The Agony of Reaching the Hotel in Washington
This is the danger of booking hotels online. Do not believe everything they put in the advertisement!! Believing so much in the information they gave, plus the doubling luggage everyone had, really put us into an agony.
With the plan of introducing the subway system in Washington DC, we took a subway from the airport to the hotel. There was no problem at all in taking the subway, except for the lesson to take care of our own belongings without the help of porters. But then, there was no taxi nor bus going to take from the subway station to the hotel. The bus did not operate on Sundays. We waited and waited in agony and asked around, no one could really gave us answers. Then we braved ourselves to stop an old taxi which happened to be passing. There was only one and only willing to take 3 passengers, so we asked 2 ladies and 1 gentleman to go. The taxi did not have a meter, so payment was only based on numbers of approximate mileage. Tired as we were and having no other choice, we accepted whatever it was. They seemed to be honest, anyway. After a while we got another one, and send another 3, and waited for the next one, and the next one.
After helping everyone settle down, I went to my own hotel a bit away. Jati went to stay with his relatives. We promised to meet at the Union Station to explore Washington DC the next morning. It was really a tiring experience, and I felt exhausted. Besides, the coldness of the weather really knocked me off.
With the plan of introducing the subway system in Washington DC, we took a subway from the airport to the hotel. There was no problem at all in taking the subway, except for the lesson to take care of our own belongings without the help of porters. But then, there was no taxi nor bus going to take from the subway station to the hotel. The bus did not operate on Sundays. We waited and waited in agony and asked around, no one could really gave us answers. Then we braved ourselves to stop an old taxi which happened to be passing. There was only one and only willing to take 3 passengers, so we asked 2 ladies and 1 gentleman to go. The taxi did not have a meter, so payment was only based on numbers of approximate mileage. Tired as we were and having no other choice, we accepted whatever it was. They seemed to be honest, anyway. After a while we got another one, and send another 3, and waited for the next one, and the next one.
After helping everyone settle down, I went to my own hotel a bit away. Jati went to stay with his relatives. We promised to meet at the Union Station to explore Washington DC the next morning. It was really a tiring experience, and I felt exhausted. Besides, the coldness of the weather really knocked me off.
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