Blogs from District of Columbia, United States, North America - page 92

I'm still in Centreville (just outside of washington, DC, USA) prepping for my trip south of the equator. My plans as of this moment are to fly down (thanks gunvir for the ticket) to Buenos Aires, Argentina, on or about January 18. I'm hoping to bring my bike along so I need to get it prepped for the trip. No worries. Only 28 days left, maybe I should worry? Once I get down there I'm looking to tour BA then head north to Uruguay and onto Iguazu Falls at the Brazilian Border. From there I hope to head over into Paraguay to Ansuncion. At this moment I'm trying to learn how to go down the Paraguayan River to Rio de la Plata and Buenos Aires. Not much info, but I'll play it by ear when I ... read more

The Thanksgiving long weekend certainly started as it meant to continue. After a rather stressed final day in the office going over details for our December event the following week (for which a midget was top priority), it was nice to go home and think of those four long days stretching out ahead of me. On my way home, however, I stopped to meet Anna at 14th Street. I thought I'd better help out, seeing she was attempting to get home, get changed and then run back out to meet her friend within the space of 20 minutes, whilst all the time carrying half the contents of an NYC deli, not to mention this big bastard of a turkey. She'd agreed to cook for a couple of Mountbattens in our apartment, catering for people as a ... read more

On Veteran's Day we drove through Virginia and arrived in the nation's capital, Washington DC by early evening. Our hotel was centrally located downtown, just a stone's throw away from 'dubya's' place (but no, this time we didn't try to measure by throwing stones!). After dinner, Fitz took us on a night tour of the National monuments and memorials which included the Capitol building, Jefferson Memorial, Lincoln Memorial (FYI Lincoln's statue is saying his initials in American Sign language!), both the Korean and Vietnam War Memorial's (which were quite harrowing) and finally we walked to the back of the White House - they were all pretty impressive as were the numerous other grand city buildings. The next morning, we all went off separately to see different things. Washington has many things to see and do - ... read more

Dear All, Well, we finally set off from Heathrow on the 1st November and landed the same day at Dulles. The flight was pretty painless and the officials at Dulles, a little less grim than when Joanna and I went over (the Dec after Sept 11). Jeff picked us up from the airport and we were whisked away to their beautiful home on a golf course in Rockville, just north of DC. The boys have really grown and Clare is looking as amazing as ever. We took the evening to relax and catch up, ready for touring the next day. The next morning Jeff kindly dropped us off at the Metro and we were off! Washington is quite literally the President's back garden and so everything is really well laid out, clean and organised. We decided ... read more

America I've had a shit hot time visiting ya, I got to do & see alot of really cool stuff. There is alot i missed too, so you might see me again in the future. A QUICK RECAP ON MY TRIP: Time spent: 4 months Countries visited: 2 States stopped in: 11 City stays: 16 $$ spent: Nearly 10 g's (aus) ( shit I spent alot of money) New friends: heaps Nationalities experienced: 5 Items lost or stolen: Passport, sleeping bag & credit card (just the unimportant stuff) Bev's consummed: enough to fill 3 olympic pools! Highlights: There's so many - LA with Kev - Lake Havesu party - Camp - Fishing with Todd @ Keywest - US Open - Red sox game - Surfin @ Martha's Vineyard - Niagara falls Next stop london then onto ... read more