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Hi everyone.
How does one travel within a town when staying in an unfamiliar city? eg during Observership, you may be required to stay in a city which you've never been to before, for ~4 weeks. So, how do people get around for the basic minimum travel?
Getting accomodation close to where you're Observing is key to survival. But, how about moving beyond your room and the hospital? eg say shopping for food etc? I should prolly mention that at present, I'm not considering renting a car or anything.
I'll really appreciate any input in to this from people who've been there, and those who have any ideas.
Thanks a lot. 
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| silver
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public transport....bus, subway, etc
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| paheli
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Thanks, silver. Some cities [like NY] are well-connected by public transport. But, other cities are not. And, it's with regard to these that I was asking my qn. Sorry, I should have mentioned.
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| silver
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right. well i assumed you might be in a city like that.
well i guess that leaves you with the option of the bus. other than than i would say once you're there you could ask your colleagues what the best way would be to get around and what options there are, plus by then you would also have some sense of what the city is about and where things are and understand how to move about.
if you need some idea before you get there, why not ask them now about your transport options...who knows they might have a shutte bus--that is if you're observership is at a hospital or university campus (as i do not know of the nature of your observership). for example some hospitals offer housing--dorms....so if you're residing in them then some do offer a shuttle bus service. again, i don't know of your exact location.
and besides this, all i could say is hopefully you'll make some nice friends who have cars and will help you out and take you where you need to go!
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| paheli
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Yes, you're right. I'll be making friends anyway, so perhaps I can request them for help, if possible.
Thank you, silver! Have a good day!
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| ShweHope99.9998
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PHL , yes frds can help or may b not even they want to since life style here is really different fr where we come fr far East .
Also as a girl , be cautious travel alone with new frd male or female . I rather take public transit or taxi [ cab ] or walking if in safe neighbourhood .
Yes , the hospital can give u all link , advice , it's best to ask with google local town living etc info with tourism [ not to tour ] that will give u best easy way to stay , move around, food u like where can u get .
So best is if kn where about , ask the local, also local web, tourism of that particular city , bed & breakfast , motel etc.
Cheapest usually is near that university as rooming or rooming in the university's dome that has long wait usually , unless u come in off season of school , but if u r like some of us like to have own place since away fr home is already stress enough with in new land , new culture , so might want own place at the end of the day .
By any mean I can help , let me kn , also start net working , spreading words among , fm , frds to frds to get local contact that will ease u alot . u never kn u might get same culture accomodation or hotel they owned with decent place good price with ur favorite food around easy to get .
Hope to see u soon .
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| rockingdoctor
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get an international driving license and then hire a car for the duration of your stay
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ride a bicycle...environmental friendly..care for our mother earth!!
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RX 135 wrote:
ride a bicycle...environmental friendly..care for our mother earth!!
 I'd actually love to that!!
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| vradojc1
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Every bigger city in the US has some form of public transportation. Maybe not all of them are as well organized as the one in NYC, but it is feasible to use it for your commuting purposes. Good deal of hospitals in urban areas has also some form of employee shuttle (at least to get you to their remote parking lot - land in cities is expensive, hence not all institutions have on-site parking that can serve all of their employees/patrons), so you might want to explore that as well.
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| paheli
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Thanks. I'll ask about that.
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| honeysuckle
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LA is very uncommuter friendly...
Chicago is great
All others surprisingly worse than a lot of other countries...
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| caduceus
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Travelling within the United States
Some good websites for intra-State travel:
http://travel.yahoo.com/
http://travel.msn.com/
http://www.cheapflights.com/ (their rates appear quite reasonable)
www.priceline.com
www.skyauction.com
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Websites of different airlines
United Airlines (of the movie united 93... wrt 9/11...)
http://www.united.com/
American Airlines
http://www.aa.com
South West Airlines
http://www.southwest.com/
North West Airlines
http://www.nwa.com/
Jet Blue Airways
http://www.jetblue.com/
Frontier Airlines
http://www.frontierairlines.com
Delta Airlines
http://www.delta.com
Continental Airlines
http://www.continental.com
US Airways
http://www.usairways.com
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buses are cheap, but tiresome for long journeys...
See here: http://www.usatourist.com/english/tips/travel.htm...
For a full list of airlines in America see this page:
http://www.kls2.com/airlines/n-america.html
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| caduceus
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Check this pag out for more details about Amtrak rail system in the US
http://tickets.amtrak.com/itd/amtrak/selectpass
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| paheli
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Thanks so much, caduceus! This will be really helpful during IV season too!
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| caduceus
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for airlines to compare prices
www.expedia.com
www.travelocity.com
www.kayak.com
and also check southwest airlines..they dont disclose their prices in this search engines
www.southwest.com
for bus info
www.greyhound.com
i usually prefer air coz its same price as bus...
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| caduceus
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for accomodation and rent
www.rent.com
www.apartments.com
www.apartmentlinks.com
also look out for
www.craigslist.com
www.sulekha.com
one of the cheapest hotels to stay at is extended stay hotels...
www.extendedstayhotels.com
best thing for accomodation is to plan for interviews wid frnds in same city at same time...so that everyone can stay together and hv gala time
Edited by caduceus on 06/13/08 - 07:23 AM
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| paheli
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You're so prepped up to rock the IV season, caduceus! Keep up the good work, and thanks for sharing!
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| caduceus
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For asians
many motels are run by asians in north east esp.ny and nj...
...they dont have websites but do search in yellowpages of the city for the same..they are cheaper than any other motel..
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| pradeep_he
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hi paheli,
u r concerned about travelling but i'm sorry i don have any inputs but u seem to have an obsie in hand...may i know where n how if u wud like to share?
thanks.
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| caduceus
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if you are so interested send her pm...dont make this topic asking personal questions
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