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决定去美国自驾,并非蓄谋已久,只是某一天的突然决定。我是说做就做的行动派,只要条件存在,就会立刻着手准备。但从决定那天直到出发,期间还是经历了三个月,包括签证、订机票、订酒店、租车等一系列准备。在这之前,我从来没有独自一人前往异国他乡,更别提一待就是整整一月。一只行旅小菜鸟,什么都不懂,只有一个还算聪明的大脑和一颗无所畏惧的心,就这样操着一口破破碎碎的英文去了美国。我想,我这个案例,理由充分的解答了一个大众反复揣测的疑问,“没有经验,英文也不好,到底能不能出国自由行?”答案显而易见,当然可以。

美国签证

办理美签的时长不短,所以放在第一步最合理,递交了资料之后,你再开始着手旅行前的准备吧。

第二步便可以开始制定路线,知道自己要去什么地方落脚,落脚多久,有个大概的了解。我的完整路线如下:

重庆-北京-西雅图-旧金山-卡梅尔-洛杉矶-拉斯维加斯-page镇-拉斯维加斯-纽约-香港-重庆。从北京飞西雅图,再从西雅图搭乘Amtrak火车海岸星光号去旧金山,在旧金山租车沿着海边的一号公路开到洛杉矶,途中住宿在一个叫卡梅尔的海边小镇,从洛杉矶再到拉斯维加斯,然后去往荒漠里一个叫page的小镇,再返回拉斯维加斯乘飞机到纽约。

基本大家会选择只去西海岸或只去东边,要不就自驾66号公路横穿美国。像我这样北到西雅图东到纽约,路线拉得又长又宽的比较少。为什么要这样制定路线呢?因为我有非常严重的电影情节。关于西雅图的两部电影直接影响了路线的制定,《西雅图夜未眠》和《晚秋》。第一部经典不用多说大家都知道,第二部是玄彬和汤唯主演的。《晚秋》由于故事情节的烘托和西雅图本生漫长的雨季,显得西雅图非常的阴郁,剧照非常漂亮。如果不去纽约也会省很多时间金钱,但《西雅图夜未眠》里,俩人最后在帝国大厦见面,这个情节也导致我必须去帝国大厦。

北美航班

这几年直飞北美的航班逐渐多了起来,行程相对轻松很多。南方航空已开通了北美直飞航班广州飞旧金山、洛杉矶、纽约、多伦多、温哥华六条航线,还开通了墨西哥城的航线。

如果你想到美西游玩,可以选择直飞旧金山或者洛杉矶,这两个城市都是美西游必到的城市。如果要去东海岸,那就直飞纽约。南航已经把美国最值得游玩的三大城市为大家准备好了。

下次再去北美,我一定要享受一次直飞,再也不想转机了。

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关于语言

很多人认为英文不够好,就没有办法自由行,不是这样。在准备充分的情况下,会一些简单的日常交流就足够。我的英文程度很入门,几乎都是从电影和歌曲里学来的,属于只能聊点经济基础,聊不了上层建筑的水准。但我曾经在一个全是捷克语的网站上成功购买了布拉格去到CK的大巴票;旅行到法国乡下,在服务员只说法语的情况下,也没有影响我点餐。可见语言真的不能算作出行的障碍。

旅行摄影和自拍

这次美国行的照片是5D2拍摄,镜头大多是第一代24-70,有部分是16-35。照片大部分为三脚架自拍,一些是请路上的朋友或行人帮忙拍摄。其实自拍不复杂,你只需要一个脚架和无线快门,有时候脚架也可以不用。当然要在熟悉相机性能的前提下。我刚开始还不知道无线快门可以延时,自拍出来的照片还可以看见手里捏着快门,后来知道可以延时几秒,把快门藏起来。但要说轻而易举,也并不是那么回事,自拍非常非常费时间,而且质量也不高。

租车与自驾

租车

1、租车公司我选择的是dollar,其它公司我不清楚,但是我知道如果你选择dollar租车,不要通过国内代理,也不要通过dollar美国官网,要通过dollar英国官网,价钱会便宜很多,但你所填写的地址不可以是中国地址,否则它会跳转,我填写的是香港地址,随便瞎写了个酒店地址,没有任何问题。取车时,工作人员问我,你是住在香港吗?我说,是的。

选好订完车用信用卡付款即可,包含了基本保险的价格比在美国官网订不含保险的价格还便宜很多,而且好像增加驾驶员是不额外收费的。我到场取车的时候加了一箱油和道路救援,又花了127刀。但是你们下订单的时候可以选择白金包,包金包直接包含这两项,好像比后来再买要便宜些。第一箱油最好买上吧,其实贵不了多少,省得你取车还第一时间去找加油站。

付完款后,系统会将租车凭证发邮件给你,打印出来带到租车柜台前出示。

2、我租的最便宜的福克斯级别的车,取车的时候被告知福克斯没有了,给了我一辆起亚秀尔。

3、我是在旧金山市区取的车。旧金山的O’Farrell Street,很多租车公司都在这里,还有一种只能坐两人市内游玩的小车,租车点也是在这里。

4、中国驾照,无翻译无公证无国际驾照,没有任何问题,也没有传闻中说的多加30%价格。但需注意,我只是在加州、内华达州、亚利桑那州驾驶,其它州的法律是不是承认中国驾照无公证无翻译你需要提前咨询租车公司,千万不要到场了被告知中国驾照是不ok的,那就太悲剧了。

自驾

1、推荐一本书,走遍全球的《美国自驾游》。这本书里基本讲了美国自驾的各种问题和美国交规。其实我也就简单翻了翻,真正开车时都忘得差不多了,我只记得看到stop必须停。基本都是临时反应,一路上没有出过任何问题。简单的英语标识都能看懂。如果你英语很不好,出发前仔细记住各种标志的英文,比如告诉你前方不准进,或者前方左侧道路关闭需要并线到右侧,这个你看不懂就很麻烦。

2、GPS与google maps

GPS如果在租车公司租的话,按日收费很不划算,买一个带去美国,回国后还可以用。但在我之后的自驾中,再也没有使用过GPS,我都用手机

google map比GPS好用,每个该拐弯的路口定位都非常准,你还可以缩小看全景,放大观察路口。但因为在手机上,开车不好操作。但如果步行或公共交通,google map简直是最伟大的发明。从A点到B点怎么过去,使用哪种交通工具,中间如何换乘,告诉的清清楚楚,从不出错,有时还会告诉你乘坐交通工具的价格。而且它会即时的告诉你前方哪里发生交通事故,还有临时的封路它都知道。如果你副驾有人,建议他同时用google maps对比,有时候GPS脑子不好使。

3、美国人开车很快,但都很守规矩,很少随意并线,遇见行人一定会让,任何情况都会让,哪怕行人是在不该过马路的时候横穿马路。有时候我习惯性的站在路边想等汽车通行后再走,在中国习惯了,敢跟机动车抢行,司机非但不让你还会骂你找死,这时候美国人基本都会停住车示意让你先走。

4、自驾的时候一些充电的接口需要注意,我的iphone5S没办法直接通过车上ipod的接口连接汽车充电播放歌曲什么的,所以我带了一个点烟器的充电转换口。这个东西很重要。

Amtrak火车票

Amtrak是美国国内的火车,我从西雅图坐到旧金山这一段叫做“海岸星光号”Coast Starlight,号称是全美最美丽的火车线路,全程是从西雅图到洛杉矶,详细大家可百度。但是我要提醒大家,“海岸星光号”最美丽的一段其实是从旧金山到洛杉矶这一段,也就是一号公路的那条线路的海景。但因为我选择从旧金山自驾到洛杉矶,所以火车只坐到了旧金山,虽然还没有看到海景,但是景色还是不错。我只是想体验一下不同的交通工具。

Amtrak的票,我是提前在官网上买好,用信用卡付款,然后它会发给你一个电子邮件,邮件里的附件就是你的电子车票,叫E-ticket,你需要把这个电子票打印出来带在身上,在你去到出发火车站的时候,出示你的电子票,检票员就会给你一张白纸卡,手写上你的车厢和座位交给你,这个叫broading card,如果我没听错的话。

至于amtrak的票怎么买,论坛的前辈也有详细阐述,我就不赘述了。但这里涉及到一个问题,新手朋友们可能会卡壳,时间太长我有点记不清了,好像是买票的时候你需要填写美国城市和邮编,没有中国的选项,我是比较乱来的人,也没有问别人,直接瞎选择了个美国的城市和邮编。事实证明,没有任何问题。

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