fish, shrimps, and octopus. And it was very delicious. It was more peaceful than I expected because I simply thought that it was just a natural or similar to a, like a simple natural. But apparently I was really surprised with how it was in person.
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