7. Compare and Contrast: Two Places

  Mexico, Argentina, and Brazil are kind of familiar to Korean. But some countries are unfamiliar to us. I’m going to introduce one of them which is in Central America. Do you know which country is bottom of Mexico? The answer is Guatemala. I have good memories of this country and I want shear them with you.

First, Guatemala has delicious food. Tortilla is common food. Tortilla is made of corn and it looks like little pancake. They eat the Tortilla with cheese, frijol, and meat. It is different with us that we eat rice and kimchi. But also it has similarity that they and we eat fermented food; cheese and kimchi.

Second, climate is so different with my country. Guatemala’s climate is divided by dry and rainy season. But as you know we have 4 seasons; spring, summer, fall, and winter. Guatemala’s climate is constant. Therefore car’s break down is less than Korea. One of the interesting is both country has cold weather in December. Even Korea’s December is colder than Guatemala’s.

Third, security is too different. South Korea is in truce with North Korea. But we have very good security. But Guatemala is terrible. Bus is dangerous to foreigners and even taxi sometimes could be dangerous.

It is interesting that we have so long distance. But I think where people live is not much different. Guatemala has very interesting like food, culture, etc. Hence, I recommend this country for travel. And also we have lots of interesting, domestic travel is highly recommended, too.