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I had the opportunity over the summer to go to the Dominican Republic and it was a very influential time. This was one of the things that most kids would want to take part of and I was lucky enough to have gotten to do such an awesome experience as this was.   It was very eye opening to see the difference from United States to the Dominican Republic. The plumbing couldn’t handle toilet paper so we had to throw our toilet paper into the garbage cans. The food was way spicier than anything that I have ever ate in America. The stop signs were barely used they would honk their horns and they would be through the intersections before you even knew that they were going to be moving.  The pollution on the Ocean was pretty bad considering there was a sewage river that went right pat the ocean.  The kids there were better dressed than Americans.  The normal people on the street that you saw walking were very well dressed as well. I didn’t see very many overweight people so you could say that there obesity rate is way lower than the American obesity rate.  There were a lot of people that were walking everywhere than what you see in America.   They have some different food than America, they have plantains which are a mix between potatoes and bananas and I didn’t think they were very good but other people might have different ideas about that.   They very rarely eat beef, I ate mostly chicken and rice and plantains. But some things that I learned when I was over there most of America should probably apply to Americans lives. They were very respectful to everyone most of all the time unlike Americans being rude to their parents most of the time.