saykolow greyhound

pic here with me and alex outside the white house...

anyways, kwento ko lang...so we arrived in dc shortly after 10pm...dun sa station, madami din not from our group in new carollton na nagrereklamo bec they bought tix for a certain time tas they werent able to get on the bus...apparently, that's how the greyhound buses operate; they just sell and sell tix without actually counting how many people have purchased tix for a certain sched and just lets people into the bus even if they have a different boarding time on their tix...anyways, so the manager says the next trip to ny would be at 1145pm! and people were really complaining na kasi it's not our fault..thankfully, the manager said he'll be sending a bus soon...so before 11pm, we got on a bus...so dapat ok na, right?

when we reached new york at about 3am, the driver turns on the light and shot a question to everyone: "does anyone know how to get to port authority?" port authority is like the major bus station in manhattan...and i was like, "huh? ano to, joke?" so people were then giving directions to the driver; he got a little bit confused bec most of the passengers on the front rows were girls and gave him opposing directions...finally a guy walked to his side and started giving him directions...so again, dapat ok na, right?

so we got into times square where the port authority is at...but- this is really the most hilarious part- no one knew how to get into the bus lift...fyi, port authority also has this really big multi-floor area very similar to valet parking where buses have to drive through to pick up/drop off passengers...so i think we drove around 34th-48th and 8th-9th avenues twice (or more)...we tried to ask for help from a group of policemen; driver was honking but not one police noticed us! hahaha...anyways, we got into one side of port authority where the woman seated in front of me said she's sure that was where buses go into but the gate was locked! the second time we passed by it, she told the driver to go down and see if anyone was there...thankfully, merong isang police sa side ng gate who opened the gate and so our bus got in...but that's not it pa...driver went to the wrong lane and the bus couldnt do a reverse for a while to get into the right one...plus, he didnt know which gate to stop in (inside pala there's still a lot of gates so i can really understand the driver's confusion)...and then the passengers just told him to just stop ANYWHERE and just "let us off"...

funny huh? that was the weirdest trip ever...

pero happy pa rin overall!!