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Today was the last day of touring we could do before the conference
started properly. We decided to do a day trip to the county's capital
- Washington DC. The trip was a uneventful 3 hour bus journey, that
was made all the more uncomfortable by a big oaf in front of me who
insisted on reclining his chair to the maximum amount. I had to stare
at his big oily fat head the whole journey while trying to fight back
fits of clostraphobia.
Superclean superefficient DC
K.thambi2006-01-06 15:43:52
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Today was the last day of touring we could do before the conference
started properly. We decided to do a day trip to the county's capital
- Washington DC. The trip was a uneventful 3 hour bus journey, that
was made all the more uncomfortable by a big oaf in front of me who
insisted on reclining his chair to the maximum amount. I had to stare
at his big oily fat head the whole journey while trying to fight back
fits of clostraphobia.
Our first impressions of Washington were "what a clean city". Yup, I
officially deem this the cleanest nicest city I've seen in the US so
far. All the roads are super wide and the building exteriors look
like they're washed daily. Everything smelt of order and
preciseness.
Washington is the capital, and its obvious when you walk around.
Almost every subway station has posters advertising something about
the government - many of them about joining the armed forces.
Our day consisted of monument hopping. First off was the famous White
House which was surprisingly very white - in fact, too white. I
embarrassed myself immensly when I asked the guard how much tour
tickets were - apparently you're only allowed in when you have an
appointment. Next off, we meandered through the memorial region of
DC, including things such as the Washington Monument (big tall
obelisk-like thingo), the reflecting pool (you may have seen this long
pool with the Washington Monument at the end of it in movies), the
World War 2 memorial and the Lincoln Memorial (one big giant Abe
sitting on a chair). Everything was very large, very impressive, and
most importantly very clean.
From that, we headed off to the Pentagon. Upon arrival we were
surprised to not see even a single tourist. The reason for this
became clear very quickly. We were ordered by a guard
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