least knew that I was hanging out with Thomas but this was the first
day I had no clue who was on the ship. I decided I was just going to
go to breakfast, find a table to sit at, and see what they were up
to for the day. The table I sat down with was going to an amusement
park. I was hesitant to go with because I knew it would end up with
me standing at the end watching because of my lack of interest/
scaredycatness in rides. But I went with anyways. I had never met
any of the people before this day but they all seemed cool enough.
The amusement park (it was called Wonder la) was AWESOME. I figured
since going to an amusement park is pretty touristy that we would see
more "white" people. How wrong I was. It was exactly like a six
flags. Even though it was a Thursday there were quite a few people in
attendance.
The first ride we stopped looked like a caterpillar roller coaster BUT
there were tons of adults in the line. We rode it. Realized it
definitely was a ride that should be for kids. The adults didn't seem
to mind or notice though. The second ride was much more intense. As
I stood in the line, I warned the people (that I had met two hours
earlier) that I didn't like rides and if I started crying to not be
alarmed.
I did it. Even though I didn't want to. It wasn't bad at all.
(Brain tumor).
Even though there were rides, the park's main purpose was as a
water park.
There was a rain disco. Let me say it again. There was a rain
disco. I don't know why we don't have these in the US. They pretty
much dim the lights, play loud music, and spray water on you. They
separated the boys and the girls though. Like we were in the same
building but there was a metal fence that went to the ceiling that
divided us. It was SO cool.
So the amusement was overall a success. You can tell they aren't
quite as advanced as in the US only because the size/scariness of the
rides but it was still a great time.
I think my favorite part was when an Indian man with his wife and
small child pointed to his camera and then to me. I nodded and
attempted to take the camera to take a picture of them. Nope he
wanted a picture of me with his wife and child. How awkward. Things
get worse though. After that first picture everyone wanted one.
People ran over to throw their relatives with me to get a picture. I
felt like Mickey Mouse at Disney Land. Me next. Me next! I'm not
sure if they take a picture with every white person assuming there's a
slight chance he or she is famous but for the first time I felt bad
for celebrities. It was a weird experience (I feel like this is the
theme of most of these posts).
That night we continued our adventure by going to a movie (John Carter…
don't see it. It was in English and I still barely understood it).
One of the biggest things I noticed was that they love to interact
with the show. They hoot, holler, and clap as though the character
will hear them. This was the same when we went to the music fountain/
laser light show at Wonder la. Everyone got sooooooo into it. (There
was one guy who kept barking with the dog in the movie. I don't think
anyone else though it was weird.) They also don't turn their phones
off (and they answer them after they start ringing).
PS. I've actually met a lot of people who have had an arranged
marriage now. When I originally put this down though I was talking
about my Global Finance professor on the ship. I've had this
discussion with my friends many times before but if I lived in a
society where arranged marriages were the norm, I would have no
problem with it. At all.
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