Band 6: Describe a place you visited that was surprisingly different from what you expected. You should say: - Where the place was - When you visited it - What your expectations were before visiting And explain why it was so different from what you expected. (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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I would like to talk about Tashkent, which is in Uzbekistan. Why do I like this place, and why have I chosen it among all the other countries I have visited? Because it exceeded my expectations. I had imagined that this country, in my opinion, seemed to be poor, dirty, and very underdeveloped. But when I arrived in this city, I was pleasantly surprised because the city was absolutely clean, full of roses and fountains. The people were very polite. There were many attractions, and there was a street, I don't remember the name, but it was a very wide boulevard, I think it was called Broadway. For the first time in my life, an artist drew my name with little pictures very quickly, maybe within 15 to 20 minutes, and I still have this picture. I keep it as a portrait. My time in Tashkent reminds me of very kind people and highly qualified specialists who helped me strengthen my body and health. They were really working hard, doing their best to improve my health. I forgot to mention that I visited this place because I went to the resort with my friend. The most surprising thing was the prices because everything was extremely cheap. They were three times cheaper than in Kazakhstan, and I could buy a lot of things.

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I would like to tell about about Tuskand, which is in Uzbekistan. And why do I like it this place and why I have chosen this place among all other countries that I have visited? Because they exceeded my expectations and I haven’t imagined that this country, in my opinion, seemed to be poor and dirty and very low-developed. But when I arrived in this city in Tuscany, I was pleasantly surprised because the city was absolutely clean, full of roses and fountains. And people were very polite. They had a lot of attractions, and they had, I don’t remember the name of the street, the very wide Broadway, I think it was named. So, and I got first time in my life, the artist draw my name, little pictures just very fast maybe within 15-20 minutes and I still have this picture and I keep it as a portrait made as a portrait so this period when I was in Tashkent reminds me the place of very kind people and highly qualified specialist which helped me to strengthen my body, my health, and they were really working hard doing all the best to improve my health. And yes, I have forgotten to tell that I visited that place because I went to the resort with my friend. And the most surprising thing was prices because everything was extremely cheap. And they were three times cheaper than in Kazakhstan. And I could buy a lot of things.

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