We really enjoyed our time in the States especially seeing parts in the South which are not really on the tourist trail. There is alot of bizzare stuff here. Town centres don't exist...just miles and miles of fast food shops lined around the highway all giving away food for less than the price of a cup of coffee. TV is geared purely to advertise, even the news can't keep on one item for more than 2 minutes without showing some "fun" item about a cat stuck down a drain or an advertisement for Viagra. America is centred upon feeding crap abour Iraq and making sure it stays as the No.1 boggeyman. Blacks are still 3rd class citizens and Mexicans are treated even worse than that. White middle class America wants to create a Martha Stewart vision of white linen, flower arrangements and finely pressed Chino's. Finally, America is a vision of global warming...not one day remains the same for 24hrs.
The good bits have been seeing the South, the Gulf coast, a huge melting pot of cultures (Cajun, Mexican, European) and understanding why America is the way it is on the world scale. If the price of petrol goes up one more time there will be a revolution!
Adios Amigos.
Sunday, 15 July 2007
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