On Tuesday, we boarded a Greyhound bus in London, Ontario, headed for Ann Arbor, Michigan. Based on our experience, I (Steve) do not recommend traveling into the US by bus.
First, they had us get off the bus, leaving our stuff, and line up on the pavement. Then they pulled all the luggage out from under the bus and lined it up next to us. Then they brought a drug-sniffing dog onto the bus and - ding! - it found some marijuana, on the floor in the seat in front of us I think. So they ran the dog up and down along the luggage, checked all the carryons still on the bus and soon came out with only ours asking us lots of questions away from the rest of the passengers. Pretty intimidating! The dog found nothing more, so nothing/no one was implicated. So finally they let us into the building to check our passports and pepper us with more questions. All very officious, demeaning, and unpleasant.
It took so long that I was sure we'd miss our connection to Ann Arbor, but the driver did his best and we managed a mad-dash connection. Whew!
We used Lyft to get from the bus/train station and were glad to be in our next host's home!
First, they had us get off the bus, leaving our stuff, and line up on the pavement. Then they pulled all the luggage out from under the bus and lined it up next to us. Then they brought a drug-sniffing dog onto the bus and - ding! - it found some marijuana, on the floor in the seat in front of us I think. So they ran the dog up and down along the luggage, checked all the carryons still on the bus and soon came out with only ours asking us lots of questions away from the rest of the passengers. Pretty intimidating! The dog found nothing more, so nothing/no one was implicated. So finally they let us into the building to check our passports and pepper us with more questions. All very officious, demeaning, and unpleasant.
It took so long that I was sure we'd miss our connection to Ann Arbor, but the driver did his best and we managed a mad-dash connection. Whew!
We used Lyft to get from the bus/train station and were glad to be in our next host's home!
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