It's 3:30am, I just took my transfer at New York and am now heading towards Pittsburgh. As you can guess, my bus from Montreal to New-York didn't have working WiFi so this is gonna be a long update.

First, there was 23 people in the bus at first and only me and some old lady weren't black. Once we got to Albany, there was about 40 people and... only me and the old lady weren't black. The bus driver was named George and he was pretty dang awesome. He called everyone buddy and was pretty caring and attentive. Once we reached the US Border he made a crazy speech about not looking at the agents wrong or bad shit will happen. Well, one African dude got turned down because there was a typo in his passport and he didn't understand the questions well because his English wasn't good enough, but awesome George went and said "Ain't I let a brother go down on my watch" and went on a tirade with the agents. Didn't understand what they were arguing about since he had closed the door but in the end, they let the African dude go through. Someone actually argued with a US Border agent and won. We went past the town of Crazy (you guys have weird town names), reached Plattsburgh and then between that and the town of Shroom (seriously), it was Stephen King's The Fog. We could barely see 10 meters ahead. (En passant Nancy Goyette, il y a une ville qui s'appelle Champlain pas loin de la frontiere et juste a cote y'as un Lac Champlain). Also there's a US Olympic Training Center at Lake Placid. How do they train their athletes, by making 'em fight giant alligators like in the movie or something? Silly people.

At Albany we had to get down the bus while they refilled the gas or something and holy shit the station is crummy. Cracked floors, broken change machines, cashiers with no change, closed restaurant, broken water fountain... I didn't dare enter the bathroom. Also there was a huge pile of luggage in the corner and among them was a plastic bag literally filled with shit... LITERALLY shit. That place was pure filth and luckily we only stayed there 25 minutes.

At that point we were three hours away from New York and I was starting to feel drowsy. By the last hour I was knocking nails when suddenly... NEW FREAKING YORK. Holy shit what a majestic sight to see from a bus, and at night! I also didn't expect to actually see grass, hills and trees in what I thought was gonna be an ocean of skyscrapers and stuff.

I arrived at the bus station at 2:15am and my transfer (and last bus) was supposed to leave at 3:15am so of course there was already a mile long line. I'm goddamn surprised but man you guys are PRIMITIVE, transport-wise. The New-York bus station is even filthier than the one in Albany, if that's possible! Granted for once not 95% of people were black, it's actually a relatively equal mix of uhh... every race. There was this obese security guard... with no legs... sitting in a puddle of coke... eating donuts... and the worst thing is that nobody seemed to care so I take it that's a normal thing to see? Also when I asked him where the gate for Pittsburgh was, he just drooled, stared at me for a few seconds and started laughing sooooo... I walked away and asked someone else. This time it was another security guard who was chilling, what's with trying to go upstairs by walking up the escalator that goes down. He didn't even answer me, he just kept staring into nothingness with a blank stare. There weren't even garbage bins around, just random plastic bags overfilled with junk. The bags were often pierced and shit was covering the floor everywhere. While I was in the line waiting for the bus to arrive (I would have gone to get a coffee and a snack but with the line being a mile long I didn't dare), one of the apparently only competent security guards came and told me that I needed to get a baggage tag so I went to the place and there was this morbidly obese latino woman with FIVE kids on LEASHES arguing with the baggage inspector (who by the way was in his 70s and blind) and they argued so long that by the time I got my tag, the bus had arrived and people were already boarding.

There were so many people that they actually had to turn down people because the bus got full and one of the guy who got turned down didn't like it one bit. At first he talked like a smartass to the bus driver and when he saw that it wasn't a joke, he got mad and started yelling and threatening to sue them and saying that he had been on the road since 4:00pm (bitch I've been on the road since 11:00am), the "security" came but it wasn't enough so the driver closed the door, flipped him the bird and drove away right on schedule while the police arrived in the background. The timing couldn't have been more perfect.

Now I'm sitting next to a black dude with yellow teeth and rastas with his pants down to his knees blasting music super loud, I smell a nice nine-hours long ride.

All in all, from what I've seen New-York and its surroundings is pure filth literally littered with black people who smell like sewers, brainless retards, primitive "technology" and incompetent workers. BUT it looks magnificent in the night. Golden foil covered shit, eh?

UPDATE:

Just came back from a long needed shower and am now laying down on a ridiculously comfortable bed with my awesome roommates. Man, the difference between the state of New-York and that of Pennsylvania is ridiculous. As much as everything in New-York is filth and shit, as soon as we arrived at Harrisburg, everything just got more and more beautiful. I'd have taken photos but I'm pretty sure my 3DS wouldn't be so good at moving targets. The architecture in this state is similar to the architecture in Trois-Rivières, Québec & Montréal's old quarters, except everywhere. It's just beautiful ornaments, houses built on hills... it actually looks pretty similar to Greece Nancy Goyette. Hills, grass, trees and flowers everywhere in the city, it's like the perfect balance between city and nature.

I arrived at the bus station right on schedule at noon but my friend's flight got delayed so I stayed there till 2:30pm. Now I'm browsing the Internet while my hair dries off and then I'll wander around town around supper time to try and find a grocery store so I can buy a bag of apples and save 5$ a day in breakfasts.

I'll also wander around and take photos of stuff I find cool (like the Zoo's ceiling)