水牛城机场过夜+达美航空免费升舱+波士顿机场过境一日游

我用达美航空的25000积分兑换了水牛城出发经波士顿转机前往意大利的机票,仅需支付25.6美元的税费。这张机票最大的特点是在波士顿有一个白天的时间逗留,可以顺路来个波士顿一日游。

从多伦多前往水牛城机场有1加元的直达大巴,而水牛城机场的税费比多伦多机场便宜很多,这是我兑换机票时避开多伦多机场的主要原因。

选择波士顿转机并一日游则是因为波士顿有机场快线免费送乘客前往市区,快捷、廉价又方便。波士顿还有不少餐厅正在参加$1大促,所以吃饭也花不了什么钱。
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多伦多搭$1双层巴士前往美国水牛城(尼亚加拉大瀑布)

Megabus提供从加拿大多伦多直达美国水牛城的巴士服务,这不仅方便了游客前往参观美国一侧的尼亚加拉大瀑布,也方便了那些捡便宜从美国水牛城机场出发的旅客(因为机场税费低很多,水牛城机场出发去美国各地的机票比多伦多机场出发要便宜得多)。

Megabus票价采取提高制,越早买票越便宜,此后票价水涨船高。以多伦多-水牛城这条线路为例,买当日出发的车票大约20加元上下,如提前一天买票不超过18加元。每趟车最早买票的2位旅客则可以享受1加元的最低价,这往往需要提前3个月左右买票。

Megabus于多伦多使用市中心的Toronto Coach Terminal,交通非常方便。

多伦多公交TTC攻略

车站有厕所、饮水机,附近有好多餐厅和便利店。车站内高挂了好几部显示器显示车次信息,设备相当老旧,文字细小难辨。灰狗大巴和Megabus使用不同的显示屏,所以如果没有看到你的车次,换个显示屏看看。显示屏会告知出发时间、目的地、发车平台号码,旅客需要根据自己的出发时间和目的地找到发车平台号码,然后前往相应发车平台找自己的车,通常提前15分钟即可。

前往美国水牛城的车是发往纽约的双层大巴。上车前司机不但要查验车票(手机出示编号即可,不必打印),还要将每位乘客的护照个人资料页用平板设备扫描上传给美国边检。

每位乘客的座位下方都有美式充电插口(可以给笔记本用)和USB充电口(可以直接给手机充电),车上Wi-Fi要在进入美国后才能使用。
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Buffalo Niagara Falls Airport

This is the bus stop where I wait for the bus No. 24 to the airport. The bus fare is .75.

Standing in front of an abandoned building, the bus shelter is also a homeless person’s “home”.

All bus drivers I saw in Buffalo were black. Most passengers on the bus were black too. The only few white passengers looked like homeless people. One guy even had his pants half down. I was the only Asian I saw in Buffalo during these days.

I thought maybe Buffalo is a black-dominated city. At the airport, most airport workers were black too. However, almost all passengers were white. I did see a few Asian faces. But I saw even less black passengers.

When I say black in this post, I mean African Black. I don’t remember seeing any South Asian people in Buffalo. While in Toronto airport, most workers there seem to be South Asian.

Buffalo

Buffalo is a great place to take pictures not only because there’s lots of fabulous buildings here but also because there’s no pedestrians to block your camera.The city is dead.

I hardly saw anyone walking on downtown streets. At around 6pm, I sit at a downtown Metrorail station waiting for the train for more than half an hour. I only saw one person – a homeless black guy passing by with his shopping cart.

When I walked around downtown Buffalo, the few who were out on the streets were mostly panhandlers, black. I did see some white people dining at restaurants. I guess they all have a car.

Actually, there’s not many card on the street either. Most parking lots were empty. At some parking lots, you can see a black man waving a red flag trying to get cars to park at his parking lot.

At the hostel, I only saw 4 guests including myself during my 15-hour stay.
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