Hi ho, hi ho, it's off to Shenandoah
More on the last part of camp later.
Since then: New York was... big. The hostel that about 10 of the English counselors stayed in for the first 3 nights was good... I did have to point out, even to the pair who stayed there last year, it's in the fringe of New York's gay district. It took me about 5 minutes of exploratory wonder before a "Free HIV Testing" sign in a pharmacy window triggered the connections. 8-) Went on a free (Camp America voucher) speedboat around the Statue of Liberty, watched sunset on top of the Empire State Building, got served in an 'Irish Bar' and stuck my hand into a ceiling fan. Ooops.
Andy (English counselor from my bunk) and I are currently staying with one of the American counselors in rural Maryland, experiencing the real, ignorant countryside America. Sarcasm is considered rude and irony sounds like something from a chemistry class she slept through. [Edit 29/8/05 - She got quite offended from that. Twas only me being my usual obnoxious self :p. Sarcasm is considered rude though.] Top stuff. There's actually a compulsory two years before you can do a 3 year degree course which is spent learning at uni ("college") what should have been learnt in High School. Sigh.
Went to Washington with her, her friend and Andy today. I persuaded them to go on the tour of the Library of Congress and Andy got scared by the sheer volume of knowledge and had to go outside. Also went to the White House, Capitol, Lincoln Memorial and various other interesting things along the way, including the Korean War Memorial which was... something other than awesome, but my vocabulary has become limited over here. Emotive, evocative and other stuff besides. Pictures will show why.
Tomorrow (today) Andy and I are setting out on...
Travel plans: The new version:
Shenandoah National Park.
Its north end is about 90 miles from here and we're hopefully getting dropped off there. We then plan to walk along the Appalachian Trail which runs through the park for about 105 miles from North to South. This should take us until Friday the 2nd of September (10 days) then bus back to Baltimore to be picked up and stay another night with said Maryland residing counselor. On the 3rd we bus up to New York, out to JFK straight from the bus terminal (Port Authority) and fly home in the evening.
As far as camping supplies go, fortunately the aforementioned counselor's "Mom" is an outdoors type and has a tent to lend us. Rations etc are being bought on the way tomorrow.
For those doubting my capabilities, Andy did a 3 month Raleigh International trek/building in the Malaysian rainforest, so I should be reasonably safe.
As the US commander at Bastogne replied to the German demand for surrender:
To the
Nuts!
posted by Will at 1:30 AM
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Yay! Fat Will home soonn!!!!:D:D Not that it really makes a difference, since I ain't going doon to Essex.. [sniff sniff]
Fun things to do in New York include:
1) Go to Macy's and buy some jeans and have someone say to you "Rob, enjoy your pants"
2) Go to the statue of liberty then get your photo taken in Battery Park with the guy dressed up as the statue just to show you've been.
3) Get a bottle of water of the people on the street for a dollar. Ask for 4 and give a 5 dollar note and ask if they have change, only to be given the reply "Ain't got nothing but change"
4) Go down wall street and think your dad said "There's the douche bag" when he really said "There's the Deutche Bank"
5) Remeber the episode of Friends with the Hombre man while you are walking around Macy's and proceed to say it and pretend to spray people with perfume
6) Go to the UN biulding and look at the elephant statue they had to put in the bushes cos it was a bit too anatomically correct.
There were more, but I can't remember them now.
LOL.
If only you'd told me that before... 8-)
Slight change of plan: Greyhound shut down the bus line we wanted to take so we have to start at the other end of the park, go in and back out the same way.
If your going to comment on American Colleges/University you should at least get the years right before you put it down. It's actually 2 years of general studies then 2 years of your major not three. Thank you
Yeah. Gets pissy easily... Sigh.
4 years for a Bachelors still sucks :p
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