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 Some Difficulties to Visit Other Country

During winter vacation, I traveled to Cancun, Mexico with my friends. This city is located in southeastern Mexico and on the Caribbean Sea. Cancun is famous of tourism area because it has beautiful ocean, springs, and historic buildings. Even though I visited this city in December, and I felt summer weather in there because of location. I enjoyed sightseeing, snorkeling and eating there. However, during Cancun trip, there were some hard things I had to do. But, I think they are also important thing if you go to other country.

First, it was difficult to protect myself because this trip was my first trip without parents. When I visited another country with my mother before, I just followed her. My mother had my passport and something important. However, I had to protect everything I have by myself during this trip. For example, when we went to the sea, we had to leave from our bags or stuff. Therefore, we decided to watch them in turn. Furthermore, whenever we walked, we brought our bags in front of our body. Additionally, avoiding persistent salesperson is also to protect myself. When we went out of Cancun airport, many salespeople approached and told us “We have many plans of tourism. It’s cheaper than other company.” Because we made plan before visiting Cancun, we refused these offers many times.

Second, to adapt the way of living in Cancun and culture was difficult for me. For example, we must not flush toilet paper in toilet, so we had to toss it in the box. I was so surprised because it was my first experience. I cared about smell and sanitation, but I could stand them. Another surprising thing is there are many homeless and poor people. When we walked around the market, we often saw people who searched for something in the garbage can. I was puzzled to be requested some money or food.

Third, we could not make ourselves understood in Spanish. When I went to Isla Mujeres Island, which is far away from main island, most people live in there spoke Spanish. However, because I had never learned Spanish, it was difficult to communicate with these people. For example, when I ordered my lunch, I could only pointed the picture of dish. For this experience, I thought I should have learned some words or phrase in Spanish.

In conclusion, to visit other country has some difficulties, which is to protect myself, to adapt the way of living and not to use English. However, at the same time, it is important things if you go to other country. Therefore, if you decide to take a trip, you should pay attention to your bag, accept other culture and learn language which is used in the area that you will visit. Thank you for reading.