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A Travel Diary from a 4 month road trip around America and Canada (incl. Alaska).

North America, part 2

Si_lad
2004-03-26 22:32:52

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2nd July 1996 Seattle, Washington.

84 Miles.

We started off early again and stopped at the "SeaTac Mall" to get the new tent. Yep – we got it. We arrived downtown Seattle at around lunchtime and paid $7 for 1hr 10 min. parking near the PostOffice. We were a little disappointed with our mail, but it was worth stopping off to check. It’s amazing how much getting mail becomes important when you are travelling – and not getting as much as expected tends to result in a little unhappiness. I suppose people don’t realise how much it means.

Seattle seemed pretty good at first sight. We checked into "Vincent’s Guest House", which is great. Our room was huge – with a kitchen (sort of a self-contained flat). Parking was not so hot, but I found a free parking space after a bit of a drive around. The area in the suburb of Capital Hill is pretty nice. Lots of pubs and places to eat.

4th July 1996

Two "Big" days passed, crammed with sightseeing, making friends and "doing" Seattle. Busy enough to cause a lapse in diary writing. We made loads of friends at the hostel – including Dr Chandra (and Indian Doctor), a weird Chinese/Canadian lad and an Australian couple (both Sydney Police) – Ingo and Julie.

With it being "Independence Day" we decided to do something and went to Union Lake to watch the fireworks and have a couple of beers. Lots of people and boats, and we managed to clamber round the harbour, onto a pier and onto someone’s boat to get a fantastic view. It really was a spectacular firework display and the amount of people out on the streets was amazing. We couldn’t get a bus or taxi back so we ended up walking which was miles and took until the early hours of the morning. At least we’d got a bus there! It really was a great night out. As Dr Chandra said "A once in a lifetime experience"!

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