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12:45 got on the first bus of the first major trip of my life. leaving St. Augustine and heading to Gainsville FL. the first hour of the bus trip was uneventful as most of the sites I have already seen  in day to day travel. That means I will not bore you with a drone of the trees. I will say thou that I was listining to DJ Spyhunter’s powder breaks.

 As we made our way to the bus station in Daytona the urban explorer in me saw a building and the first thout was “uuuu pretty”. When the building did not stop I thougth evan more how I wanted to have the time to look around inside the building, when I saw the sign that said AT&T I knew why I wanted to be in that building. In the time we spen in this stop I had witness to a man praying to Mecca, it was a wonderis and beautiful site. Needless to say I was touched deeply by this show of devotion to ones religion. before leaving the daytona station heading to Orlando this man was on my bus, I shook his hand and said “respect”. 

In Orlando I had a 3+ hr wait for the next bus I changed to anothe DJ Spyhunter track on my Zune and watched the scenery pass by. on the open road you see the trees but as you come in to the citys you see the architectur new and old. in the hour that each leg has taken me I have seen some things that could only be described as beautyful. pulling off the highway and onto Colnial Dr. in orlando I perked up I knew where I was. I stated to another passanger that I used to buy some of my records right down the road. looking around the sights of this main road in Orlando showed me what I like about big citys but that is not the only reson I travel. I travel for me and me alone. I travel to see the sights that otherwise I may never see.
when I finnaly arived in orlando I walked through the bus station and had a smoke. standing outside and talking to an older man I see the poverty that can ride the bus and I feel sorry for them. finishing my smoke and heading inside to find a place to sit I start chatting with a  designer named Dan we talked about design and graphic work.I was much inspiered from his and my talk. all to soon his bus was loading and he had to leave. I still had about 2 and a half hours to wait for my connecting bus to leave so I started to walk around and have short conversations with many people.  I was able to grab two seats and spread out a little bit but when a new passanger boarded I moved over as to let her sit down.
she and I had a littlebit of small talk and she decided to take a nap.

After about an hour we hit Ocala where a few people departed and the lady sharing my seat moved as to let me spread back out. 20 minutes later we stoped at a reststop, grabed a quick bite to eat, and a smoke. and after about another hour we finally made it to Gainsville.
all I can say is that for my first experiance on a Greyhound was pretty intresting. As of right now I am typeing this at a starbucks at 11:16 at night reflecting on my experiance and all the more knowing why I am doing this trip. I know that this is just another experiance that is now added to my book and it reminds me that it was worth it…

edit note: edited 9.04.2008 8:55pm