Final Travel Essay

For my final essay, I have two ideas. My first idea is writing about my trip to Pakistan. Specifically, I would focus on my visit to the Anarkali-Liberty market. My second idea is writing about my experience at a Saudi Arabian McDonalds. If I talked about the Anarkali-Liberty market, I would center my theme around the differences between an experienced traveler (my mom) vs a beginning traveler(me). The story would involve a lot of haggling, witty bargaining, and focus on Pakistani market vendors, their various shops, my mom, and I. If I wrote about the Saudi Arabian McDonald's, my theme would center on how people in America are automatically given respect, but in Saudi Arabia respect must be earned--even in a fast food restaurant. I would write about the separate lines for men and women, the different food, the unique seating arrangement, the cashier, and my family and I. The first idea would include Urdu dialogue, but the second idea would include Arabic. All in all, they're both great travel experiences that I would enjoy writing about.