Until I was seven years old, I was living in America. So when my dad came and told me that he was going to send my mom and me and my sisters to India, I just thought it would be like living in a highly technological place like America. I was wrong, like big time wrong. India was like living in a farm, without the animals, even though I lived in a normal house, like everybody else did over there. Unlike smelling the brewed coffee my mom makes every morning, I had to smell the bread and the meat being cooked. I half the time did not like at all. The driving system has no discipline and there are no roads, the ground is all dirt. You had to wash the laundry with your own hands and the shops there were completely disorganized. When I was around 13 I went back with my mom and my sisters, during my vacation. Until then I wondered what attracted tourists, such as my best friends dad, to travel to India. Going back I realized India is an incredible combination of modernity and tradition. It’s among the leading tourist destinations all over the world. In fact, millions of people visit India every year and after their tours, they are able to carry sweet memories that can last a lifetime. Also, going to India opens your mind very much; you see your blessings, looking at even rich kids over there. For example, schools are very far from all houses, so every kid has to go in crowded buses or six maximum goes in one taxi, those do not even have doors, which is very unsafe. Going to India made me a better person, it opened my eyes to many things about life; such as: thankfulness, courage, and caring about the others. Life is all about discovering things, but you could only discover them, if you get out of your comfort zone and daily routine.
Blog 3: Traveling to a New Perspective
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