Thinking that maybe my second thoughts about travel was just a poor outlook on my part, I decided to lean into the experience, as the cool kids say. When I finally got to my room, I went online to find a new flight back. If traveling in America is going to be like traveling in Sri Lanka or Equatorial Guinea, perhaps I just need to get into the spirit of things and embrace the madness like those hip YouTube guys.
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