Hey, you guys are from British

WASHINGTON D.C - May 2007

We arrive fairly late in the afernoon/evening to begin what is an utter shambles. We arrive at the shit hole hostel in Georgetown (which is a massive shit hole) and some hairy dude in a weird shirt tells us that he has given our room to someone else as we didn't tell him what time we were coming. Dick. Also turns out he had given our room to 2 Swedish idiots that we semi met in Philly the night before. They mocked us for going by Greyhound "Isn't the Greyhound full of crack dealers and there isn't aircon right?" and "We are renting a car" brilliant. You don't get any sun during the Winter in Sweden and your all miserable.

We decide to get a bus into Downtown, so we jump on the next bus. We appear to be the only white people and stick out like a sore thumb due to our pasty faces and massive rucksacks. Not daunting at all! Turns out all the people on the bus are super nice, a lovely man comes and asks us where we are going and if he can help. He tells us what stop o get off and we thank him. We have nowhere to stay and it's starting to get late, I get out the Rough Guide/Bible to travelling and find a hotel, we head there. On the way we pass some builders, as we pass they hear us speaking and one of them says "Hey, you guys are British, welcome to the United States of America." Amazing, made my day.

The Hotel is awesome, for us anyway and it wasn't too expensive. Hat takes his position 2 inches from the TV watching baseball with the volume on full, how he isn't deaf and blind is beyond me. We have showers and go get some food. Can't remember what though.

THE MALL - DC really impressed me, everything you see if straight out the films. We have breakfast and go off sightseeing. First up was the White House, real cool, and to think I am only meters from the place where Clinton got a goo gobbing off a Ricki Lake lookalike.

(Jennnnyyyy)

We happen to be in DC on Vetrans day, so there is LOADS of old 'Nam Vets in all their getup and loads and loads of bikers because for some reason ALL Veterans turn into haggard bikers. The Mall is great, loads of free Museums that we didn't visit due to queues, the Lincoln and Washingto monuments are great as are all the other little bits. We spend all day walking around in the heat and head back to get some food and stay in. We pick up the car tomorrow for a 2 week stint in the deep South for some hardcore Country and Western. We do however return to DC for another day of fun, but that comes later!