I first visited the capital of US when I was a junior. Back then, my travel buddy was none other than Abarai Renji Ren Jie (too much of Bleach), and our trip was a cheap but enjoyable one. 3 years after, I revisited this great city, this time with Pei Ying.
Our trip started off not so well, when a traffic jam almost prevented us from reaching the Detroit airport in time. Long story short, we managed to make it because a kind girl saw us and let us hop on her cab. Also, it took more time than expected for us to travel from the Baltimore airport to our Washington DC hotel, as the cab driver screwed up the directions. So it was already 2am-ish when we reached the hotel. Tired and hungry, we went to CVS downstairs and bought some ramen to feed our poor stomachs.
Fortunately, the rest of the trip was alright. Little did our stomachs know that they were about to experience the greatest treat in a while: authentic Malaysian food! We went back to the Penang in Bethesda, and luckily the food there was still great. The Kuey Teow Soup was so so, but the Wat Dan Hor and the roti canai was awesome! Too bad, as usual no photos were taken because the food was gone before we realized it.
Back to the trip - the first 2 days were cloudy, and it even rained heavily at one point that we had to take refuge in the Air and Space Museum (and have lunch at the McD in it). Still, we managed to cover most of the famous attractions in the city.
White House, the side (back? front?) which I did not go 3 years ago.
The National Christmas Tree (yeah, no joke)
Washington Monument
Chinatown Dunkin’ Donuts (funny translation)
View from Washington Monument (bad visibility that day)
Jefferson Memorial in background
Entrance of US Capitol Hill (was under construction when I was there 3 years ago)
The Capitol Rotunda
Frieze of United States History
Great Hall of Library of Congress
Exterior of Library of Congress (somehow reminded me of Monumento Nazionale a Vittorio Emanuele II in Rome)
East face of United States Capitol
West face of United States Capitol
Reflecting pool (without the water). People actually walk “in” the pool.
Reflecting pool (view from Lincoln Memorial)
Lincoln yang bergaya-nya.
And finally, various shots of my favorite monument in the city:
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9 comments:
u din post the albino squirrel?
no special pose with the washington monument? LOL :D
got oso won show on the blog ma
Haha only guys will do that...you want me to post the ones we took few years ago on the blog?? :P
sure sure
haha,no need la, keep that for our own viewing pleasure. LOL
KY, you really not coming back aa??
PY, when will you reach msia/ps?
ky not going back aa? haha
i reaching penang on 8th.. then will be in kl on 9th.. i tot i asked u out for dinner on the 9th? hewei din pass the words?
no ler, hewei hasnt told me yet...haha faster come back la, miss you all nia :D
not too late to invite you now rite?
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