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Not happy Jan! I didn't have the best day today :-(
Was up at 6am creeping around packing my bag in the dark and trying to be quiet to not disturb others. Bus & train to the airport. Got there 2 hrs before my flight. Sitting. Waiting. Sitting.
Got stuck in the middle seat between a plump black woman and some business dude. Had no personal tv, and our one in the aisle wasn't working, so I slept most of the way for lack of anything else to do!
Would you believe it took me over 3 hours to catch a train to my hostel?? Yep. Perhaps I got a bit cocky by mastering the public transport in San Fran? But I'm sticking to my story that I swear the train was marked blue E. But somehow I ended up on the orange line going downtown?! Then jumped on another to try to go back uptown, only to realise I was going further down town, arghhhhh! Anyway I eventually stopped and asked a police officer who was very kind and pointed me the right way.
Got off at the right stop this time, but didn't have a map, so hailed a taxi to take me the few blocks to the hostel. I would never have found it!
So ended up checking into the hostel after 11pm when my flight landed at 7.30pm!
I was starving as I hadn't eaten anything, so decided to duck across the road to the cnr store, but it was pouring!! What?? Where did that come from??
So I didn't get to meet my tour buddy Becky tonight. :-(
But there was a silver lining to my bad day - of the 3 nights I'm booked here, they have to move me for night 3 to a different room, so I got a 10% discount, plus free brekky for the 3 days, which is only provided for "premium" customers, whatever that means! I feel special!
It's very quiet in this 10 bed dorm. People were fossicking around when I walked in, but nobody spoke. At least I got a bottom bunk for the first 2 nights. But I really wish that big black chick in the corner would stop snoring & farting, lol.
It's after midnight, so will try to get some sleep...excited to meet Becky tomorrow and go exploring!
Hopefully New York will look brighter for me tomorrow.
Later,
Tracey.
- comments
Brad Haha, the joys of flying time machine airlines. Oh ,I mean United Airlines. They are all pretty crap over there and would put them on par with Tiger Airlines. Oh you didn't have a map? With all your research?? then again you turn around and your lost ha ha.
Brad You know New York is the city that never sleeps. No Starbucks near your hostel?
Tracey Yea, go figure...all my research and no map or directions! Only saw the street at night, so haven't located the friendly local starbucks yet!