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Tell us about your town.

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CarlosLau

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26 May, 2016 - 23:15

I live in Mexicali, it's a very hot city, We have a delicious chinesse food, and tacos al pastor, i love tacos al pastor, i love Mexicali
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23 May, 2016 - 14:37

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I live in Dar es salaam. It's takes place in East Africa. My town is near the Hint ocean. I like to swim due to keep me strong so i go
to beach in order to swim on weekend with my friends.If you want to do another water sport you can do it absolutely.
There is a big zoo in my town. When you visit to there you will find a chance to see wild animals by naked eyes.Also, yo can try to
new traditional foods, fruits etc. May favorite beverage is sugar candy. It is beneficial for my health. I think that you should try it.
Finally, there are a lots of places that natural in my town. When you feel stress or when you want to be alone you can go to these place
to get rid of stress or to rest. My favorite place is Hawaii beach. I like to watch to rise sun in there.

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20 May, 2016 - 18:19

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Mexicali is a very good town have a good people in and a very good food too i like my town because is my house and i have all my
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11 February, 2016 - 03:45

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" Dothory lived in a small house in Kansa, with uncle Henry, aunt Em and a little dog called Toto. "
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I began my introduction with a quotation from the book " The Wizard of Oz", because sometimes, when I am far away with my
imagination, I associate that I am Dothory, and my village is Kansa !
I've lived in a small village situated in the north of Vietnam, " There were no trees, no hills in Kansa, and it's often very windy"- That's
similar to my village: no big trees, no hills, no mountains, no spectacular sceneries, no modern facilities..It's so quiet that I can't
differentiate between " peaceful"and " boring".
Our lives are very close to nature. How would you feel if there were a frog jumping or a crab crawling into your living room while you
were watching TV ? It's very normal to me, when rainy season is approaching, some " uninvited guests" ( worms, butterflies,frogs) often
visit my house.
In the evening, the silence is interminable and sometimes, the sounds of insects living in paddy fields wake you up at night. If you're a
light sleeper and susceptible, you'll feel a bit maudlin !
The majority of people living here are farmers. They start their work at dawn and coming home when stars twinkle in the sky. Parents
don't have time to keep an eye on their children, so sometimes they are being lackadaisical, Generally, they're very obedient and greatful.
I have never contemplated moving to a city although my mother can afford to do that. My village- it garners no reputation, sometimes,
when the weather has fluctuated strangly and storms hit my village, our lives become more difficult than ever. A simple reason, I love

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my pretty village, look up to tolerant and open-minded villagers. Children respect adults and adults listen to children's perspectives. You'll
never be ostracized for your weird and egregious ideas.
My village : never in bedlam, never happens quarrels between neighbors....very great !

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22 January, 2016 - 03:52

I live in a small town in the northeast of Thailand. I love living in this place, it's clean, cool, green and not too noisy. We have many
activities

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13 January, 2016 - 12:03

I live a small town in north Vietnam. I love living in this place. It's clean, cool, green, and not too noisy. We can have many
activities. You can go fishing, swimming, flying kite, going picnic... You'know, near my town have a small island, it's have many kind
of bird living in it, especial storks. I love riding a boat around at dawn or at dark, having a thousand of storks fly in the sky. It's so
amazing and peaceful.

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14 January, 2016 - 04:35

Hi jimm9x. I love storks too. Do they stay there all year round?
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14 January, 2016 - 14:21

yes, there're thousand of them. They live there all year.

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4 January, 2016 - 02:56

I live in Thailand.Thailand beautiful white sand and clear sea water.

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25 December, 2015 - 02:13

I was in Thailand I have Thailand Cultural much passion for the East, Central, South and North East, I think it is very tight, I like
the culture of the East.
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24 December, 2015 - 15:43

I live in Thailand. Thailand is a beautiful city There are many attractions such as national parks, waterfalls, mountains, sea and
ancient monuments.
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24 December, 2015 - 04:51

i live in a town that have many beaches but we only see them, no activity to relax
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17 users have voted.

9 November, 2015 - 01:20

I live in Tame-Colombia, Tame is a small town near the mountain, it has a warm weather and many rivers.
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10 October, 2015 - 16:33

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I live in Medelln, Colombia. This place is so nice, I love the weather and the people, because is too friendly. Our traditional food is
the "Bandeja paisa", in general this food has... beans, rice, avocado, eggs, planes, arepa and chicharron... Other food that is so typical
in this place is the " sancocho ", and this is a kind of soup with potatos, meat, yucca, cob and sometimes has corinder... These
meals are so nice.
We have many places to visit, for example museums, natural parks ( Arv park - botanical garden ), a zoo, and here exit a train that is so
famous it's called " Metro "... this subway is so clean but exit some hours when the subway is so full and you can use it...But this is my
town, and I like it so muchos.

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26 users have voted.

12 September, 2015 - 11:05

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I live in Alexandria, Egypt .... it's a wonderful city ... we call it "the pride of the midtarnean sea "
you can find museums here and the most visited place here is Alexandria's library .
resturants here are great too .... I like my town with its old buildings and moderns as well
Don't forget to visit the historical places here )

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23 users have voted.

8 September, 2015 - 16:33

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I am from turkey.I live in stanbul.My town has got a lot of beautiful sides.If you visit your my country you can see historical places
and modern places

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28 users have voted.

3 September, 2015 - 14:56

I live in Hanoi, Vietnam. Hanoi is the capital of Vietnam. Hanoi is very interesting and very nice. There are many parks, houses,
shops and people. It's very noisy in Hanoi but I love Hanoi very much.
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33 users have voted.

18 July, 2015 - 14:47

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Hi am from germany. I live in one of smalls town calls Essen. Its a town with a big amount of population. Its a interessting town. It
has got lots of shopps and you can find there everything from foods to clothes. speaking of eat u can also find here various chinesse,
indian and afghan rasturant. U can also visite here various beach and parks and have fun. The weather is not but. it usually cold and

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rainy but the summer is very hot and sunny. So if you want to visit germany Essen, chose a perfeckt season like the month juli.

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29 users have voted.

23 June, 2015 - 15:00

Hi, live in Milas/Mula,this place is ancient city and very warming.The closest sea be short of 40 km.
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117 users have voted.

18 March, 2015 - 22:31

Hi! My name is Gaston. I live in puan. It's a small, wich is in east Argentine. It's a exelent place to live.
sorry, but not very whell English
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19 March, 2015 - 03:53

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Hi toropuan. There's no need to say sorry. This site is here for you to practise English. We hope you enjoy it and write lots of
comments :)
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62 users have voted.

20 March, 2015 - 00:44

Hi Yonathan - coor. Where you live?

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24 March, 2015 - 02:57

I live in Hong Kong. But I'm originally from London, in the UK. Have you ever been to London?
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18 March, 2015 - 21:00

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Hi i live in Argentina in a small town, it name is Puan. Iam learning english. My town is more beautifull! You can swim in a lagoon
and run in the street.The people are nise. in the weekend you go to museum of Puan. The history is amazing!

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74 users have voted.

12 February, 2015 - 12:10

I come from Melaka whiich a state in Malaysia,which is in south-east Asia. It is a nice place to live, there are a lots of delicious food
and many hitorical attraction. So, it is well-known among the traveler.
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During the Second World War German army were raidedd the classrooms of the high school,took the boys only and fired innocent
child.that is tragedy and we special and famous in the world.If you want know something about Kragujevac massacre you can type in
on google.also,in my town built is first theatre and first high school.We have big park,big lake and national park Sumarice.
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95 users have voted.

22 January, 2015 - 10:47

I live in Podgorica the mean city of Montenegro.Podgorica isn t too big ,but i like it .There are many parks too walk,there isn t too
much pollution .

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19 November, 2015 - 18:06

I'm from Podgorica too :)

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13 December, 2014 - 13:43

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hi every one I live in tunisia it's a small town wher the weather is nice I love my town because its so beautiful the most famous
places intunisia are cartage, kerouan , dugga, the amohitheatre of el djem,the golden age of mosic ,sbeitla, the great mosque of
kairouan and I cant never forget sousse and tozeur , sousse a beautiful contry with a fantastic beach it has the name of the pearl,
means of transport there are very unusual like the noddy train and cabs and tuk tuk taxies . tozeur it is a little contry in the south of
tunisia and its really beautiful . my town is fantastic and I think that it's the most beautiful one in the word

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20 November, 2014 - 03:02

i live in townsville
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