Important Traveling

Traveling is very important because you get to know how different people live. Traveling shows you how easy or hard life can be in other countries compared to the USA. It’s fun and educational to travel. You have to be patient with others and be ready to get up and go.
There are lots of differences between cultures. Some examples of these differences are greetings, importance of time and the simplicity of life. In Chile they give a kiss on cheek for a greeting. We just give a hand shake. I think the kiss on the cheek is a friendlier way of saying “hello”. When I saw a friend in Chile she always gave us a kiss on the cheek and kept going. When Americans see their friends they just say “hi” and keep going because they are busy. Americans might think it is gross to give a kiss on the cheek because they think a kiss is a way of saying “I love you”.
The public transportation and the importance of time is a lot different in Chile than in the USA. In Chile they do not care if they are late because they believe everything will happen in time. Take the busses for example, the bus schedule says the bus will leave at 8:00 and they leave at 8:30. In the USA people would get worked up about someone being late.
The Chileans have harder work than Americans. Every day I see them chopping huge pieces of wood and then putting them on an oxen cart. All we have to do is buy some wood at the store and put it in the back of our car. Throwing laundry in the washing machine is a piece of cake compared to the Ecuadorian ladies scrubbing their clothes in the river for hours. I believe our life is easy and their life is difficult.
You always want to help a person if they are having troubles. They do not always have all the resources that Americans have. Many children only go through middle school then only some go into High school and barely any go into College. I want to help the schools and get the government to help support and care about all the schools.
It doesn’t matter how another person lives or believes as long as they feel strong and able to control their life. It doesn’t make it right or wrong the way another person lives or believes as long as it works for them and does not harm anyone else. You should always show respect of another person’s way of living.
It is very interesting the way different people live. I like bringing home memories from my travels as well as souvenirs of the way different cultures dress, like my poncho and pan pipes from Ecuador.