Scared out of my mind that the privacy of my "stuff" would be spilled onto the tarmac in NYC after the lady at YEG warned me to never use a ducked-tape-over-a-small-crack luggage ever again (note to self!), I was relieved to see my beat up and well used luggage come out as a whole in La Guardia Airport.

Next came a taxi ride to Fifth Avenue, a buzzing shopping destination I will be calling home these next few weeks. The taxi driver was pretty nice and curious about my foreign background, but otherwise I should've known that he just wanted more tips by the end of it. Though, I didn't know that the courtesy for tips is 15% until my friends told me... no wonder the cab driver was saying how he gets usually 5 US extra.

Anyhow, today I start exploring the area I live in!

Later folks!