Previously, I shared my experience in California which was quite an adventure.
One of the main highlights of my vacation happened while I was traveling from the west coast to New York City.
I left Los Angeles and travelled back to San Francisco to take a plane to New York. The bus left at 4pm and was scheduled to arrive San Francisco at 12am. My flight was scheduled at 8am and I had plenty of time. If you do the math, I have 8 hours to get to the airport, plenty of time. But that was not what happened. I almost missed the flight! Here’s why.
Firstly, the air conditioning in the bus stopped working after about an hour from our departure time. The bus had to return to the station and all of us had to switch buses. That added 2 hours to our journey time. Unfortunately, that wasn’t the end.
The windshield wiper of the bus got detached due to strong winds and this happened at the halfway mark. At this point, many of the passengers were unhappy, a passenger shouted “Strike Two!” and I got a little worried as I had a flight to catch. The bus driver told us that the maintenance company would be coming to fix the problem. She further gave the assurance that another bus would take us if the problem couldn’t be fixed. Well it didn’t work so we had to wait for another 2 hours for the bus to arrive. I felt that the best thing was to call for the bus at the start to reduce the waiting time.
So I was stranded at some gas station in the middle of nowhere waiting for the bus. I’m glad I had data to keep me occupied and I took the time to find out the train schedules to the airport.
I kept track of my location on the map to see how far I was. I alighted at Oakland, which was about an hour from my original destination. It was running late and i found out that there was a train station nearby which could take me to the airport quicker. This was not part of the planned route but I took the risk.
I managed to check in online and got my electronic boarding pass before arriving at the airport. I made it just when the boarding gate opened. What a relief!
Later I found out that 2 items from my bag, including my flash drive went missing. I am pretty sure that it was due to the switching of buses. Hope my claim gets approved.
That was quite an adventure which I could never forget. So my friends, if you are going to travel, please make sure you give at least 4 hours in between switching transports.
I’m sure most of us know about the famous ball drop in Times Square during the New Year. People start to queue and wait near the Times Square as early as 10 hours before midnight. I’m not one of them. Here are the pictures
This guy just uses spray paints and scratches to make art
NYPD having a briefing
I’m not the type of guy who goes to countdown events but the reason I’m here is because I just happen to be in New York and the tag line “New year in New York” sounds cool.
The aftermath at Times Square
I had a tour to Niagara Falls and Washington DC the next morning so I just stayed at Mc Donald’s.
There was a man who looked like John cena and he was making sure that everything was alright. He kept mentioning ” it’s new year, please stay away from trouble , there’s plenty of room in the prison right now” and kicked out people who were drunk and the place starred to stink because of a guy who puked.
That’s basically how I started the new year!
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