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Day 19: And the plane drops....
This morning was scary! First of all because I had to get upn at 5am and secondly because I had to wander round Baltimore, finding my train to get to the airport. It's a scary place, even at 5am. Everyone made me feel really uncomfertable, so I was glad to get to the airport. Check-in and everythting was okay - got my youghurt conviscated as I forgot it was liquid lol. Boarded my flight to Atlanta, Georgia - the firstr time I had ever flown alone, and that flight was fine. I think I coped well. I then had 3 hours wait for my flight to Maimi, so I passed the time with a starbucks, massage chairs, friend and was even tempted by a show shine. Then the flgiht to Miami. I knew it was not going to be good when they said the seatbelt light would be kept on. We were warned of the bad weather ahead, and then we hit an air pocket and the plane dropped really quickly, everyone screamed and the plane began to climb again. it was VERY scary and not a good start to flying alone.
But, I landed kind of in one peice, into the sauna that is Miami. It was too hot to get 2 buses to south beach, so I paid the $20 for a taxi to the hostel. It's pretty nice, get free breakfast, lunch and dinner, it;s clean, safe and central, so can;'t complain. So after a train, 2 planes and a taxi, I am finally here in South Beach. My room mates are cool, Freda, Maiva and Djanna.
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