July 8 2010 - Charlotte

Hello there,

I finale found a computer to go online. So I will be able to slowly catch up on writing the blog. I will do my best to be quick. So , here we go

I got to Charlotte at about 2pm today. I knew mz next bus was not going to leave until 2am so I had a lot of time to kill. I had already looked up the Starbucks nearest to the station but before going there I spent over an hour in the bus station's restroom (suprisingly, very clean). Why I was there? Well, the only outlet that was working was located in there. I had made a photo of the Charlotte map with the directions to Starbucks with my phone. It didn't have any battery left hence, the bathroom. I was not the only one in there, others used the 3 remaining plugs too.
After that I went to Starbucks where I spent the next couple of hours. It was only about a 15 minutes walk there so it was ok and it also gave me an impression of the city. It's just like the guidebook said, it's a business town, mainly banks, so all you can see are high office buildings.
I had a shock at the Starbucks when I checked my bus times again. My next destination was Myrtle Beach and the Internet told me there was no bus going there today. However, when I split up the journey into two parts I found a way to get there. First from Charlotte to Raleigh and then from Raleigh to Myrtle Beach.
I also saw that there wasm't only a 2am bus but also a 10.40pm bus to Raleigh where I would have a long layover. I decided to take the 10.40pm bus cause I had definitly seen the Charlotte station. It's really a mess. They don't know what they're doing there! No bus is on time, then they are sold out which means people who do have a ticket can't get on and have to spend hours and hours even the whole night at the station because they have very few buses going per day.
There's a place 2 hours away and thay only have one bus a day. Myrtle Beach is only 2.5 hours away and it will take me close to 12 hours to get there. Isn't that crazy???
Another thing, I think that Greyhound personal is getting unfriendlier by the second. It's truly incredible how they treat their paying customers, what happened to The customer is the king???
Anyway, now that I have bitched about greyhound I'm gonna go wait for my bus, after all, it might be on time for once!

xoxo