Cassie-After we returned to the ship, we went with a big crowd of people out to a local club. I was really tired but I wanted the opportunity to dance with Brazilians and hopefully find a place to do samba. I found that was not the experience. We went to a Crocodiles club and when we got there, there was no cover charge and the body guards spoke English. The bar took American money and the primary music was the songs played on the radio in the US. The worst was the Brazilians that were there were standing off away from the dance floor not dancing or anything. Some of the local guys were dancing but the other SAS students for the most part ignored them. I was really saddened by my peers that were continuing the stereotype of Americans. Many had drunk way too much especially being in a foreign country.
I did get to meringue with a Brazilian which was I wanted to do, that made me happier especially because he was excited to see I knew how to dance. I did dance and jumped around with everyone but for the most part that cultural separation that was imminent in the place impeded my enjoyment of the night. However, on the third night I ended up going to the same place because that’s where the group of people were going at the time, and there were more Brazilians there and they were dancing. One of the girls would pull each one of us to dance and I got to dance with the same guy from the first night. That guy however was following me too much when we weren’t dancing so I decided to go home since Ev hadn’t gone that night.
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