White Desert Town

Date: 4/15/2016

My family and I travelled to a strange almost deserted town. It resembled a white Arabian desert with a high coastline to the left lined with small packaged modern housed right up against the water. To the right were shops and a slum area with white sandstone buildings. Washing was hung up across buildings and little black kids ran around, there were only a few palm trees in sight. In between was a wide open road latent with gravel and white sand. A short black man came up to us and began talking to my dad and I about the modern houses on the coastline. He explained they were built himself of a plan you can get and are very cheap to make and then sell for profit. Being very sceptical he offered to show us his home. Dad and I went in to see for ourselves. As I entered the house I noticed his bedroom door was slightly open. I rudely peered in and it was the most disgusting bedroom I've ever seen. Shit smeared walls, a single stained mattress accompanied by dirty laundry, empty bottles and a smokey ashtray. He told me he had a wild night with a prostitute, I didn't want to ask. As we moved on the rest of the house was contrasting. White tiles, modern furniture, feature walls and a flat screen TV. He had made an amazing home however my dad continued to question the structural integrity and if he were to build one he would use steel beams instead of timber.