Well, I am a kind of person who don’t like to change plans at the last moment. Although there have been many times when I had to do that. Because I believe that when I make plans at the last moment, I become more stressful and things do not go right for me at the last point. I would like to talk about one time when I had to change my plans unexpectedly at the last moment. I still remember when I went to India last year, there was a wedding that I had to attend in Goa and it was one of my closest cousins wedding and he really wanted us to be there at his special occasion. So me, my mother and my father and my three younger sisters, we all booked the airplane ticket as it is very far away from my hometown and it takes around 8 hours to be there by the plane. And if we had to book like other mode of transport, so it takes around 36 to 48 hours and we were all ready and very excited for his wedding. But unexpectedly at the last moment there was a very heavy rainfall in my hometown and the infant kids got delayed. And the body was very next day and we were all ready to be there and rock there. And we couldn’t find any other mode of transport so we had to go there by the train. It was very first experience for me to travel by the train as I have never experienced that thing in my life before And we were also mentally not prepared to go by train and It took around 36 to 48 hours to be there. It was quite a long journey for us but still I believe that it was a beautiful journey as I got to experience something new in my life and I also got to experience the beauty of the nature and the different cities that come around when we were traveling to Goa. However, if I had to travel by the plane I would have missed those natural beauty.
Band 6+: Describe a time you had to unexpectedly change your plans. You should say: - What your original plans were - What caused you to change them - What you did instead And explain how you felt about the change.
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Well, I am the kind of person who doesn't like to change plans at the last moment. Although there have been many times when I had to do that. I believe that when I make plans at the last moment, I become more stressed, and things do not go right for me at that point. I would like to talk about one time when I had to change my plans unexpectedly at the last moment. I still remember when I went to India last year. There was a wedding that I had to attend in Goa, and it was one of my closest cousin's weddings. He really wanted us to be there for his special occasion. So, my mother, my father, my three younger sisters, and I all booked airplane tickets, as it is very far from my hometown and takes around eight hours to get there by plane. If we had to book another mode of transport, it would take around 36 to 48 hours. We were all ready and very excited for the wedding. But unexpectedly, at the last moment, there was very heavy rainfall in my hometown, and the flights got delayed. The wedding was the very next day, and we were all ready to be there and enjoy it. We couldn't find any other mode of transport, so we had to go there by train. It was my first experience traveling by train, as I had never experienced that in my life before. We were also mentally unprepared to go by train, and it took around 36 to 48 hours to get there. It was quite a long journey for us, but still, I believe it was a beautiful journey, as I got to experience something new in my life. I also got to enjoy the beauty of nature and the different cities we passed through while traveling to Goa. However, if I had traveled by plane, I would have missed that natural beauty.
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