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Eye Opening Trip To The Caribbean Essay

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The Eye-Opening Trip to The Caribbean It was a Sunday morning in the middle of May when our family was on our way to the Caribbean. With that being said, we had a long 14-hour flight ahead of us, but the sky was blue and we were all filled up with excitement as to what would come next. I had never been in the Caribbean before and I did not know what to except. As we sat impatiently waiting to board our plane, I started writing my diary for the trip. Because we were going to be away for a good month or even more, I had to write a diary of my experiences and what I learned so that I could turn it in when I got back to school. As I began writing, I started to brainstorm of what I thought it was going to be like being in a very different culture with people you had never seen before. As a blond, young girl, I did not know much about different cultures as I am from a country with very little diversity. The only thing I knew was that the Caribbean was far, …show more content…

My dad, Tiril, and went diving right outside the Island called Saint-Barts, which is one of the most beautiful places I have ever been. I just remember seeing all the extraordinary corals, the colorful fishes, the big turtles, and the sparkly water. I had never seen anything like it before and I was amazed. Later on, we swam into the Island and met the rest of the family. We sat down in the shadows of a restaurant and enjoyed a delicious smoothie made by some of the local residents of the Island. After we had something to eat we strolled down to the beach and that was when it happened, the rare moment when people came up to us asking if they could touch our hair and skin. Many of them had never seen white, blond people with blue eyes before. It was a weird experience, but not a bad experience. They were all so friendly and nice to us and repeatedly said how exotic we looked. Vice versa, I told them the same and we all

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