And activities took part in outdoors recently. A few months ago actually was snorkeling. So I have never been snorkeling before. And in uh, August 2020 we went on holiday in Barbadas and we had a house ride on the beach and I swimming every day cause the water was right there. Our next door neighbor who was an american guy, every day he would go in snorkeling and I didnt really think that snorkeling was available. And then on our last day of the holiday he said do you want to try my snorkel? So I put the snorkel on and I was really surprised and disappointed because there was this amazing coral reef right under the sea, a stone throw away from my house. So for two weeks I was swimming and could have been watching this amazing scene underneath the water. So we re booked our holiday to Barba do. We went back again December last year and I brought my snorkel with me. I went to the sports shop and purchased the best snorkel I could buy and brought it in my suitcase with me. When we got there we discovered that the sea was too rough so I couldn’t circle. Let see was rough and choping the whole time we were there. So not only I couldnt strorkle, I couldn’even swim. So im missing that opportunity again. In the future I hope maybe I hope to circle maybe somewhere else that has more reliable corkcling. But I would also like to try scuba diving cause I think weather doesn’t really matter so much because you are underath the water and it a far more immersive experience. But it does require a lot of training. So maybe I need to do my padi license.
Band 7+: Describe an outdoor activity you took a part You should say: •What activity it was ? •Where you did it ? •When you did it ? And explain whether you liked it or not ?
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One outdoor activity I recently took part in was snorkeling. I had never been snorkeling before, but in August 2020, we went on holiday to Barbados. We had a house right on the beach, and I swam every day because the water was right there. Our next-door neighbor, an American guy, went snorkeling every day. I didn't realize snorkeling was available there, and on our last day, he offered to let me try his snorkel. I was surprised and disappointed because there was an amazing coral reef right under the sea, just a stone's throw from our house. I had been swimming for two weeks and could have been watching this incredible scene underwater. So, we rebooked our holiday to Barbados and went back in December. I bought a new snorkel at a sports shop and brought it with me. However, when we arrived, the sea was too rough. It was choppy the entire time we were there, so I couldn't snorkel or even swim. I missed another opportunity to explore the underwater world. In the future, I hope to snorkel somewhere with more reliable conditions. I would also like to try scuba diving because I think the weather doesn't matter as much since you're underwater, and it's a more immersive experience. However, it requires a lot of training, so I might need to get my PADI license.
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