On Thu, 22 Jul 2010 13:08:26 -0400, David Moreno <david@axiombox.com> wrote: > > > 3 - How much money should one bring? Say, how much does "an average" bus > > > trip cost (say, from the JFK airport to Columbia University)? Should > > > one bring money for tips? (Is this a common usage?) > > > > A single ride either on bus or subway train costs $2.25. You can get from > Kennedy Airport to Columbia with just that amount of cash (but you do need > to pay the internal airport train AirTrain that takes you from terminals to > one of the two subway stations Howard Beach, on the A train line, or Jamaica > on the E train line, which is $5, I believe). Tips are not common on public > transportation (only on taxi cabs). But some extra cash is always advisable > for emergencies or unseen circumstances. Please see http://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf10/TravelInfo for specific costs associated with each place you may travel from. > > >> 4 - Are there convenience stores located in the campus/near the campus? Yes, there are quite a few. Grocery stores, restaurants, bars, pharmacies, hallal meat trucks, bodegas, whatever you might need I am sure you can find. > >> 5 - Are there any regulations regarding, say, getting out of the campus > > > at night, if one needs to? Say, one is hungry in the middle of the > > > night or one needs to go to a drug store or to a hospital? No. > > 6 - What transportation means would be needed to get to commerce as > > > above? Feet. If you are going further, then a subway or a taxi would be typical. > > > 7 - Again in the "What to bring" section of the welcome page there is a > > > "your health insurance details". I think that my health insurance is > > > (perhaps) only valid inside my country. Does this mean that I am > > > foobar'ed? It means that if you are injured in the US then you are going to have to pay for the care. micah
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