My Cruise To America Research Paper

One of the most meaningful experiences that I’ve encountered was this summer on my cruise to the U.S. Virgin Islands. It was a meaningful experience because it showed me what life is like outside a third-world country. It also made me realize that I am very fortunate of my life and how I have grown up. Making our way off the boat into this huge open warehouse to the streets of San Juan, I was frightened because of the things I've heard about San Juan. I was walking in the middle of my family not losing sight of my phone or purse. I was afraid I was going to get taken from my family. As we were going to the main street, we were bombarded by the villagers wanting to sell us things or take us on a tour of the island. While we were walking around we came across a huge flock of pigeons that smelt so bad. Some of them were fat, while others were skinny and looked like they were just taking out of a bowl of grease. The birds weren’t scared of people, if someone ran up to the pigeons, they would walk up to you and would get in the way. Once we got passed the flock of birds we passed these two homeless people that didn’t have an arm or leg that …show more content…
The buildings were all so colorful and bright. The color from the building brought life to this poor country. Every building was a different color than the one next to it. The streets were very long and narrow, made from a blue smooth brick. The city is very loud with all the car horns honking, people screaming from the other side of the street, and from all the kids playing in the parks. We walked to the end of the island to see the boats and fishermen. The boats looked very fragile and poorly developed. One of the small boats was connected to an anchor looked as if it was about to sink, it was tipped upside down with the top of it barely out of the water. The people of San Juan looked so happy and had this expression on their face that they weren’t facing hard