I took a flight on Northwest Airlines after midnight Eastern time and it arrived at 5:30AM in Detroit. On the first flight from Taiwan I think I slept an hour, but I didn’t sleep at all on this flight. My body still thinks it is daytime.
After waiting around for a while, I asked where the bus stop was. It was down on the lowest level, hidden away it seemed. I got on the 7:18AM bus which cost $1.75. I was the only white person on the bus and that felt a little strange after where I’ve been. I also noticed a lot of fat people on the bus.
It was a nice Sunday morning for driving through Detroit. I noticed the differences between here and the other places I’ve been. There are liquor stores everywhere, lots of pizza shops, many parking lots, and a lot of grass. In Detroit I got to see the urban scenery including abandoned buildings, a burnt down school, and a wastewater treatment plant.
I had to change buses in downtown Detroit, so I walked around a little bit. For the second bus I had to insert my ticket into the machine in the correct spot for the free transfer. The bus driver was late and in a hurry. She threw my ticket onto the floor since I didn’t take back the ticket right away. I don’t know how this confusing bus system worked. I had to pick up my ticket from under the bus driver’s feet.
In Royal Oak I had to transfer to my 3rd bus. I got off on the wrong stop and and to walk quickly to make it to the station and I saw the bus arriving as I was getting close. If I missed that one, I would have had to wait another hour. After 3 hours on the bus, I made it.