1 day in Minneapolis

Now we are making plans for rapid city in the lounge at Marriott
We have just completed a bunch of walking (approx 4 hrs in -2 C ....)

Here are where we went:

1st - Minneapolis Community and Technical College

2nd - Walker Art Center

After that we went to find something to eat

3rd - Eat Street

Not-So-Funny story... I was told by this thai concierge(r?) that this eat street is a good place to eat... and the map he gave me was kinda small, so.. I was like ok! lets head there.... I turned out, it was a hell of a walk to the place... I mean about 45 mins from Walker Art Center... and Holy **** its like Vietnam town...  All the restaurants are Vietnamese and... as you can see, my friend are very happy..... The food wasnt that good too =(   (about 11 bucks i paid)

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Then we went back to hotel around 2 pm

We thought we were gonna rest for an hour then catch a bus to the Mall of America...

As you can guess, we were tired... i mean TIRED

so we all went to sleep right away and woke up about 5.30 pm

and it was dark outside so we abandon our thought of going to the mall ...

we instead were hungry so we went to Apple Bee!

 (This was GOOOOD ... MUCH BETTER THAN THE VIET FOOD)

(i ordered chicken sliders and a long island tea and some buff wings  about $ 14.25)

Then we head to the bridge ... dont ask what bridge cause I donno...

After that we are back here, and making a plan ...

So in Rapid city we will be staying at the Raddison Hotel

445 Mt Rushmore Road Rapid City, SD 57701 (605) 348-8300

It cost $74.86 for a night. and only 0.2 miles off the bus station !

Alright I am tired... so I will keep posting!
Byte Out!

In Minneapolis

Now I am at the Marriott hotel and everyone else is sleeping,
There was a little trouble here and there yesterday, but i think we managed to get through it pretty well.

the trouble, the bus was full... the bus driver didnt believe so since the tickets added up to the full capacity.
What happened there, I guessed was there were many kids (1 year old or less) who did not have tickets and they were just taking up seats cause their parents arnt happy to share....
So we waited for the next bus which was about 30 mins later. It was alright, but pretty full too. So we got separated. I was sitting next to some guy who has ADD or something, he kept moving.... other people didnt have much luck either, Keiske has a kid sitting on his lap, Yasushi sat next to a guy who like he just got off a prison lol. But all went pretty well after.

we got off the bus and decided to go for a walk in search for this hotel. Without real map of course =)
we ask people around and at last we found it. around 6 am...
and since then everyone has been sleeping.. except me =(

Well.. there were 2 beds which can hold 2 each, and there were 5 of us... I was unlucky to draw the lowest card... so u know what happens... but that means i wont have to draw any card after this untill everyone has got their share =)

Alright, time for more photos

In Minneapolis bus station

 

Deepac just got up, and the two pp behind him was wondering what is going on?

And this is our room!

Alright now I got to plan what to do in the city!

Byte out!

The journey has begun

Right now I am at Milwakee Bus Station and it is 9:34, the bus was delay by 1.30 hrs in Appleton
But anyways, everything went well, and everyone is eating atm including me.

Here are some pictures

Byte - Deepac - Yu - Keiske - Yasushi in front of Kohler

In the Appleton Bus station waiting...

 

after dinner...

First Hotel

So, it is time to book the hostel/hotel in our first stop MN,
Fortunately or Unfortunately, the hostel per night per person was about $27+
So we looked into Hotels.
We found Marriott Hotel offered the best price and best location
that is $ 112.64 for 5 people, 1 room ($23 each)
So we booked it!
the location is

30 South 7th Street,
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402 USA

appox 0.5 miles from the bus station

Hopefully we are able to make the bus on time!

1 more member added to the crew!

Yu is also coming with us
so now we have 5 people.

Our plan in detail

Minneapolis (05:30pm 06:15am 12h, 45m)
-Spend 1 day (Nov 26-27)

Rapid city (07:00am 05:15pm 11h, 15m) Nov 27
-Spend 1 day (Nov 27-28)

Seattle (05:30pm 05:35pm 1d, 1h, 5m)
-Spend 2 days (Nov 29 – Dec 1)

Portland (07:20am 11:25am) Dec 1
-spend 1 day (Dec 1-2)

 San Francisco (11:45pm 06:15pm 18h, 30m) Dec 3
-Stopping at Sacramento CA for 1.30-4.00 pm
-Spend 1 day (Dec 3-4)

Los Angeles (10:00pm 05:25am) Dec 5
-Staying 2 days (Dec 5-7)

San Diego (02:00pm 04:50pm 2h, 50m) Dec 7
-Staying 2 days (Dec 7-9)

 Las Vegas (12:01pm 07:50pm 7h, 49m) Dec 9
-Staying 1 days (Dec 9 – Dec 10)

Flagstaff (08:15pm 02:50am 5h, 35m) Dec 11
-Staying 1 night (Dec 11-Dec 12)

Amarillo (08:50pm 10:05am 12h, 15m) Dec 13
-Staying 1 night (Dec 13- Dec 14)

Houston (14 hrs)( 07:30pm 07:30am 12h, 0m) Dec 15
-Staying 1 night (Dec 15- 16)

 New Orleans (11:10pm 06:25am 7h, 15m) Dec 17
-Staying  1 night (Dec 17- Dec 18)

 Panama city (09:30am 06:25pm 8h, 55m) Dec 18
-Staying 1 day (Dec 18- Dec 19)

Orlando FL (06:40pm 03:40am 8h, 0m) Dec 20
-Staying  1 day (Dec 20- Dec 21)

Miami (02:00pm 08:10pm 6h, 10m) Dec 21
-Staying 2 day(Dec 21-Dec 23)

Orlando FL (11:45pm 05:05am 5h, 20m) Dec 24
-Staying 1 day (Dec 24- Dec 25)

Columbia SC (10:15pm 11:00am 12h, 45m) Dec 26
-Staying 1 day (Dec 26-Dec 27)

DC (11:35pm 11:10am 11h, 35m) Dec 28
-Staying 1 day (Dec28 -Dec 29)

 NY (02:30pm 07:00pm 4h, 30m) Dec 29
-staying until the end



The date allow us about +4 days to move around so if we miss a bus... or got too drunk and forgot about our schedule... =)

Just bought a greyhound pass

So the travel begins.
I just spent $500 on my ticket and soon it will arrive.
The detail plan should be up soon.