8th posting

            Throughout this English 4 class I have developed a liking for this blog project. It allows us to save paper, and use our existing technology. It was a rigorous challenge getting myself started with this blog, particularly choosing my topic. Exotic getaways have been a wonder to me forever, but so have many other things, which made it hard to decide on one topic of interest. When I decided to do exotic vacation spots I did some simple research to find some quick facts. It ended up being a little harder because there are key words you have to type in to find information, and not just a travel site that doesn’t help. I learned so much since we started, which is what I was striving for. I feel more aware of what is happening in the vacation world presently now that I’ve done some deep research. Also, I have learned much more about where to vacation and where to not vacation depending on my liking.

            This last blog helped me learn lots of stuff related to my thesis. I got to know more about how resorts make money and maintain a steady income. I also have been able to learn about the poverty and wastewater issue’s involved specifically in Cancun Mexico where they have giant resort areas with people living in 5 star conditions. That opened my eyes up to other possible countries who are suffering this crisis as well. When I posted my poll a couple weeks ago I noticed some interesting stuff as I analyzed the data. But I was expecting this data for a reason. People will not vacation to places too much like where they currently live because you wouldn’t be experiencing anything different. This blog project also helped me pick and choose the “credible” sites and find information within the site that helps you decide weather it is a reliable site. In the very beginning of this blog project I was researching simply vacationing in today’s society. I found it to be much more rare to vacation then it used to be, mostly because of people’s financial state. Also, people do not just vacation to get away from work or stress. I found that people actually travel to volunteer or to cook. Many cooking vacations have become popular and yoga as well.

            Now that I know a lot about exotic places I feel more prepared to travel. Although I still wonder things about people’s cultural activities involved when you travel to other countries, what to do and not do, and what to say and not say mostly involving respect. I hope to further my research to the point where I know as much as possible and my brain can’t take anymore. The rubric proved to be indispensable in preparing my blog posts throughout this project because it guided my writing. It was fun to design and work on a project that is under development the whole time. It’s helped me be a better editor and also designer.