US East Coast Day 8: Washington D.C. Back to Vancouver

On Jan. 19, 08, I had to take a taxi from my hotel in the suburbs of D.C. (Vienna, VA) to Washington Reagan National Airport that was just across the river from the National Mall. My original plan was the take the Metro from the hotel which would have taken me 30 minutes and cost less than $5 but that day being Sunday, the Metro did not start operation until 7am in the morning (compared to 5am on the weekdays) so there was no way I could have made it in time for my 7:15am flight. I ended up spending $40~ on a taxi ride.

The main terminal of Washington National Airport.

US East Coast Day 7: New York to Washington D.C. by Acela Express

On Jan. 18, 08, I bid farewell to my friend and the city of New York and headed to Washington D.C. I wanted to see what the best route on the American railway network was like so I decided early on to buy a ticket on the Acela Express, America's "bullet train". The ticket was fairly expensive at $167 one-way but this is only considering that the only cabins on the train were for Business Class and First Class. This train obviously does not cater to tourists or "normal people" but for business people. The journey time to Washington D.C. took about 3 hours.

The stub of the used train ticket and other Washington D.C. attraction tickets: