Hey Guys, sorry for the inconvenience of me not being active in my blog because I was very busy in my school work that I couldn't post anything and stuff, so sorry guys, I will post more in the mere future.
But enough of that, My trip to Juarez, Mexico was amazing. I mean it was very interesting to see a different side to society compared to ours and to see the people of Juarez live their lives differently than us. Their currency, their culture, their architecture is different and all very unique, in my opinion. The people there were very friendly, although I couldn't speak to them directly, I had to speak through my Uncle who lived in Juarez, he also didn't know English as well, he knew most of the stuff I was saying, also I had to use hand gestures to make my Uncle and Cousins that I just met 2 weeks ago.
I knew some Spanish words that aided me to conversation since I took Spanish I. Also, one thing I wanted to mention was the currency and exchange rate was all very new to me as I was never very familiar to exchange rates among foreign currency's and the rate of ours, or American Dollars, where I live. So the exchange rate of one American Dollar is 16 pesos, like when I went to a Restaurant, it wasn't fancy, it was less than average. I mean, I'm not trying to insult the people of Juarez or Mexico in a whole, I understand, it is just how it is, the lifestyle of different towards ours.
Sorry again, I got off topic, so I went to a restaurant, the final total was like around 200, 300 pesos, so at the time, we didn't have any pesos to pay the bill. But luckily, they still accepted dollars, then my father told me the rate was the total divided by 16, or 16.5, then what ever is the quotient, is the amount of peso owed.
About the photos okay, I am not allowed to show the photos I took while on the trip, because some photos are to be used in the ATPI(Association of Texas Photography Instructors) competition to see who got the best photos in a certain category and you get awards, also you get recognition with your work. But in the meantime, I had another project that I am just getting done, and it is not related to ATPI in anyway so I can post photos of it in this blog.
If you are curious to see more details of ATPI, link is below.
http://www.atpi.org/
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