A fluorescent lizard brushed against my ankles as I sat, legs stretched on the cool marble floors. I quickly jumped back only to startle the lizard into racing up the side of a smooth white wall, still wet from the recently fallen rain. The tropical, sand-tinged air whispered slowly as it forcefully swept away small tree leaves strewn all over the balcony. It wasn’t my first time travelling outside the country. I had gone on numerous journeys with my parents, and my many experiences gave me a broad view of the world. From seeing the content beachside life of residents in Cancun to the bustling, trendy streets of London, the small fragments of the Earth’s surface I’ve been exposed to have opened my eyes to so much enjoyment and cultural enrichment.
Through the immersion of one in a variety of physical environments, the manipulation of genre, form and perspective presents a polysemic representation of a diverse range of landscapes, in turn allowing responders to develop complex understandings into the human psyche. Specifically, through the interwoven utilization of complex allusions and personalized outlooks Alain De Botton’s The Art Of Travel shapes humanities greater knowledge of traveling’s impact on the human behavior and perception. Likewise, this notion is extended amongst Kenneth Slessor’s minimalistic, poetic piece North Country in which the composer highlights man’s dichotomous relationship with the physical world, and how ongoing, differentiated experiences cultivate interpersonal growth and develop individualized standpoints towards the wider globe. Consequently, both texts elicit portrayals of innumerable landscapes, which foreground the intricacies of civilization through the construction of a piece that reveals the subjectivity of our human mentalities today.
Have you ever wanted to have the best time of your life, floating underground and exploring under the sea? Many people associate Cancun with simply being a resort-and-club destination, unaware of its beautiful lagoon, coral reefs and other great sites. I’m here to tell you about my experience in Cancun, exploring some of its most beautiful eco-archeological wonders. Swimming underground?
Cancun is truly a standout tourist destination. This sparkling Mexican Caribbean hotspot boasts endless beaches, gorgeous weather, a thrilling nightlife, and abundant accommodation options.
One vacation option to consider is Cancun Mexico, where visitors get to experience a different culture, experience mouth dropping views, and do many types of things. According to Mexico, a World of Its Own, ‘’Cancun has it all for travelers looking to have the vacation of their life.’’ Families that go and visit Cancun can experience jungle tours where people can drive their own speedboat to snorkel on a section of the largest coral reef. Visitors can also experience zip lining where people can go on the highest and longest zip lines that go deep into the jungle. People can also swim with dolphins and the dolphins can give handshakes, give people kisses, and people give them kisses back. One more thing that people can do in Cancun is dead sea
What makes traveling to foreign lands such a coveted and memorable experience? What does one get out of exploring new cultures and atmospheres? In “The Shock of Teapots,” by Cynthia Ozick, the quality and nature of traveling and travelers themselves is explored. Within this work of creative nonfiction, Ozick strategically uses genre, diction, and exemplification to effectively emphasize that travelers see ordinary things in a new light when visiting other places and countries.
I am drawn to the thought that vacationing is a way of making everlasting memories, in addition to encountering many diverse cultures around the world.
A few weeks before Christmas last year, I and my friends Daniel, Emmanuel and John longboarded from my house up in Lakeland down to Daniel’s house down in the valley of Auburn. It was approximately a two and a half hour journey through the brisk air and on the slippery wet leaves. It took a bunch of twists and turns to get to Daniel’s apartment, all of our friends called his area “Mini Mexico” because everyone in his apartment complex was Mexican besides two Indian families that fit in. We arrived around five the sunny was already setting, we leaned our boards against the wall next to Daniel’s door. We walked into an already started party. We lined up to greet the relatives, I was in the back just hoping that
It was November 20, 2016 the day that I had left for Cancun Mexico. Me, my brother, my mom, and my Grandma and Grandpa all 5 of us in my Yukon Denali on our way the the Hilton Double Tree. It took about an hour and half to get to Chicago Illinois, but on the way there we had to make a few pit stops in Valpo to get my brother some flip-flops that we ended up losing in Mexico. On our way there we had kept in contact with the other 9 people we were going with, My cousin Sean had checked in on us a few times, and asked us how far we were from the place we were heading which was called Portillo's. It's a restaurant that is amazing all of us were going to meet there for dinner before we would all head to the hotel. When we had gotten there my 3
It is an amazing thought to think that I am sitting on a beautiful white sand beach in the South Pacific where there are no tourists!
The weekend of October 20th will be a forever memory that I was glad to be a part of, with great friends and especially with that gorgeous thang by my side. Congratulations to Zack and Jessie, the happy newlyweds living the Forbes life in Cancun, will be one for the books! Also, celebrating my boy Grant and his Jordan birthday year with a little Fifth Harmony, Happy Birthday brother! Laughing always with our Sunday Funday group to wrap it up with a little corn maze and posting on the Facebook app at the gassy Blind Pig!
Throughout history, the progressions of mankind has given way to a perpetually globalizing world. Globalization, the “process of interaction and integration among peoples of different nations, has strengthened human ties while our race has formed societies in every corner of the globe. As our world becomes more interconnected, the resulting blend of cultures has led numerous societal features to be shared between peoples, blurring cultural division lines. Globalization’s tying binds may frustrate many modern travelers seeking unique and special travel experiences due to the standardization of destinations resulting from increasingly cozy international social relations, but continued and extensive human travel has demonstrated that the essential human urge to move is a product of our search for fulfillment in what is unfamiliar and will not be suppressed by global interconnection.
What laid in my hand was my literal golden ticket to the world. This small, flimsy card could take me anywhere I wished to go to in New York City but I didn’t enjoy this privilege all my life. I grew up in a neighborhood where my family and I didn’t need to travel far for a doctor’s checkup or a grocery run. My whole world consisted of a few streets in Brooklyn. Unfortunately, my parents could neither drive nor afford many rides on our MetroCard. I had seen places like the Empire State Building and Central Park merely in pictures so the inner adventurer in me yearned to see what was outside Brooklyn.
Surround yourself in Caribbean turquoise and become one with the ocean during our Cancun deep sea fishing expedition! Feel the breeze change as our boat leaves Nichupte Lagoon and enters the Caribbean Sea. After you've approached the coast of Isla Mujeres and caught a glimpse of this quaint island, prepare to start your fishing adventure. You'll be trolling for smaller bait fish as our experienced crew monitors the waters, moving the boat toward spots where live bait abounds. Then, the trolling portion continues for about 1 hour as the boat heads east toward open waters. At that point, it's just you, the ocean, your fishing pole, and the deep sea fish ready to eat your live bait. Everything happens under the supervision of our crew, who will
Stepping out of my first plane ride, I experience an epiphany of new culture, which seems to me as a whole new world. Buzzing around my ears are conversations in an unfamiliar language that intrigues me. It then struck me that after twenty hours of a seemingly perpetual plane ride that I finally arrived in The United States of America, a country full of new opportunities. It was this moment that I realized how diverse and big this world is. This is the story of my new life in America.
The famous wizard Gandalf once said to the simpleton Bilbo Baggins, “home is now behind you. The world is ahead.” A similar thing was said to me in 2016 when I left for the adventure of a lifetime to Australia and New Zealand. Prior to this trip, I had never even traveled without my parents abroad. Like Bilbo, I never liked to do anything unexpected or out of my comfort zone. I expected my favorite part of the trip to be touring the Sydney Opera House or feeding baby kangaroos in the wildlife sanctuary. However, the most memorable part of the entire trip happened in New Zealand while visiting Hobbiton, on the movie set of my two favorite movie trilogies: The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit. Standing at the entrance to the Shire caused me to