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Navigating our way out of New York proved to be a fucking nightmare as we battled with crap maps from Avis and a real lack of informative road signs! Eventually though we made it to Atlantic City, New Jersey, and much like Staten Island yesterday, we needn't have bothered - it's a complete dive!
 
We wandered on into Caesars casino for a nosey.

 
As expected, hundreds upon hundreds upon hundreds of slots machines, and no shortage of people throwing there money into them (I didn't join in).
 
 
Out the back, more slot machines. There are poker and crap tables scattered about the place too.
 
After being totally uninspired by the place we left, and headed for Philadelphia, Pennsylvania!

 
 
Not exactly the accommodation we had in New York, but not bad ;)
 
We had a full day in Phily which was largely gloomy and showery. Philadelphia isn't a bad spot but there's nothing particularly fantastic about it either, not that we found anyway.

 
 
If you've seen Rocky you might recognise these steps. Sylvester Stallone ran up here and celebrated with himself at the top. I haven't seen it so I don't know what his excitement was all about, but nonetheless I ran up and had a celebration of my own!
 
 
   
Rocky Morgan ;)

 
Central Phily is rather tiny compared to Manhattan hehe, but nice enough with some bloody expensive neighbourhoods thrown in. We were however warned to stay the hell away from certain areas at night so it has its seedy underbelly.

 
 
Probably the most famous icon of Philadelphia is the Liberty Bell. The bell is one of the most familiar symbols of independence within the United States. According to tradition, its most famous ringing occurred on July 8, 1776, to summon citizens of Philadelphia for the reading of the Declaration of Independence.
 
Hahaha oh man, what were you thinking?!
 
This was my dinner that night.

 
The other thing Phily is very famous for is its cardiac arrest-inducing cheese steaks!
 
Directions: Throw onions and a slab of steak on the cooker. Munch the hell out of the steak once cooked.

 
 
Throw some cheese on top and stuff the whole lot in a roll.
 
Love thy heart ;)
 
The Federal Reserve Bank or Philadelphia, and across the road the Philadelphia Mint. The mint produces the majority of America's monetary coins, and then sends them across the road to the reserve (where they meet their paper counterparts) for distribution to other reserve banks. Both do free tours but don't allow photography (not that there's really much worth photographing apart from a secure trolley containing over a million bucks worth of $5 notes!).

 
 
Our final activity in Phily: a shooting range ;) I've never fired a gun before (not a proper one anyway) and I intended on finding a shooting range last year in Florida but just never got round to it. I did here though!
 
We were firing a 9mm Glock though we could've had a crack at damn near anything if we'd had the time. Regardless, the Glock was bloody good fun!
 
Oh yeah, he ain't coming back from that one! Jen seemed to be a pretty good shot, whereas mine were vertically perfect but hit slightly below my aim horizontally - good to know :)

 
 
We headed west out of Philadelphia into Amish Country - a large area of the state full of Amish (it wasn't hard to figure out when we had found it :)

 
Nice houses with all black clothes on the clothesline and 'car' in the driveway.
 
 
The roads have no area to park and no footpaths, so when pulling off the road get the shot of the road sign above I got the car stuck good and proper in the mud hehe.
 
I managed to get it out (without making Jen get out and push) by throwing the transmission between drive and reverse with my foot slightly on the gas the whole time to rock the car back and forth and eventually out of the bog.

 
 
In the heart of Amish country, the little town of Intercourse hahaha! Much speculation exists concerning the origin of the name of this little country village but none can really be substantiated.
 
Here we have the Intercourse Market, supplying all of your Intercourse needs...
 
And here we have the Intercourse Village, for a place to sleep after intercourse, I mean in Intercourse :)

 
We arrived about the same time as school was getting out and the Amish were everywhere. It was bitterly cold and I'm buggered if I know how they can stand it!
 
If I was a New Yorker I'd be hard on the horn!
 
 
From Intercourse we headed south to Baltimore, Maryland.
 
We had only planned to spend a night and the first part of the following day in Baltimore, and I'm glad that's all because it didn't really impress me.
 
 
Before leaving we went to the top floor of the World Trade Center building (only 10 storeys high) and took a few shots, and that was it for Baltimore.
 
 
   
We were on the road again by lunchtime and bound for Washington, D.C.!

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[insert smirk here]
- Katie

Neiter would I - but the analogy is still apt
:)
- Katie

You got that right, woman ;)
- Aaron

Even if I could I wouldn't - love my food ;)
- Aaron

I love how you give a detailed run down of your knowledge of the mechanics in car-from-mud removals. What would the world do without Southern Men?
- Katie

Well I'm glad to see you ate some vegetables with it, even if it was a sprout of brocolli and the token Man Vege, potatoes. If pythons eat an antelope they don't need another meal for a whole year, you could try that.
- Katie

I'm convinced it was, but Aaron wasn't so convinced...
- Jen

that's not blood on the hotel room floor is it?
- davydd