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Describe an attractive outdoor place you visited as a child
You should say:
where this place is
when and how you went there
what the place looked like
and say what you found attractive about this place.
I'm going to describe a really beautiful park I used to visit when I was a child. It is a
national park about 100km away from my hometown of Ho Chi Minh City.
With regards to the question of when I used to go there, my parents and I often went
there whenever we had a long weekend. Since, it's not far away we used to drive our car.
We would set off in the wee hours to avoid the hellish rush hour traffic of my city. I am
not an early bird so I usually slept during the journey… and woke up in paradise!
Now concerning what
this place looks like, I really felt over the moon every time I went
there. It is a wonderful place with fascinating and marvelous natural beauty. There is a
large salt lake in the centre of this park with extremely clean water, in which I could see
the reflection
of the blue sky, white clouds and green hills.
Another thing that really attracted me was that there are many kinds of
fish in this lake,
such as carp and trout. We often went boating and fishing in the lake. Once I even caught
an angelfish, which is a beautiful fish with long fins. I wanted to bring
it home as my pet,
but I was afraid that I couldn’t take care of it, so I just set it free.
Finally I'd like to mention that the most attractive feature is that
the lake there is
surrounded by a variety of tropical fruit trees, including
lichi trees, durian trees and
mango trees. Usually, after fishing we would have a BBQ for our lunch under those fruit
trees. In the afternoon, we would rent a tandem bicycle and ride together on a small path
around the lake, enjoying the tranquility and fresh air.