Sisyphus and Wu Gang had it easy. All throughout the US I had access to the interweb via my phone. Unlimited talk, text and data for $60 US per month (thanks MetroPCS). My monthly max is somewhere over 150 GB (excluding Netflix which is non-metered) and despite their advertised Ts & Cs they never once […]
Miscellaneous
Rain, falling water and farewell
It’s my final day in NYC. Or is it? I’ve arranged for a parcel to be delivered to me at Niagara Falls post office which closes tomorrow at 2 pm, so I have until then to get from NYC to Niagara Falls It’s a 7 hr drive so I have the option of leaving tonight […]
The other Washington stuff
At the end of the walking tour, I ask our guide for a couple of recommendations for food and drink. He suggests The original Ben’s Chilli Bowl, a Washington landmark, and where countless people in the public eye have dined, from Presidents to movie stars to foreign dignitaries. It’s a short bus ride up to U […]
More Monuments and Memorials
Taking up from where we , our group wends itself across to the Korean War Veterans Memorial. America has learned from it’s past, and again the Memorial has a distinctive design. It opens with life size figures of a platoon in V formation moving through the jungle. From there it moves to a memorial wall, […]