Wednesday, September 27, 2006

DC Travel Logs-IV

Alright...this is the last post about my visits to DC's major tourist places...nothing much to say about it too. We next went to the 'most loved' American's house...yea..I am tellin ya, he is sooooo loved by his fellow Americans, it is untrue. Not a day goes by without me seeing a joke about him either on the net or on television...they have a public comic scapegoat, and they make sure they don't stop at anything while tryin to make an a** out of him...or wait...do they have to try THAT hard? cos I thought he does all the hard work himself :P

Ya..ya..ya....you've obviously understood whom I'm speakin about..the man - the machine - the President himself..Mr. Bush. Yup..that's were we went next - the White House. Wait a sec, I'd better rephrase that...we went near the White House..haha..not near also..a mile away!! Cos you only get to go as near it as its huge boundary steel fences will allow you..and that's pretty far..but the funny thing is...the place is crowded! There are like 100s of people standing out there like fools and squinting their eyes trying to spot him I guess..well, they day I went, he was away holidaying (how many vacations does he take!) at Camp David. Anywayz, the tourists just stand there and keep taking pictures, and what not. I think the view with your behind to the White House is better, cos you get a very good shot of the Monument.

Well..I spent like 10 minutes there, mostly trying to take good pics with my cam on its full 8x opt zoom..and then left. The Federal Triangle area nearby is very good also, you have the Spy Museum..the FBI headquarters, fountains, statues..and a lot of sesski buildings. Like I've said before..ahh-s0-classy these redskins. (All of them are RedSkin fans ofcourse). Ohh yeaah..I forgot to add, very classy equals very costly. Most of the eateries and restaurants in downtown DC are damn expensive. The shops are even more expensive. Well I guess one should expect that in cities like these too. I saw one snazzy restaurant having around 5 flags outside their building, and surprise..surprise..the Indian flag was there too! The DC Visitor Center is a few blocks away, and is so elegant and majestic..this is where they have concerts etc take place. It's weird, they have memorials and statues at almost every block. You keep wondering if you're in a modern city or an ancient historical site. I think its a nice mix of both really, which makes it one of those special cities that has a bit of everything..

Have to stop now...
more about life here tomorrow.

spot the house











almosssst....











8x better














view of the Capitol from within the city














The DC Vistor Centre

5 comments:

Anu Nair said...

Good... Goooooood!!! Sad u couldn't spot the buffoon... ;-P

arun jacob mathew said...

dude this is going up from a good read to a great read....
cool
way to go
zimply great

well i think we'll hafta find out whether someone has ever ever done a better travel diary on washington dc....

cheers

stan_da_man said...

@anu: yeaa..i can spot u i know!! :P heheee

@arun: awesome..u started bloggin too! yea many many hav done better travel diaries man..dis is just my version dats all!

poloolop said...

Exploring cities is always fun and enthralling, until you live in them for like a decade :-)

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stan_da_man said...

@us: true...hehehe...dats d case everywhere...except NYC i think!