Seattle, Washington

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Another bumper journey of death (15 hours) to get here in the Pacific Northwest the Greyhound is a psycologists dream. Its much cooler here than the rest of the US , which isn't too bad as you can sleep at night without a problem and it still gets warm during the day.

We are staying at the Green Tortoise Guesthouse near the harbour and the excellent pike place market. Its a bit scruffy to be fair but we have our own room which is even better considering the dorms are just mattresses on the floor. Another thing (small moan) is that US hostels don't seem very friendly , most people have their own laptops and just sit around on them as wireless internet is everywhere over here. There ain't much of an atmosphere.

We managed to avoid homesickness by finding an English theme tea and crumpett cafe that actually served decent tea for the first time we have come accross in the US.

Other than this, Seattle harbour is very nice and the scenary in this part of the country is much greener and there are actually hills. Rocky mountains excluded most of the East and Mid US seemed pretty flat.

Other than this we have been taking it easy!! its a hard life this travelling you know....

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Photos

Market ,
Loads of chillis at Pike Place Market

Me
USA fish and chips, not up to scratch

Claire
Red nose due to happy hour!

Sunset at Seattle
Sunset on one of seattle's piers in the harbour

Space Needle
Futuristic Observation Tower in Seattle, not as good as Hoad Hill

Tea
Finally a drinkable cup of tea in the USA

Comments

[stuart]

cant fathom john out is he now tea total!
one minute you are showing john's buy one get one free guiness then john's shown twice drinking tea, is he mellowing the more you move east(west sorry) ready for the orient ? was the doughnut edible? funnily enough we sat on the biggar beach(in the car) having fish and chips tuesday night ,8th, watching the rain lash down outside ,it is uk ,august afterall

[harriet]

love you