Same waypoint travel between Normal/Cruel bugged

I had just finished Act 1 Cruel, and had the quest to talk to the Hooded One to travel east I think? To get on the caravan and start Act 2.

In that time, I received a trade, and left to their hideout for the transaction.

Here is bug #1, I believe: When I opened the waypoint to go back to my play, it defaulted to Act 1 Normal on the waypoint portal/machine. I did not notice, and I traveled to Act 1 Normal which is where bug #2 occurred.

I then was stuck trying to figure out where the quest had gone, and here is where I think bug #2 is: When I attempted to fast-travel to Act 1 Cruel, it acted as if I was already there. I would click on it and it would register my click, but nothing would happen - leading me to believe that I was already there and it was my quest that was bugged. I could not travel to the town waypoint between Act 1 Cruel and Act 1 Normal.

I was stuck for quite awhile before attempting to travel to any other waypoint and then to Act 1 Cruel. This worked.