New York

I found Beah's trip to New York to be very interesting. First off, I couldn't believe that his uncle didn't believe he was going to New York until he arrived there. Is it common for overseas caretakers to let there children wander for a day or two? That's what Beah's Uncle thought he was doing until he received a call from New York. I also found it interesting about what Beah though New York would be like. Full of crime and violence, mass amounts of drugs and gangs. Do foreigners really think that's what American cities are like? When Beah found out that it wasn't he seemed much happier.
I never heard of such a UN conference before. It seems like is really doing some good for this world though. Children from all over the world to discuss problems facing childhood must have been a real impacting moment on his life, seeing he wasn't the only one with similar problems.
The food issue was also interesting. Beah had absolutely no idea what he was eating and he didn't like it very much. American food tastes so good to many of us, but foreigners that never have tasted our food may not like it. Americans don't really know so much about the cultures outside of our own. After reading through this part of the book, I realized how lucky, yet sheltered many Americans are to the rest of the world.