The rain was still falling... Soaked to the bone, I finally decided to buy an umbrella.

So, the goals for today:

Buy an adapter for an American outlet (they are different there, with 110V voltage);

Find a place where I can use the internet and an outlet at the same time;

Find coordinates online for places to buy a cheap phone with a cheap plan;

Actually buy that phone;

Open a bank account at a local bank;

Find a Chinese bus and head to Orlando.

First point. I tried to use logic. Adapters... Naturally, normal Americans don't produce them, so I have to buy from the Chinese. And where are the Chinese? Right, in Chinatown. And where is Chinatown? Okay, let's look at the map. Hmm, about 10 km. Not bad.

Having somehow reached this town, I finally found an adapter in a “everything for 99 cents” store. And Chinatown really lives up to its name. Nothing but Chinese people around. And almost NO ONE speaks English. This is absurd... It was interesting to see a Chinese McDonald's. Read that again: “Chinese McDonald's”. Brrr... I didn't dare to go in, luckily I still had some raisins in my pocket brought from Russia.

Second point. I didn't expect it to be so hard... After 2 hours of searching, I found an outlet and internet at Starbucks (the famous American coffee shop).

Third point. Among the interesting things, I can mention meeting Eddie. He is a cheerful American, about 45 years old. His favorite habit is telling every girl he meets: “Hey, beautiful!” He told me a lot of interesting things about New York. Which places to visit, which people to avoid, and so on. But we never found the phone I needed.

Fourth point. I saw the phone I needed quite by accident in a local kMart supermarket.

Fifth point. Bank of America is considered the best bank in America, so that's where I headed to open my account. And again, the service here, like almost everywhere in America, is wonderful. Bank employees value every client. Though, upon learning that I had only been in the country for 2 days, they widened their eyes and laughed heartily. The whole process (paperwork, interview) took about 50 minutes.

Sixth point. One thought in my head: just get to the bus... But my legs didn't care about my thoughts; they clearly didn't want to walk anymore. After long heart-to-heart talks with the victims, we agreed that I would walk very slowly and carefully. A deal is a deal.

Damn, if the bus tickets had sold out, I would have definitely lost heart. But thank God, everything worked out. At 19:00, along with a bus full of Chinese people, I set off for my next destination: “Orlando”.