Melanie

**__ Personal Reflections __** MelanieAlvarado

1). Yes, I would like to go Puerto Rico because it is so beautiful and there is alot of historical places to see. I love to listen to there music and see them dance. It makes me happy.

2). The most interesting thing I learned was that the Puerto Rican flagged looked almost liked the Cuban flag.

**__ Destination Research Summary __**

My gnome Max visited Puerto Rico which has a population of 3,808,610 people. The first time the US counted the number of people in Puerto Rico was in 1899. In 1899, they said Puerto Rico had 953,243 people. Puerto Rico's population continues to grow each year. The climate in Puerto Rico falls in the tropical climate zone which is hot and rainy. The climate all year around in about 80 degrees.

Puerto Rico has many landforms like caves, beaches, mountains, hot springs and islands. This is why people like to visit Puerto Rico because they want to see these beautiful landforms. Puerto Rico has amazing waterfalls. Puerto Rico's natural resources are oil, cooper and nickel. Puerto Rico's biggest industry is tourism. They make alot of money from tourist and selling items with Puerto Rico's name on it or famous places. They also are involved in agriculture but this is a small industry.

__** Biographical Sketch **__

Roberto Clemente was a major league baseball right fielder. He was born in Carolina, Puerto Rico. He played baseball all his life with the Pirates. He was involved in many charity events in Puerto Rico and other spanish countries. He would give the poor people food and baseball equipment. He died in December 31, 1972 in a plane crash. He was on his way to deliver aid to earthquake victims in Nicaragua. He believed in giving back to his community when he became famous. He was the first hispanic baseball player to win a world series and MVP player award. He was popular because he was a great baseball player and he helped poor people. He was loved in the hispanic community.