Shays View of South America
9 novembre 2000
Hmmm, how do I begin, well I¥ll begin in California. I went to stay wiht my Aunt Jeanne in Santa Rosa for a month and got to know my Aunt and my Cousin, Jennifer, because I had only met them once in my life that I can remember. So, I hung there for a month and got to see San Francisco and Berkley, it was pretty cool to see. So after a month we left for Carson City and then on we drove across America. Nothing real big happend until we got to Louisiana and celebrated my 15th Birthday (might I add it was the best birthday I have had in a really long time). So after that we drove to Miami where it was really hot and the hotel we were at stunk very bad in my opinion. But, I did get to see my mom so it was okay.
Then we flew to Aruba then Caracas. It was cool until we couldn't find our bags. Then my aunt was informed that they had left our bags in Aruba and said that they will come the next day. The bags weren't delivered until 2 days later so we wore the same clothes for a day and went to the market and bought some more clothes of the street. Caracas was hot, loud, and dirty in my opinion except I did like to watch the traffic go by, it was like watching NASCAR. After a couple of days in Caracas we decided to go to Salto Angel which was really cool except, I had real bad stomach sickness with everything included. But I think I hung in there pretty well for having to be on a boat for 5 hrs. strait. Anyways it was a spectacular sight got some pictures. After that we went back to Caracas spent a couple days there nothing special happend.
Then we got to Merida which is a really cool place. I like it alot because the weather is nice I can walk around and not have to worry as much if I am going to get my pokets picked, but the one thing I don¥t like about South America is the stares I get, I mean people will be right in front of you or walking by you and they will just stare. But I get more than kind of stare like some people will stare right through you or, stare at you like you are royalty or, the most common one I get is the "what the hell are you doing in my country!?!" Sometimes I even get pointed at. But I guess I will have to get used to it , cause' i'm sure it's like that every where else.
Even though its a third world country, it has alot of stuff America has. Like yesterday we went to the movies to see X-Men, it was in english with spanish subtitles. and the other day I went to the arcade and played Tony Hawk pro skater. the arcades are different though, they are just a room with tvs and game systems and you pay to play an half hour or full hour. I told you pretty much every thing so far but I must go cause I dont know if I have enough money to pay for the computer time.
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