To be honest, it has been very hard to watch some of the documentaries on Katrina’s destruction, look at some of the pictures illustrating people’s suffering, and read about the inherent corruption and racism in the history of New Orleans. Each new piece of information disturbs me and I find myself very frustrated after learning about these problems. I feel that I am prepared to enter New Orleans because I have a better understanding of the culture and people, especially the troubles they endured, but in reality, I have no idea what the people of New Orleans and the wetlands have gone through. Therefore, it’s important to have no expectations of this trip. What that means, I am not positively sure but I believe it means to go down there and take it for how I perceive it and not what I am suppose to perceive it as based on the various sources I have accumulated knowledge from. Overall, I am looking forward to this trip; I have no idea what’s to come and that’s the exciting part about it.