Day 3: Washington DC

Crazy... woke up at 4.30 am, it must be the jetlag. We waited until the sun came out and started our tour at 6.30 am which turned out to be great. Not so many people out on the street yet.


We stayed near the George Washington University.


The quaint little shops.


World Bank


Eisenhower Executive Office Building


Department of Treasury


PNC Bank opposite the Department of Treasury

White House
Tourists are not allowed to visit the White House. It's only open to US citizens, and they also need to get approvals first from government bodies.


Can only take photo from here. :(


North facade of White House


South facade of White House


The ground is off limit. It is actually this far. :)

Jefferson Memorial
This is quite far from the rest of attractions so we just took this photo from the bridge.



World War II Memorial















Reflecting Pool
Located between World War II Memorial and Lincoln Memorial.



I remembered the scene in Forrest Gump, the pool looked so nice and clean. But I was totally disappointed when I saw this.


Shit from end to end.

It wasn't just here, it was everywhere along the path from World War II Memorial to Lincoln Memorial. We had to look where we stepped our feet, and the place was quite smelly too. Gosh, please do something !!!

Lincoln Memorial
It stands in between Korean and Vietnam War Memorial.




Abraham Lincoln sit inside.



Korean War Veterans Memorial







Vietnam War Veterans Memorial




The name list of the soldiers.




Names of people died in the war.

Constitution Garden


Walk to Washington Monument via Constitution Garden.



Washington Monument
Washington Monument, World War II Memorial and Lincoln Memorial are in one straight line.





The Smithsonian Museums
More than 10 museums along National Mall under Smithsonian Institution and they are all free. We only went to National Museum of Natural History and Air and Space Museum because my legs couldn't make it anymore.


Smithsonian Castle



National Museum of Natural History




The elephant at the entrance.


Ancient fish


Ancient turtle


Sword fish


Dinosaurs hall




Ice Age


Cannibal age??

Love the photography section, the photos are so nice, National Geographic material!





Live insects


Tarantula




Can you spot the insect?


Shrimps

My favourite exhibition














Yours, not mine. :P



Air and Space Museum
It was hubby's favourite. I was exhausted and still managed to finish 80% of it.


Apollo Lunar Module


View from the top.


Myself under the infrared.


Rockets




Space shuttle Challenger




Miniature of Hubble Space Telescope


The early airplanes








Weird looking airplane


See that kid at the end?




The Wright Brothers


First airplane

We came out from the museum at 3pm. The weather was so hot and dry, we were lucky that we started early.

Capitol building





Pentagon
It was heavily guarded, and photo taking was not allowed. So we just took pictures on anything related to Pentagon but not the Pentagon itself. :)


Pentagon Memorial stone


This is the best I could take.





Finished all the attractions under 10 hours. What a day. :)

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