After a 13 hour over night bus ride on the Megabus, I arrived at Union Square.
With roughly only 3 hours of solid sleep, I grabbed my luggage and dragged it through the city to my hostel. My first American Hostel! I dropped off my luggage and trekked right back into town.
Five more days left until I leave for my solo road trip up the East Coast and I have been getting everything together of things I need for my trip and this is my list:
Backpack
Sketch/Journal Book
Glasses
Sunscreen
Lotion
Hand Sanitizer
Chapstick
Water & snacks
Downy de-wrinkle spray (a life saver when living out of a suitcase)
Headphones
A tote bag for shopping (so you don't have to carry a bunch of plastic bags!)
My most important and essential item:
MACE! : As a solo traveling woman, you need to be careful and protect yourself against anything. Essential essential essential!
Olloclip Lenses : I do not plan to bring my DSLR for the sake of traveling light. This way I can capture all my memories and still be impressed with my photos.
Bluetooth Folding Keyboard : Also, to travel light I do not want to bring my laptop, but I still want to blog to share everything I do with you! I strongly dislike typing paragraphs upon paragraphs with my thumbs, because I love the feeling of laptop typing. This foldable keyboard connects with my iPhone through bluetooth and lets me get that laptop feeling and further extend the usefulness of my phone.
Eye Masks & Earplugs : Essential to get some sleep on the megabus and in the hostels. Or just for the occasional necessary nap time.
iPhone Tripod and Shutter Release Remote : I will be by myself, and want pictures of myself in front of beautiful sceneries without taking those long- armed 'selfie' pictures. The tripod lets me set my iPhone up just about anywhere with its magnetic wrap around legs, and the shutter release remote helps me not look like a weirdo running back and forth to my phone to take the picture.
I will be hitting the road soon! Can't wait to take this journey together!