Eastern coast of United States of America (also East Coast or Eastern seaside; English East Coast.; English Eastern Seabord.) - US historical and geographical region, coverage. Eastern states having access to the Atlantic Ocean, from the border with Canada in the north to the Florida Peninsula in the south. The lowlands of the coast of the ocean and its numerous bays and estuariums of rivers are gradually narrowed when moving to the north. From the West, the region limit the mountains of Appalachi.
History
This area, especially Virginia, is the cradle of American culture in its modern Anglo-Saxon understanding. The northern half of this area, where the first 13 colonies that have received independence from the UK in 1783, which most often make up the easter coast itself. For clarification, the term northeastern United States is used, which will allocate new England. Southern half of this area, populated and mastered in our time (XIX-XX century), can be counted both to the south of the United States (Florida) and to the southeast of Georgia, Carolina). For a while before this, Spain and France did unsuccessful attempts to colipulate this territory.
Cities
Main Cities of the Eastern Coast: Boston, Portland, Providence, Hartford, New York, Newark, Buffalo, Albany, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, DC, Richmond, Norfolk, Ralea, Charlotte, Colombia, Charleston, Atlanta, Savannah, Jacksonville, Orlando, Tampa and Miami. The population of this area extending from Maine to Florida, Sost. Approximately 111,508,688 people. in Sost. for 2008 (approximately 36% of the total population of the country). The coast also suffers from tropical hurricanes when the annual Atlantic season of hurricanes is coming (June 1 to November 30).
Source: http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/vostomy_no-bank_Sesha
Fort Lauderdale, United States from
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The city of Fort Lauderdale with a population of 186,000 is in the US state of Florida. Due to the large number of channels, Fort Lauderdale is often called American Venice. The city became famous in the 1970s, when students came here to celebrate the spring holidays. Later, they were replaced by holidaymakers traveling on cruise liners. In addition to beautiful beaches and museums, Fort Lauderdale offers a huge flea market and the world's largest cinema for cars in which there are 13 screens.
New York, USA from
465 €
New York is one of the largest and most lively cities in the world. In this stunning city on the Hudson River there is side by side of many different nationalities and cultures. The most famous and popular attractions of the city are: Empire State Building, Rockefeller Center, Broadway, Central Park and Statue of Liberty. Amazing museums and parks, panoramic views, gardens and stone jungle are waiting for you. It is worth visiting unusual restaurants and bars of the city, as well as go to Koni Island.
Key West (Florida), United States from
233 €
The city of Ki-West is located on the island of the same name, the most Western in the Florida-Kis archipelago. Tourists are attracted here, above all, the Azure Sea and white sandy beaches. Fans of snorkeling and diving must be visited by an underwater snorkeling park. On the square Mallory and the pedestrian street, Duval there are many shops and restaurants, in the latter you must certainly try Lime Pie Key Lime Pie with the unique taste of sweet lime. Lovers of a quieter pastime will be able to ride around the city at the resort train.
Boston, USA from
559 €
Boston lies on the eastern coast of the United States and belongs to the oldest and most cultural and rich cities of the country. Along with historically important sights, you can also admire the architectural facilities, as well as the fabulous landscape in the vicinity of Boston. The two most important attractions are: Freedom Trail and National Historic Park with monuments and buildings. You will charm the Little Italy district and the city garden, will impress the ancient university and the narrow streets of the old part of the city.
Port Canaveral, USA from
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A huge and modern cruise port, from where millions of tourists are sent annually to cruises in the Caribbean Sea or come here along the route. Florida is famous for its amusement parks and excellent weather, and the port of Canaveral is also known for the launch of satellites and cargo space missiles. NASA has built a real rocket railway station here. You can visit the Space Center with a museum, a park and a cinema. Along with this, you are waiting for wonderful nature, many beaches, lighthouse and numerous amusement parks in the surrounding area.
Bar Harbor, USA from
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Bar Harbor is located in Maine and was considered in the 19th century, with his Victorian Lordskie houses, the summer residence of the highest society. To date, the port city is popular thanks to the National Park Acadia. A visit to the National Park will remain an unforgettable and intensive impression. You can ride a bike, go hiking, riding riding and admire the sea landscape. From the cliffs, a beautiful view of the amazing bar Harbor.
Portland (Maine), United States from
642 €
Portland is located in the American state of Maine, known to the old harbor and numerous lighthouses, the most famous of them by the Lighthouse Portland Head Light. Particularly fans of art will be happy to stay in the museum of art, the works of the Epoch of Impressionists and modern works are exhibited. On the streets of the city and in its surroundings can be admired by the 18-19th centuries, it is certainly to try the famous local cuisine and visit one of the festivals. The famous writer Stephen King was born in Portland.
Newport, USA from
759 €
Newport is located in the state of Rhode Island and is considered the sailing capital of the Eastern Coast. Rich architectural history is reflected in narrow streets and colonial homes. It is worth watching the magnificent villas at Beechwood and Rosecliff. Along 16 kilometer road Ocean Drive, passing through Bellevue Avenue, you will see very interesting summer houses. The beautiful coast, wonderful beaches, excellent restaurants and the noisy life of the city center make this place an amazing tourist destination and the beloved place of Americans.
Tampa (Florida), United States from
268 €
On the west coast of Florida, the city of Tampa was spread with a variety of recreation and entertainment opportunities. The city with two universities offers rapid nightlife and bright leave. Attractions such as Florida Aquarium, Bush Gardens, Zoo and the Science and Industry Museum attract many tourists every year. You will find good weather, developed infrastructure, many restaurants, snack bars and cafes, amusement parks, popular festival and various holidays.
Cape Liberty, New Jersey, USA from
634 €
One of the three cruise ports of New York, Cape Liberty is located in the town of Beyonne, New Jersey. Being a large suburbs of New York, here will be treated for more relaxed and measured life, and tourists are primarily sent to inspect the main attractions of the Grand Apple. If you succeed in visiting the city of New Jersey, you are waiting for holidayplates, student towns and industrial centers, beautiful parks and picturesque coast, a natural reserve and numerous casinos are the staff and numerous attractions.
Charleston, USA from
324 €
There are many old estates with large gardens that create that charming fler of the southern city of old times. There are many cultural and historical sights, as well as various festivals that every year attract a large number of tourists. In several museums of the city you can learn a lot about the history of the city. Especially picturesque Parks Charleston: Waterfront Park and White Point Gardens Park. Here you can sunbathe on the beach, stroll through the old market and see numerous churches.
Baltimore, USA from
507 €
Well, we got finally to another continent. Thoughts to visit America wandered in the minds of the family for a long time, and everything was somehow underwent. And the flight is long and visas to get a whole story. Actually, therefore, probably, few of our compatriots attend the United States with tourist purposes. And in vain. Now I can say it absolutely confident. As always in his narratives, I will describe the places we have visited, to tell what impression they made on us and what conclusions we made from the seen.
I repeat, in my narration, I express a purely subjective opinion of three people, I'm not imposing anything to anyone and I'm not going to argue. I am writing what they saw what time had enough time and that we were tested along the travel. So, the entry is over, we begin the story. Go.
Why is the United States?
And truth, why? Here you probably specify a number of reasons. First of all, on the last new year we have safely closed Europe. Closed it all completely, let in some countries and not everyone watched, of course, to see everything and everywhere human life is not enough, but I want to see as much as possible. The main sights of Europe we closed.
Besides the UK. Never in our trips, Foggy Albion did not come across to us on the way, I think London is the case of the closest future, but not yet to him. Secondly, America has always manified our family with its device.
We think somehow should look like our homeland with you, do not be so many sad events since the first half of the last century to this day. A country of absolute democracy, full of freedom, what is she? We all read about it, looked, heard, but few have imagined her truly. I wanted to understand why thousands of our compatriots tried annually to leave, forgetting their homeland as a terrible dream. What is the reason, what does this distant land be manit? How does it differ from the same crazy beloved, we are in the end? Here we went to these questions to seek the answer.
I am writing this story during the trip, so that perhaps some things will add to the campaign, change something. So do not judge strictly, I am writing sincerely as I can.
Visas, tickets, car and route.
From the first of August 2011, the rules for submitting documents on an American visa have undergone a number of changes.
It was difficult for me to judge whether it became easier or more difficult, until now the documents did not file, but in general the process did not seem very difficult. We go to the site of the embassy, \u200b\u200blooking for the desired reference, fall in the end in filling the form DS-160. The form is large, very tedious, with a bunch of questions. Knowledge of the language in this case is not necessary, the pop-up menus is translated into Russian, it is not complete, the main thing is to suffer. In the same way, the e-mail is attached to your and as a result we get confirmation that our form went to the embassy. This paper must be printed and keep with you. Next we pay through VTB24 payment (in our case, 4200 rubles per person), it can also be found through the site of the embassy. After that, on the same site we are looking for how to sign up for an interview. I'll tell you immediately, I didn't work out through the site, I called the Embassy (dialed 2 days) And as a result, a cute girl recorded us on a certain date, offering me to choose a convenient for us. By the way, when filling out the form DS-160, questions are constantly emerging, the purpose of which is to find out if you have familiar in the US or not.
As we really do not know anyone in the States, I honestly wrote everywhere that no, I don't know so on. As it seemed to me, the presence of acquaintances far does not guarantee the issuance of a visa, but rather, on the contrary, gives the consular employee to understand what you have to stay in the USA, but no longer unclells they hardly want to see. In any case, at the interview, the task is to show (you can say and prove) that you are in no way going to violate the migratory legislation of the United States and stay there to live. We took everything with you. Real estate certificates, cars, the presence of a grandmother - the disabled person of the first group on dependency, the certificate of business availability and so on. Running forward to say - nothing was useful. Given the fact that we do not live in Moscow, for the interview, appointed by nine in the morning, went with a margin, spent on the hotel near the embassy. The consular department next morning met us a queue from a good hundred people who really moved sporing through the police cordon at the embassy door. Why, at the entrance, our Milice is ... Oh, sorry, a policeman and scans from all passports I did not understand. Yes, I completely forgot, be sure to take a photo colored 5 × 5 for a visa.
The site of the embassy about this is written very much, I thought pictures in the DS-160 enough, as a result I ran to be photographed to the metro station. The embassy does not have such services. At the entrance, three cordon security - lighters and telephones are noted necessarily. Looking as before landing on the plane. Further, I will not describe the procedure, it is quite tedious and in principle independent of us. I just say that it is mandatory taking the prints of all your fingers. At the consular worker, we were from the strength of the three minutes. He greeted everyone, met, learned what we do and what we would do in the USA, the papers did not ask, hit the computer and approved visas. By the way, than conveniently - you can take a visa for two years, paying one hundred dollars. We did, we want to use them to the maximum.
Yes, you also, book hotels and plane tickets before receiving a visa inappropriate. The presence of tickets is not a reason for issuing a visa, and in case of refusal there will be money losses (in addition to those 4,200 rubles that are also not refunded regardless of the results of the interview). In general, when he said "your visas are approved," it was very nice. Somehow it was immediately felt that we were not in vain and we went to Moscow and the form of this stupid, I filled two days and dialed to them.
Are there many failures? It's hard to say. While we were waiting for someone leaving passports and saddles, someone more cheerful. I could not conclude. It seemed that refuse, all the same many. I can certainly be mistaken, in any case, I do not consider an exclusive of myself with an American visa. Passports with visas came the day through four express mail. By the way, by the way, I didn't have to pay for it.
From now on, we started to book everything and order, starting, of course from air tickets. Long the process of choice I will not describe, I will only say that a direct flight seemed long and tiring, plus the Aeroflot is expensive. As a result, the German Lufthansa flight was bought through Frankfurt on Main. Three hours to Frankfurt, one and a half at the airport and less than eight to New York flew quickly and quite nice. Furious well, new airplanes, stewardess benevolent. From hotels booked only in New York - Crowne Plaza Hotel Times Square Manhattan - a good-hour fourth with a good view of Times Square from the fortieth floor in our case. The rest of the hotels book along the way, since the route rigidly we did not tie to cities and dates, estimated it approximately. I also ordered the car in Avis as always. They gave me Kia Sorento. The car is new, not bad. Navigator took with me. Normal cheap Lexand with IGO, Navitel and Garmin cards. We ride on IGO cards - very comfortable and understandable. The approximate route looks like this: New York - Niagara Falls - Atlanta - Miami - Orlando - Washington - Atlantic City - New York. That in the end will come to write. Departure was carried out on September 17, the return tickets to the 10th October.
Yes, just in case, before departure, I made myself international rights. So far, they have not needed to anyone, even in the rolling office, but let them be.
New York and all that is connected with him.
Funny thing Jet Lag At eight o'clock I want to tell you. We really did not sleep more than a day, flew in JFK it's late in the evening, and I didn't want to sleep normally. Although I remember the road from the airport, it is possible that it was already dark.
Our hotel was located in the center - the central of nowhere, exactly in the middle of Manhattan. The impression of Times Square certainly produces, especially at night, especially when you see her for the first time. The number of luminous monitors and people around is so huge that in the first second we are lost and in principle you do not understand where I got and what to do here. But it's beautifully insane, personally I have never seen anything like that in Europe. Perhaps in Tokyo or in Singapore, you can experience such sensations, I don't know, we have not visited there.
So the first impression of New York was shocking. The room at the hotel is small as I said on the 40th floor of a rather high tower. There is no minibar. There is no free water. Transport prices. At the same time, I liked the hotel anyway. First of all, deficiently arrangement and view from the windows. I think if you approach the search for the hotel with the inherent thoroughness, you can choose and better and cheaper, probably, but honestly in the hotels of these, I finally buried in Lipetsk, so I poked on the one that was slightly cheaper than the rest. In general, I think that I got ok. If it turns out at the end of the trip, a couple of days to stay in New York, let's stop in it.
Manhattan himself is arranged insanely simply, it has Avenue - wide avenues along the island and Street - respectively, perpendicular to Avenue of the street and there is Broadway, which fractures the whole island from the north to south. Avenue and streets are license. Streets are divided into Western and oriental, depending on the location, respectively. Search address is a pleasure. For example, 1605 Broadway - immediately understandable at home at Broadway, to be easier, write - at the intersection from Western forty second. Now at all find the right home is not a problem. This is now by the way now the address of our hotel described.
Move on Manhattan is most convenient for a taxi, many use the subway, we did not. Taxi inexpensive and there are a lot of them. Movies about New York everyone remembers? That's right, some yellow sedans on the streets, in principle, very similar to the truth. Catch the car, sit down and say the address. Catch better something fresh, classic Ford Crown Victoria already clearly live up your age and if you go far enough in such a taxi will not be very comfortable. Optimally to catch Ford Escape, we really fare it. Police on the streets are a lot, it is everywhere, almost every step, on most intersections, on all Avenue and squares. Police truth behave modestly, if you can express it. They are and seemingly not. If you behave decently, do not violate the public order - they are not, to draw attention to these guys with pistols I personally did not want to do. Apparently, I do not want anyone, so in the city center you can feel safe.
By the way, another fact, it is forbidden to smoke in America in principle. In hotels, bars, restaurants. Even on street venues it is impossible. Specifically, in New York, there are very few smoking sites in the streets on the streets, they will meet extremely rarely. Nevertheless, the people smoke, the police do not pay much attention to it, there is a prohibition formally, but it is not brought to the absurd. I think there is still a couple of generations and Americans will throw smoking everything smoking young people, and they look at smokers with frank pity, like suicides. They are terrible in the city, the algorithm of work of the traffic lights is very peculiar, as a result of pedestrians do not miss even when a pedestrian traffic light is on. The most funny - sometimes the police do not miss.
It turns out everything and everywhere on the slightest occasion and without, no one is inferior to anyone, everyone climbs alive and at the same time - traffic jams only in the hour of peak in the evening after work and then they are not so deaf as in Moscow. By the way, at the rush hour to catch a taxi is practically not possible, the office plankon opens down at home and snatches the car from under the nose so workshops that I don't even want to swear on him. Such a taxi stopped, puts off the passenger, three seconds and in it already sits a clerk in a suit and dictates where to go. You can stand for quite a long time, the locals are somehow migrate at this moment between the streets and catch the machines in the doorway. At this moment, local bombers begin to work - the bright children on large Lincoln. This is not difficult to catch, but expensive. They are driven within the manhattan for 30 bucks - three times more expensive than a taxi in the meter.
Food is selling at every step for every taste, mostly mobile trailers with a local counterpart shawarma. We risked buying in them only water, kebabs or something there smells not appetizing and wildly smokes, however, the aborigines are very popular. In general, where to eat in America is not difficult to find, establishments a huge number and with the all-Russian myth about the tasteless American food I am ready to argue. The Yankees steaks are able to prepare as few people in Europe, except the Italians, and the scrambled eggs with potatoes for breakfast be simple and simply, but nutritional.
Breakfast in hotels, by the way, for an additional fee. We had breakfast there only on the day of departure from New York - an ordinary buffet for big money. Once tomorrow has breakfast in the planet of Golivood on Times Square - the food is usual, but you can even go just for the sake of the interior fully dedicated to the topic of Hollywood films. From restaurants would still noted the Red Lobster at the intersection of Broadway and the 39th Western - in the evening it is necessary to wait about half an hour to sit down at the table, but the beautiful menu from sea delicacies is worth it, as well as the establishment of Ben's between the sixth Avenue and Western 32nd - good Steaks and pickles, good local beer. Carefully follow the fact that you have included the service (usually 15 - 20% of the count amount) if not - the waiter will ask you for tea, do not give - to leave the guy (girl) without salary. Service By the way, everywhere friendly and very fast, food is also prepared almost instantly, which is mainly not enough affecting quality.
Of course, if it is fair, then in three days it is impossible for ten percent to see the sights of such a city as New York. And I will not tell you that it is enough to go to the statue of freedom and climb on the 102nd floor of Empire State Building and consider you looked at New York. In such cities, everyone chooses what to look first and certainly world-famous sights come immediately under the tourist's sight. We did not exception and immediately went to the southern part of Manhattan, where in terms of the signs rather accidentally rested in the Empire State Building. I can immediately warn - you should not buy tickets from sellers on the street, they offer a bunch of all sorts of unnecessary services, such as taking you without a queue, some express tours and so on. Nothing is required. In line in the official cash register, we stood a maximum of 15 minutes, as much as required for the passage of the security system (all standard, telephones, belts, bags, the frame of the metal belt). Further by signs to elevator, again a small queue for the 80th floor, a souvenir shop, an elevator for the 86th floor and you fall on a stunning platform for magnificent photos of Panorama New York.
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Photos from this site should be any self-respecting tourist, as a photo from the Eiffel Tower, for example. For an extra fee you can buy a ticket for another elevator, which takes you to the topmost, 102nd floor of the tower, but we did not go there, in the reviews of other tourists I read that through dirty windows of the 102nd floor it is impossible to be photographed. If anyone still wants to check, please help, perhaps 15 dollars and the amount that is worth saving in this case. At the site of the 86th floor, windy and a lot of people, those who love the film "Good in Seattle" the playground will also be interested in the fact that it develops the final events of this wonderful, kind and very romantic film.
At Times Square is Madame Tussao Museum, we went to it to compare with Amsterdam, in which were a few years ago. Exhibits are clearly more, they are placed literately and with the inherent scale by Americans. In my opinion, it is worth a visit, in any case, take a picture with even if it is not very similar, but still Bill Clinton or Justin Timberlake you can hardly have anywhere else. Again, a pretty souvenir shop and a small photomaster, offering photoshop pictures with you and various characters like King Cong. We bought themselves, there are no more such anywhere else. Photographing by the way everywhere and in Empire State Building and Niagare, but about it later.
I can say that just walking around the city quite quickly bored, it is still not Rome with Trevi fountains and a collee, where every street is historical value. We get tired of staring at the skyscrapers quickly, and bypassing the island of foot in principle is not possible, it hurts big. Optimally ride a taxi, from the point, and to the point b and so on, even if the distance is relatively small. Spend five bucks, save time and most importantly - your own legs. I know what I'm talking about, the way on foot from Times Square to the boats going to the Statue of Freedom won good three hours and cost everyone a lot of strength and nerves.
For all the time the way the most possibly interesting was, again, by chance, the place was accounted for, where the TSTTS towers used to stand. We did not get into the memorial complex - tickets are ordered on the Internet a minute. The excitement around this place in America is more mad. In place of the 5th and 7th buildings, new complexes have already been built and almost built. The speed of construction is impressive, the scale is also shocked by the imagination. But this is typically for Americans, as we have already noticed - to hit the imagination. Joke Lee, Empire State Building was built for, terribly thinking, one year and 45 days! I, as a builder, imagine it is quite difficult, nevertheless it is so it deserves respect for project executors.
We have reached the ships to the island of freedom, we have already reached the two o'clock in the day, at the checkout warned that since that time we would not have time to visit the Island of Ellis, which also go to the boats after the Freedom Statue. Honestly, I did not even look that there was a statue on this island there. Speaking frankly, the impressions of something incredible it does not produce, but visiting New York without it is the same as visiting Paris without Eiffel or Rome without collishea. We didn't buy tickets inside the pedestal, you still don't let go to the crown, maybe on other days, but on Sunday when we were not allowed to go to the crown.
Visit the island is worth not even for the sake of the statue, then for the sake of a magnificent view on Manhattan and Jersey, opening with him, and of course for the sake of duty photos. Although the panorama of New York is actually very very beautiful from there. In general, the symbol of American freedom in the person of this French statue is certainly important, because millions of people sailed, persecuted for some sins in their native countries, unhappy, floating weeks in the most difficult conditions across the ocean and the first thing they saw it was she - with a torch As a guarantee that all their troubles end here, on this earth and even if it was not so, it was still worth recognizing the importance of the Statue of Freedom in the formation of America as a country of immigrants.
I write all these pathos speeches only because I can't think of anything more about the statue, from the point of view of common sense, Empire State Building personally produced a greater impression and as a construction engineering and as an architectural.
I also noticed that there are a lot of protein in the parks throughout America and in particular in New York. They are everywhere where there is at least the slightest bloch of grass or a tree. Proteins thick, arrogant, people absolutely not afraid and ignoring. At the same time, proteins are the only living nature we found on the streets of American cities. Neither the yard dogs nor cats were found unemployed.
Yes, I forgot to say, the queue on the statue may seem very long, it can stretch in good five hundred - seven hundred meters. This is due to the system of all the same notorious American security, metal studiors, etc., however, the turn moves quickly and let it stand for the forty after all the same, I think there shouldn't have to confuse this fact, I don't care about such a queue, a Russian man seems to me. From what we wanted, but did not visit, I would noted by the Central Park and the Museum of Contemporary Art (I really wanted the "banks of Soup Campbell" Andy Warhol see. There is a chance that we will visit them at the end of our journey, because three days before the departure we planned on New York again.
From shops, I will note Saks on Fifth Avenue, but September is not the best time for shopping. So, we leave New York.
Niagara Falls. Waterfalls.
Avis in New York has a huge number of garages and my task was to find the nearest. He found in the area of \u200b\u200bthe Western 54th street. A cute woman of sixty years without much emotion issued a car, which was expelled from the parking of a young eg ... Sorry, African American. LEXAND navigator works and this is until everything about him say. It works true so-so, run ahead, I will say that IGO cards got out on the third day of the path while I am going on Garmin cards.
A rather large Kia Sorento SUV for verification was the front-wheel drive, which in the conditions of gorgeous American roads the problem is not, but somehow it's a shame, ordered the all-wheel drive, well at least an automatic box. From New York, they got easier and quickly, raised by a widow, in a different way there is not going there, after several days a pedestrian, you feel the lightweight euphoria. They took the direction to the North state - the city of Niagara Falls on the border with Canada.
By the way, we are lost, if you get an American visa and there will be time, you will get Canadian, I think there are less problems with it, but in the Niagare you can watch waterfalls and from the Canadian side, they say the appearance of them from there is more interesting. Alas, we could not verify this.
Wide highway (Interstate) flashes all of America along and across, highway paid, though as we understood not in all states. The quality of the coating is approximately as in Europe and as well as Europeans, the Americans constantly expand their roads and modernize. It is actually sad to look at it, you understand that life is not enough to see such roads in Russia.
600 kilometers to Niagara flew quickly and unnoticed. The speed limit is almost at all interxts 65 - 70 miles per hour, the entire flow usually exceeds this speed on average by 10 - 12 miles per hour, and both cars and trucks. Police are not visible, but it is, seized several times as policemen penalized drivers along the road. The fact that America is a country on wheels you understand right away as soon as you go beyond the city walls. Each congress is a holiday of the stomach and three - four refills. Refueling with diesel by the way is the rarity, like diesel passenger cars.
Hotels along the road is clearly more than those who wish to spend the night in them. Typically, the American Fast Food type McDonald's, Subway or Burger King, and of course KFC, nicknamed Rostiks, prevails along the highway. If you want to eat normally, search for friday's cafe - a fairly large network of pleasant snack bars, mainly found in New York.
Niagara Falls is a small village, as they would be called in Russia. Moreover, the village seasonal and season on the waterfalls is clearly coming to an end. Restaurants and hotels are almost all closed, even in the hollow shopping center, no soul. But on the waterfalls themselves, life beats the key and guests who want to look at this natural miracle is very and very much. The hotel was ordered from New York - Sheraton AT The Falls. Please note that hotels with such a name are two and one of them in Canada. If you have no visas you do not get into your room under any circumstances. The hotel from the American side is old, but the rooms are clean, large enough and much cheaper than in New York. The most important thing is the pedestrian accessibility to the park with waterfalls, and more in this town you are hardly needed.
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The waterfalls are impressed, there are no words like a beautiful Niagara River, rich on two sides of an island with a park, drops from a height of fifty meters. The flow rages and dances on the stones, creating the impression of an incredible force of nature, able to absorb everything in its path.
Very beautiful sight, but it is even more interesting to watch the Americans with the inherent scale arrange a show from everything that is on their land. For money, you will be taken on the ship at the very heart of a large waterfall "Horseshoe", where the flat-bottomed shipyushko, up to the dustpiece with curious tourists in beautiful blue rains, will stand five minutes, allowing you to taste the charm of this beautiful miracle of the world. And they will be allowed to run through the wooden floorings to the very beginning of the "Fata", where you will mock from a huge amount of spray and at the same time it is wildly rejoice at what they climbed onto the highest platform, kindly for your pride called "Hurricane", where it is certainly necessary to photograph in yellow Rained, raising his hands up in the Pose of the Conqueror of Niagara.
After that, in the souvenir shop, you need to buy a diploma with the inscription "I survived on the most dangerous point of Niagara Falls," to enter my last name and hang at work in the office, showing all colleagues. Finally, you can eat Burger and Potato Fri in the local eatery, where very cute provincial Americans will gladly offer their own simple range of dishes. Bulk from hamburger feed the arrogant sparrows that will begging all the time while you will have on an open veranda cafe.
The park on the American side is very large, you can even get tired walking, but if you buy a special Pass at the entrance, including visits to all attractions, it will include a free passage on the park running around the park, decorated in the style of ancient tram. By the way, almost certainly the hotel will stand at the hotel, which are invited to acquire special tours in Niagar, which includes a bunch of any excursions and so on. In fact, this is a divorce. All that is indicated in the brochure, you can visit either by buying a ticket at the place (many times cheaper the cost of the tour), either in general for free, just buying a tour of you there on a large bus will let down and let you get.
The bus that runs through the park will take you almost everywhere where it is proposed to go to this tour, but it is much cheaper and without tough temporary binding. So buying not advise unambiguously. Judging by the helicopters riding there and here, there are also helicopters, but we did not go to her as people not very extreme. That bad in Niagare at this time of the year is the lack of working restaurants. At the time of our arrival, almost everything was closed, well at least FRIDAY'S operated at the hotel.
And in general, one full day in the Niagar is quite enough as it seemed to us. Everywhere wept, went up, again, part of the Park pavilions did not work on that day, it may simply coincided, and maybe already closed preparing for the winter. Nevertheless, visiting the waterfalls I advise unambiguously, we will get a lot of positive emotions and from aesthetic point of view to enjoy the magnificent nature of this place.
Atlanta, Kentucky and Tennessee passage.
The path to Atlanta had a little - one and a half thousand kilometers, so rushing really did not start, booking the hotel in the capital of Georgia, taking into account the night in the middle of the way.
As a result, daily runs in the area of \u200b\u200bfour hundred miles were so tedious and allowed plenty of enjoy the surroundings. The fact is that the intersites have one bad feature - to go boring for a long time. Almost nothing along the tracks, all recreation areas are arranged on the congresses on a small distance from the noisy flow of cars and there is almost nothing to watch. The same problem and German autobahn - boring. On the road, we entertained themselves with periodic stops on the crossbar in various places on the road with light snacks and refueling sometimes. It is necessary to give the car proper, the fuel consumption is small and it quite confidently consumes the cheapest gasoline regular with an octane number 87. By the way, the most expensive fuel at refueling has an octane number 93, but I have never seen someone to them refuel.
The principle of refueling is not as in Europe, but more like our - first you go, then fake, the truth is to speak the cashier only the speaker number, choose the type of fuel yourself already when refilling, the gun is usually one, and the three buttons. The diesel fuel in the passenger gas stations has never met. Rarely come across refueling with boys who themselves fill and take money from you. As I said, it is wiser with the speed of flow, not behind and not ahead of it.
Sometimes traffic jams happen on the track, usually due to accidents or roadmakers (familiar, it is not true). In all the way to Atlanta, two hours stood in traffic jams, although in principle it is not very annoying, and you don't let Muscovites do not let any Muscovites. On the first day of the way there were no special adventures, drove up to the stop, the focus was painted in the Qincinate area - it became dark, and in time it was quite late. With hotels there are no problems - this is what the real car power means, the question is only in the level of the hotel and the number of money you are ready to spend on it, actually its level depends on it.
We rode around the neighborhood of the state of Ohio for quite a long time, somehow did not want to stay at a primitive motel, accidentally came across a large and glowing Holiday Inn in the town with an excellent name - Florence. I certainly can't call myself an expert in English perfectly, all the same, despite the long years of study, the lack of practice makes its black things, nevertheless, on the household level, always and with everyone I communicated normally with mutual understanding and without asking. In Kentucky, they speak in any way, not only in English. With the girl at the reception, we tried ten minutes tried to understand each other, after which they spit and she silently gave the keys to the room. Honestly, I still did not understand that she wanted from me that evening, something with a credit card to sign or write, and that it was not clear, the poor thing was trying, but it did not turn out slowly and how to speak. A similar problem arose with the waitress in the hotel's restaurant, if the dishes in the menu choose we were able to read their names, then the side dispenses, drink and so on the three times three times, and I got the impression that the girl told about food more for themselves as for us, because It was difficult for this bubnezh under the nose to be called communication, in vain did not turn away at that moment. Although it is, in principle, really friendly friendly and sincerely want to be useful, but somehow in their own way, Kentucky. In this restaurant there was a funny event that raised my self-esteem - when ordering beer, I asked me a certificate of personality to check if I am 21 years old. Apparently, in his twenty nine I look good, that's what a healthy lifestyle, gym and proper nutrition mean.
The hotel is clean, quite new, there are smoking rooms that in itself the rarity in the US has recently, the parking is free, although it does not seem to be protected. We didn't have breakfast in the morning, we did not eat at all on this trip in the hotels in the hotels, or rather, it is extremely rare, it's extremely rare, a buffet with bacon and orange juice probably probably. Long live scrambled eggs and fried potatoes with ham! In any roadside cafe for your taste, except McDonalds and Burger King.
On this day, we decided not to hurry anywhere at all, so I went to the pointers in search of something curious. Signing appeared with the inscription "The Lost Sea Adventure", which promised at least some adventure. Boldly turn off the highway on the sign, we pass the miles of ten and fall into the parking lot near a pretty decent park with a picnic area and a large number of aborigines with children inside. The Park itself was not very interesting to us, we were not at the States in the States to eat sandwiches to eat. But in the depths turned out to be the most large underground lake in North America, a tour of it is offered for several dollars a guide to which we have safely managed. A pretty strong girl in a suit Gerl Scout led a group of two dozen different tourists, including, in addition to the owners of star-striped passports, our family and the family never bearing and ever smiling Japanese, as well as we came to this adventure clearly by chance , deep into the big cave, in which pedestrian walkways were equipped, was dark, but still interesting.
They wandered around the caves for about an hour - the tedious should say the lesson. Awards received a couple of minutes of absolute darkness (the girl specially turned off the light in the cave), the feelings are scary I want to notice and not very pleasant and walk through the underground lake on the flat window with an electric motor, in fact the lake is big and beautiful, there is a lot of fish that is true They launched artificially, as our companion said. To be honest, knowing now a little more Americans, I will not be surprised if they and this lake is poured by pumps by hand to do not fall asleep, otherwise the staff of Tennessee would lose one of the sources of earnings, and so groups of tourists come regularly and I will not be surprised if in these caves They bring specifically, and not only since we are by chance. To visit, this hole in the mountain is not required, but if you eat like our route, don't look like a route, I think this place will like this place, it is hardly worth it to go to it, there are many more interesting places in America.
Such, for example, as the Aquarium of the State of Georgia in Atlanta. The biggest trouble that happened in the path to Atlanta was very strongly blinded by the navigator. IGO cards stopped loaded (and sorry, it was one pleasure to go on them) there was no time for the reason, turned on the boiled garmin and went. Harmin cards primitive, apparently the old things turned out to be, but thank God that there is at least such. Without a navigator, there is nothing to do in the states by car, although in principle in any country you do not know without navigator there is nothing to do.
The location of the hotel in Atlanta is optimal for visiting the three main attractions, about them and tell, spent in the city of one day did not allow again to see everything, but by the way, I liked the city, it is much calmer than New York and at the same time not even a deaf province , everything is very cultural and civilized. We started with Georgia Aquarium - by description - the largest aquarium in the world. A stunning place, as always done everything is monumental, with a scope and in order to impress. Of course, the most interesting pavilion is the marine inhabitants - a huge, even aquarium, then it is difficult to call it, a huge glass pool that, in which the marine inhabitants of all sizes and species float. It fascinates the spectacle, you can watch this beauty for a very long time, describe everything that is happening there is practically impossible to convey the feelings that are experiencing at the sight of such animals too.
Perhaps the photos will give at least the slightest description close to truth, but in general, of course it is necessary to see. Of course, this aquarium is more interesting to visit with children, but adults will find him insanely interesting. In the same place for a fee, it is proposed to watch the dolphins show, we did not go to him, they were afraid of time not enough for everything. There are open small aquariums with slopes and like grain - you can touch, but it's an amateur. There are many animators in the territory, constant children's competitions, the kids are very fun, alas of the truth only knowing the language, which means only local. There is a big and inexpensive dining room made according to the principle of self-service. Of course, it is possible to eat, but if a honestly student dining room in the MGSU, where I get a second higher education, in a variety of dishes exceeds this institution several times. So in the aquarium it is better to look at the fish, to focus the kids if they at the right age and be safely directed into the world of Coca Cola, located on the territory of one park with aquarium.
Orlando. Parks. Ocean. Sunny Florida.
In Orlando, our path was lying primarily due to the presence of all sorts of thematic parks around this settlement. Including the Universal Studios and Disney World who most interested us (not to be confused with California Disneyland - I confused, and this is generally different things).
Plus, I wanted to make a small pause, five days, to stay from constant riding, after all, moving every two days of anyone, and the impressions will remain only from the road and roadside eaters. Therefore, the question approached radically, on the advice of friends (about them separately at the end of the narrative) and with their help, on the website www.vacationrentals.com was rented to condominiminum (apartment or apartments Simply speaking) at the wonderful and very responsive Russian girl Irina (rather an accident , we did not search for a specially compatriot), which we have never seen never, but they spoke perfectly on the phone and the Internet. The reservation process and population will describe separately, the process is interesting and for us unusual. In the above site, you send a request to your favorite property with an indication of the stay and check-in / check-out. You respond, they say there are free to these dates and how much costs. If everything suits send credit card data, in response to receive an agreement, there are e-signature options or simply print sign and back by fax. After that, you receive a letter with an instruction on the settling in which the code is specified from the gate to the complex (if the territory is closed), the lock code where the key is (as a rule it is a small box near the door to the apartment) and that's it. We arrived, came, found the desired apartment, introduced the code in the boxes, the key fell out, opened and live. Leaving the key back to the box, the door slammed. The money was written off from the card, everything is fine with everything.
Magnificent in my opinion the system, allowing Irina not to dangle from Miami to meet us for 160 miles, and we do not depend on anyone and come at a time when we are comfortable. The rental system by the way on the coast is developed very well and I would not recommend settlement to the hotel either in Orlando neither in Miami anywhere else on the shore. A small house or condo will be cheaper and more convenient to any luxurious hotel.
We settled in Orlando for five days, the target is at least three parks: Universal Studios, Sea World and Disney World. Plus relax and decide on the movement further. To Miami go far and the worst thing is that in the opposite of Washington side. And we would already move home, how much most of the vacation at the time of departure from Orlando will be behind. Well, yes, we decide in the process of course, as actually and always. The apartment in the complex Vista Cay was truly luxurious that, and the Americans can create an antines. Territory under guard, pool, air conditioning entrances.
The apartment itself is three bedrooms, a living room with a kitchen, a hall, two bathrooms on a trip about 150 square meters - the dream of the oligarch. Furnished with taste and light luxury, everything is competent, everything is convenient and in their places. Large kitchen, a bunch of household techniques, TVs in all bedrooms and in the living room. Super easy. Under the closer examination and after a couple of stays of living, of course, you begin to find disadvantages, where without them, for example, the doors are very simple in themselves and strongly creak, the ceilings by the standards of even our Khrushchev - the same as in them, the sculpture of dolphins instead of cast iron injections turned out to be wooden , but this is already particularly particular. Beds in a meter height also for a Russian person are very unusual and not very comfortable. Although I certainly come for a quick apartment - an excellent apartment, exactly what we needed in this journey. So, again, everyone can recommend, especially closing ahead of the recommon of Orlando to those who have little kids, and if several kids are generally a fairy tale.
The trip here will be remembered for many years, the truth is, in this case, it is better for a week at least and then you are unlikely to have time to visit everything. I, too, in my narrative I will not delve into the description of each attraction in every park that we visited, because in this case my story will delay two hundred pages, I will describe the impressions of each park and I will try to explain to which audience they are created mainly how again It seemed to us.
So Universal Studios - visited the first, drive from our condo about 15 minutes. Parking 12 dollars, it is more convenient to drive the car to the roof, there is closer to go to the entrance. A ticket - about a hundred dollars with each adult. In general, all the parks around Orlando are distinguished by a high cost of the entrance ticket, so if you are traveling the family and specifically walking in the parks in the vicinity of this Florida town, it makes sense to purchase PASS, giving the right to a reusable visit to several parks at once. Specify the most favorable programs at the client support rack each Park. Pass also gives the right to visit all the attractions without a queue, which sometimes the time saves quite significantly (the most popular attractions are stretched for 30 to 40 minutes). In general, to solve anyway, all prices for standard entrance tickets for adults range from 80 to 100 dollars. The people in the parks are an incredible amount, ride from all over America, which is not surprising, because in these huge entertainment complexes actually have something to see.
Studios Universal are a luxurious world of Goliwood films collected in thematic attractions. In itself, the attractions are different, but usually funny in their naivety, however, this is if you look from the Russian man, Americans laugh, they are frightened, enthusiastically. True children at any age. Since from the moment you entered the park, visiting all attractions does not require an additional fee, of course it makes sense to visit all the shows offered by the park. The only inconvenience - some have to take large-sized things (backpacks, bags, cameras) to a special storage chamber. Usually these are those on which you will be twisted in a chairs. Again, everything in the park is made with a scope and typical American giantomania. Of course, children will receive pleasure much more than adults, for adult park will seem naive and toy (for example, frankly puppet sharks in the attraction at the well-known film "Jaws"). Nevertheless, I recommend to visit unequivocally, just at least because I have never seen anything like that in our homeland. Be sure to visit "Shrek 4D" - the feeling of spiders running on the feet with something comparable.
In general, the park is wonderful, but at the level of the rides themselves in a number of items is inferior to another local attraction - Disney World Hollywood Studios. It will be discussed slightly below. The next park in our program was Sea World - the name I think speaks for myself. As it seemed to us, the park is quite old and, accordingly, not so popular as the same studio universal. There are enough visitors, but there is no attachment, part of the attractions does not work for some reasons. In stock We have an aquarium with sharks, built on the principle of the Aquarium State of Georgia, nevertheless, he is inferior to the above-described in Atlanta both in size and by saturation by exhibits. There is still a good pool with dolphins, judging by the pictures with them you can swim, however, no one has done this, the mammal of big attention to visitors do not pay living in the pool of their dolphin life.
Of the interesting and memorable things, I will talk about the imitation of the polar station - everything is very realistically done, and secondly, it is possible to observe Beluga, walrles and white bears in the conditions of approximate to their real habitat. The spirit captures from these magnificent animals, gracefully floating past you for an armored glass of the pool, you can see them infinitely and remains only to admire the wisdom of nature that created so majestic creatures. In addition to the station I advise you to look at the Penguins - the best Pinguchini world from those who have seen by me. And the rich collection of these most waterfowl. From small to very large and some healthy brown coated wool - such a first time saw, alas are not strong in penguins, but I looked at them all eyes with undisguised curiosity. The park has a large children's playground and a cafe-buffet with pizza. Cafe visit not advise. Expensive and food is very small. In general, it is ready to partially take back their words on the theme of good food in the States.
After the Atlanta, the number of institutions with a normal kitchen began to decrease sharply and practically sued to the south of Florida. Power base at all interstates after New York - McDonalds and Burger King. True, something positive - Red Lobster turned out to be a network of restaurants across America, though the network is extremely popular, but if we are in patience, you can very tasty seafood in almost any state. In the south, the fish is quite well prepared, even in America, a country of hamburgers in our presentation. But I distracted from the main topic of this part of the trip, I apologize. So, we continue to walk in the parks of Orlando.
The third in our conventional list was the Disney World Park, which turned out to be a whole complex of various parks and entertainment establishments with an area of \u200b\u200bequal to the Lipetsk region (relatively, of course, but the scale is similar). In order to get around the whole world of the great grandfather Disney not enough and the week, it seems to me that it is necessary to take a guide, a map, money and live in the territory of the "World", in good by hotels. We did not have such a large freeware of free time, as a result, I moved towards the pointer most visiting me, logically considering that for three adults people, you will soon have thirty, Hollywood Studios will be somewhat more interesting than the Magic Kingdom at least based on the title.
I dare to believe that the intuition did not fail me, because this entertainment center left for us the most vivid impressions from the design and saturation of the attractions, as well as their thoughtfulness and realism. From the point of view of obtaining useful information and touching history, much more impressions from the Space Center of Kennedy, but it is slightly lower about it, but for now Disney and his Hollywood studios. Here, I will probably focus on the pool of attractions, which were truly struck to the depths of the soul. This is a great tour of Goliwood film, including in the main Disney - the essence of the tour in a slow passage on a special trolley on the episodes of various films, scenery and the most interesting - robotic mannequins are created, so professionally and realistically made that if you do not look closely, Some can be accepted for living people. Here you and Indiana Jones and someone else's and the greatest wizard from Oz and the classic Goliwood Mary Poppins and several gangster films, I will not remember everything. All bright, spectacular, let it be a little naive, but at the same time madly beautiful.
I also really liked the attraction based on star wars, I generally have a big fan of the whole saga, and let it not be long, but the presence inside it is incomparable with anything. The attraction, judging by the inscriptions, is open in the spring of this year, so we are lucky, the essence of it is next. You are planted in a capsule depicting the passenger space shuttle, fit the strap as in the plane, goes out the light and rushed. The feeling of presence is complete, similar I have never experienced, a shuttle under the control of C3-Ro (who knows he will understand), it highlights something incredible, the screen in the entire front panel and 3D glasses create a complete visaization of the resulting flight, and how the capsule moves in space , creating overload, turns, braking, even a slight feeling of weightlessness, when you get off from the orbit of Coruscant at the time of the fight of the clones of the republic with droids of separatists, down to the foot of the planet's skyscrapers. Uau! Fantastic feeling! Thanks to the creators of this miracle of modern computer graphics and robotics. You can still go to the play of a parody of Indiana Jones, but he is naive enough, I would even say primitive. It is worth going to go out, so that the only time in the life of seeing a negra on a motorcycle in German form. Negro - True Arian is so American.
The park of course produces a much more expensive enterprise than the same studio universal, the approach is clearly with the soul and money for attractions do not regret. Of the minuses - extremely few places where they sell water, taking into account the heat for forty degrees is a great omission. With the weather in Orlando, we are generally lucky, it rains all went either by us either at night, and during the day the weather was great, it would be more cool for a dozen degrees, it hurts hard in the parks in such a heat, salvation only in souvenir shops, and there as You will go, so it's impossible to leave empty-handed hands. All three of the above-described Park recommend to visit everyone without exception, especially if you have children if they are small and you like such light adventures.
On the day on the park to kill - easily, it is no longer worth it, too much time there is nothing to do, everything should be in moderation. Lovers of history, those who know who Neil Armstrong knows and what he is famous for, to everyone who watched the film Apollo 13, who heard about the ingenious constructor Sergey Pavlovic Queen, who is interested in space and all unknown, as well as the fans of the wonderful series Star Trek (Star Trek ) I recommend visiting the John Fitzheld Kennedy Space Center on Cape Canaveral, which is just fifty miles from Orlando. We have moved there on our last day in this city, in fact on the way to the ocean, in the coastal town recommended by our familiar camp, I will tell you a little later.
The cheapest entrance ticket from those that we bought is about 30 dollars and you get into the world of American cosmonautics, the pride of NASA, where the era of space exploration began in parallel with our Plessetsky, from where the famous shuttles, Missy on the moon and a lot of things started on his expeditions yet. In Rocket Park - True Saturn 5, bringing the ships of the Apollo program, the Armstrong landing module and his expedition to the moon, a full-size model of the shuttle and imitation of the flight on it, two IMAX cinema with magnificent 3D movies about space, a few interesting attractions dedicated to my favorite Star Path , cutting enterprise in the end, from the set of the first season The Original Series! Ten years ago, I would have sold my homeland for the opportunity to sit in the chair of Captain Kirk on the bridge of NCC 1701 a (here, few people will understand, and who will understand should die of envy). And soon, the Museum of the Center must be transferred from flights after the closure of the Program is a real shuttle Atlantis!
Here is an exhibit that is definitely worth seeing. In general, in Siesta, I was driving with a complete feeling of absolute bliss and euphoria from touching the history of space by humanity and thanks to NASA for this opportunity. I highly recommend everyone who is not indifferent. Stay in Florida unconditionally wanted to complete the ocean, but the path in Miami seemed to us too long and in the opposite side of our next goal - Washington, District of Columbia. In this regard, again after listening to the Council of our New York friends, we decided to rinse in the curious town of Siesta Key (Siesta Key) in a hundred miles from Orlando. Experience in ordering apartments through all the same site www.vacationrentals.com This time was extremely unsuccessful. Condo compared to Orlandovsky in Irina, was quite dirty, very old and insanely expensive.
The only plus is proximity to the ocean - a five-minute walk in the closed area of \u200b\u200bthe complex. By the way, in this regard, in Siesta Key is very wonderful - all access to the beach is blocked by complexes, stunned along the coast perpendicular to the beach in huge quantities and equipped with signs with all the threats to those who illegally penetrate into the territory. In essence, access to the beach is one, there is also the truth there is a large free parking and soul, but there are no cabins for changing clothes. By the way, there are no them in Bulgaria either, may now be so fashionable and we are behind life, but inconveniently root, especially for women, of course. Atlantic Ocean at this time of year warm and calm, white sand and not hot. The width of the beach amazes - in wide places until a semi-kilometer of the sandy area, even in the Maldives we did not see this. There are very few people - apparently not the season, although strange, the weather is beautiful and water is amazing warm. The impression that people on the beach were much less than grocery and pelicans, these are the real owners of the coast at this time of year. Fish along the coast, by the way, is also very much, the water is very salty, but the waves were small and swim nice. In any case, personally for us is nothing very impressive on the coast, but there can be no one here, we can not be, we are generally not lovers of a beach holiday, it was still possible to impress the impression that we were not the best place where we lived. The beach itself is beautiful, the sand is just amazing, there is no words and rest on the coast I think very cool, again with children, again, when I want to sunbathe in the sun.
Siesta is a typical resort town, even the number of expensive convertibles meets global standards. In Miami, I think much more noisy, probably more fun, so the choice is done for yourself, as is the choice whether it is worth it for the sake of a beach rest to get a visa and fly so far. If you do not like to travel, do not like to know the world, get new impressions, but prefer to lie calmly on the beach with a cocktail in your hand, it is unlikely that you should be collected in Florida. On the other hand, if you at least partially repeat our route or for some other reason you will get into the states, I highly recommend you to visit Florida beaches and plunge into the Atlantic Ocean. So, goodbye Sunny State, our path lies north, most of the journey behind, in front of the capital, a little bit of New York and traditionally summarize my story on board Boeing 747 Lufthansa.
Washington. Columbia region.
And again, I'm driving the Kia Sorento already that day with a grinding wheels the magnificent asphalt of wide interms for the music of the real country and rare comments suddenly earned the IGO navigation system again. This time the system led us to surprisingly picturesque country roads. Of course, they can be called very conditionally, they are at least four bands in both directions, according to Russian standards, the daytime. But the landscapes on the roads are much more painfully, on large tracks to build as we understood something is prohibited, everything is on the congresses, and here you can right on the left of the stores, refueling, old motels, duct cars, but anything.
Such a real American province know such. Already not so glossy as the major cities of the Atlanta, not such as resort orlando, but nevertheless very clean, well-groomed and very beloved by its inhabitants. Paradox, in America, too, there is poverty, it can be seen, in a poor houses along the route, in simple and not very new cars, in a provincial cafe with separate toilets, but this poverty, she is somehow, I don't know, proud or something. It is perceived as proper, not as something negative and negative, no, they live so not from hopelessness, they simply suite such a level and they do not see anything humiliating.
I noticed a lot of people ride quite old cars. Old, but in excellent condition. This car suits this and this is enough, it is serviced on time, it does not fall apart on the go and none of those surrounding does not show a finger on him - see what his wrestled.
Poverty in America is radically different from poverty in Russia, we have poverty borders with misery, with poverty and that's the worst thing in my opinion. There is poverty in America, but there is no poverty, there is no one that could be disheveled and the country and those who live in it, at least we did not see it. We bought five pounds of real fresh florid oranges in a roadside bench and firing them all the way to Washington - almost 1,600 kilometers. And staying in Florence, however, that Florence was in Kentucky, and this in North Carolina, I will not be surprised if in a ministry or Ohio there is a lot of Florence, Waiting for the burning Grand Hyatt lights, very well located in the middle of all major museums and attractions.
Washington will stop in detail, he deserves it.
Well, where is the first thing to go tourist in Washington? Well, of course, watch the place of residence of the presidents of the state in which at the moment is located. White house is currently fenced with several security rings, barricades from concrete blocks and plenty of police. Access inside is completely closed, as far as I understood and excursions at the moment there is no inside the White House, the tourist center, which was engaged in this, during our location in the US capital, the BL is constantly closed.
I suspect that there are special days for excursions, perhaps now they need to be recorded, in any case, we limited to several duty photos against the background of the world-famous home with a semicircular colonnade and moved on. If there is no task to visit the stores, koim in the capital, as well as everywhere in the US, it makes sense to walk from the White House, bypassing the Washington Monument, towards the Capitol. First, it is necessary to take a picture with the capitol, as is one of the characters of American democracy, and secondly along this peculiar alley are the main museums of the city, the entrance to which, by the way, is free, that after the crazy expensive parks, Orlando seemed to the riding delicacy from the side US authorities.
In general, in Washington, all museums are free and all worthy of visiting them, alas again it requires a huge amount of time. I will focus on visiting by us, the first thing - the Museum of Natural History - a huge collection of dinosaurs skeletons has already deserves that you will pay attention to this museum, and discovering in and several halls dedicated to the development of a person and almost all large animals of the USA and the creatures of the underwater world, Elephant Stuffed , China (I did not understand actually stuffed or a polymer copy, if a copy, then incredibly accurate). There is something to see definitely.
Next, go to the Central Art Gallery, unfortunately part of the exposition was closed when we arrived, but in a souvenir shop, you can buy cool posters - copies of pictures of famous artists that we immediately and did. Further, it is necessary to go to the most visited aerospace museum, which stores the first cosmonaut of the planet, as well as the excellent exposition of aircraft of all times, from the layout of the first plan of Wright brothers, to the booth of Boeing 747-100, various missiles and planting capsules of the Apollo project of different years. A large exposition of aircraft I and II World Wars (not a single Russian), a lot of civil aviation, in general, this museum is a great addition to the Kennedy Space Center. What is interesting, judging by the exhibition, the Americans recognize our common leadership in the development of space, one full-scale layout of the famous docking Union-Apollo What is and our missiles have and how I have already spoken the Suit (Suit) in which Gagarin flew into space Also, the photos of the queen and the background of Brown.
In general, even the pride of some kind of home appears (for the first time for the trip). However, the fact that the Second World War is dedicated is not a word about us in any of the items. Why do Americans fundamentally want to recognize if the USSR is not the dominant role of the USSR, so at least his participation, otherwise, and for the country and for veterans and for millions of dead (here I became some very patriotic). Of course, it is not right, but we will not change anything here. Although criticism criticism, and the museum is still awesome, you must visit.
And finally, the Museum of American Indians is a very peculiar place, for our person, and in obscure, but it has a cafe with national cuisine (very good by the way) and a souvenir shop, which has a variety of national goods, is already familiar to any tourist destination in America, Who are unlikely to buy anywhere else, given that the museum is free - you can easily visit it for the store and cafe, I think it will be interesting.
Museums are still a lot, as I wrote above, so that all the time to visit the time is required by which we have had. I described briefly where we were, what was still to watch everyone decides, they say the Museum of Mail is very interesting for example, we just didn't have enough time for him, as well as on the Lincoln Monument and the Congress Library. So it makes sense to return to Washington once again. The city itself is amazing, he like no more than American looks like Western European, and in essence the same calm, quiet and very relaxing to himself. Perhaps this is due to the small size and some general culture of the inhabitants of the capital, it is difficult to say, but the city quickly has to itself and you begin to miss it from one thought that you will soon have to leave it.
And in Washington there are a lot of people engaged in sports, namely, running everything and everywhere from Mala to Velik, any complexion, I see the impression of a very sporty city, I have not seen anything else so that I ran somewhere in America. And again, proteins, many thick self-satiest proteins and homeless on bears along the streets in large quantities, too, by the way, the spectacle that was no longer observed anywhere. However, the fact that the city of the metropolitan is felt, a couple of times came across a cortem, most likely delivering somewhere important state persons, I will not say who exactly, I don't know, but judging by the cortices, cars out of five, it is hardly below the vice president (correct if I am mistaken).
It is surprising that such a number of institutions and structures within the limits of a relatively small urban settlement, purely visually does not cause inconvenience to residents of the city, it seems that officials actually want to make the life of citizens easier and cause as few inconvenience as possible with their presence (this is amazing is not it). More on a taxi you can go to a very large shopping center - Tysons Corner Center, ride the truth is far away, but all brands in one place and practically any level of wealth, just need to keep intensive repair of roads and the construction of viaducts, as a result "A taxi can do the most expensive, it may be reasonably going by car." Nevertheless, I liked Washington, it was a pleasant sip of fresh air at the end of the trip before hitting back to the web of the crazy New York.
And hello again or I love NY!
From the capital administrative to the capital of financial (and maybe the capital of the world? Did not think?) The distance by the standards of the already passed just funny - 220 miles. Surprisingly and incredibly, it turned out to be in the usual already on the first visit three almost a week ago Crowne Plaza, so to settle for Times Square again, I didn't work out, I ordered a room in extremely fume hilton at the intersection of the 5th Avenue and the 53rd Western.
After calm cities to which to some extent, I would take and Washington, not to mention Orlando and Siesta, New York met a huge plug near Lincoln's tunnel (and who came up with such large buses there and in such quantities) in which Taking into account traffic jams at the entrance to the city I had to push an hour and a half. A good Russian seducker, driving experience in the capital (I mean Moscow) and Tolik of arrogance inherent in the Russian person, allowed someone to successfully cross around the neighbors in the stream, although I need to say rudeness in traffic jams in New York quite a lot, mainly from drivers of buses and taxi drivers . Finally, already on the fifth Avenue, I almost did not hit the glory Yankov on the traffic light in the ass of His Chrysler and with a light heart drove the car in the Avis garage, the total of the automotive part of the trip is 3605 miles (recording in a rolling office check), I have never checked the car and This time did not become an exception, I will not give another advice - be sure to order cars put a note "unlimited kilometer", because you are going to ride and ride a lot, so you don't need additional payment for the trial, at least I ordered with mileage unlimited.
In Europe, it happened for a vacation and more, but taking into account the truth is quite a long way road home around the territory of the homeland, well, and on your car personally, I like to ride more. Eh ... there would be a bridge or tunnel under the Atlantic Ocean ... Dreams Of course, this is all, but there would be a bridge ... Many or few we eventually drove, I don't take it, for the first time enough, it's a pity from the initial plan fell out by Miami and Atlantic City, well Yes, what are our years, we want to come again.
But it was possible to get to the Museum of Contemporary Art in New York - an impressive establishment should say, one collection of pictures is worth it or a photo hall for which you can walk for hours. Yes, come across and frankly incomprehensible and alien to common sense of exhibits, where, without them, but in general the exposition is interesting and extremely informative, only the cans of Soup Campbell, I did not find there, maybe he looked, and maybe there should be there, although they should have been Being, I did not understand, the portrait of Merlin Monroe of the same Warhol looked in consolation. A lot of designer beautiful furniture, there is a great room dedicated to architecture and design in construction, assessed by a professional look, everything is very worthy of the outcome of the visit - as always a souvenir shop with funny design things and, of course, posters that are copying famous works of art.
By the way, during our stay, a very interesting parade passed in the city, I would even say the whole carnival. For several days, the entire fifth Avenue was blocked for transport and people went on it, as far as we could understand the representatives of various communities of the city, all sorts of schools, municipalities and so on. The spectacle is fantastic, so many people united in a single impulse did not have to see.
It's nice to see that people can be so proud of the country in which they live. The rest of the time in the wonderful New York spent on a small shopping and acquiring regular souvenirs. On the last evening, on Times Square - fantasy, of course, the truth of people would have been smaller and how to explain to the Americans that it is not worth walking in such a crowd with the one's kids in wheelchairs, very dangerous, children can simply crush, plus in such crowds you can Easy to get lost, and it's really inconvenient to walk unfortunately.
Nevertheless, Times Square is one of the most amazing places on Earth that I had to see, and New York ... I can't even give the whole of the storm emotion that they boil in me after visiting this faithful to his magnificence of the city. I can only say that I put it in one row with my beloved Rome, the pearl of the Mediterranean. Yes, it is impossible to compare Rome and New York, as it is difficult to carry out parallels between America and Italy as a whole, but a new star appeared on my personal pedestal of the best cities in the world and although she did not dismiss Rome on the second step, love for Italy in me is difficult to win, but New York made a slightly sharing the capital of ancient civilization, for which thank you very much, there is nothing better than to know the new and the more so great new. Well, a big apple, we leave you, but something tells me that I will return here and may be more than once.
God let God say and God, store America, she deserves it.
A little emotion and what we think about it at all.
So what is it, America? Of course, this is a great country, perhaps the greatest on the planet, but first of all is the great people, citizens of the United States of America, taxpayers, those from whom the future of that state in which they all live. It is difficult for me to judge America as a country of opportunity, about the realities of the realization of the notorious "American Dream" or about something similar, we were there as tourists, were not going to stay, did not try to earn money, it was easier - did not try to live. I think of course there is your difficulties there, perhaps not inherent even to us, only those who live there, really for all the time travel and before it, if you had to communicate with people who have friends or relatives living in the US From one person, I did not hear the desire to return to your homeland, and if such cases also have to be, then it is rather an exception than the rule.
The main thing that rushes into the eyes is almost perfect cleanness everywhere on the roads, clean roadbones, tonsured lawns around. I already wrote, we passed America to different, and glamorous manhattan and the most beautiful Niagara Falls and relatively provincial Atlanta, the same state of Kentucky or Floridian outback. The main feeling anywhere is pride for your country, for the right to be called a citizen of the United States of America. The number of flags is huge everywhere, they put them in the courtyards, hang on the balconies of houses, glue on cars, for license plates, people are saturated with patriotism, they are incredibly cultural, very friendly and even if they really don't care about me, looking at that How they ask it, always want to answer.
I have not seen a very simple thing in Russia for a long time and at the same time such an important thing - I have not seen smiling people. In general, nowhere, nor in a cafe, nor in the streets, nor in the cars, we have learned the main thing - to rejoice in what we live, but there are no Americans, they as children are rejoicing the plastic shark on them, which in our compatriots only causes a feeling of squeamishness and desire Get away, closing inside your own Mirka and so that no one is trying to get from there. And tell me that I am not right, the tourist (I emphasize, it is the tourist and it is in a ticket who came across the travel agency) from Russia is visible for the vest in any country of the world and alas not from the best side. I do not want to offend anyone, again my personal opinion, though based on the facts seen. A Russian man does not feel free unfortunately and this is the main difference from them from them and in this the trouble of our people and our country and the trouble is the main thing I think, and from it already and other things ...
Well, yes, I distracted. Did you like America? Of course, yes, one hundred percent, and this vacation was perhaps one of the most interesting things in recent years, the most informative is definitely. I am happy that there are such countries and give God them only more, I am glad that we have the opportunity to travel and know the world, and it is definitely the best part of it. Would you personally live in America? Very difficult question. To fly away from there was sad, on the other hand, the presence of a two-year visa allows you to return to if desired, it would be time and opportunity. Go there to live there? At this stage, it is unlikely that there is enough worries and work in the homeland and it is certainly more familiar here and clearer for a Russian person. Although the people moving here, of course, I do not condemn.
Strive for the better quite natural human instinct. And why nevertheless, a normal healthy patriotism was killed in us, the desire to develop and develop their country, it is not clear why and who needed it. And you can be proud of America easily, you drive into any rest area (REST Area) on any interState, you go to the toilet - and he cuts away from pride - I have not seen such cleanliness anywhere, except Germany with its autobahn, but the Germans are generally a separate story. Pure, culturally, automatic machines with a cola, automata with sandwiches and a single person of the service personnel, certainly have cameras, the police are passing sometimes, but with a huge number of cars, nothing is broken and unworched.
And now we switch to the latest Russian automotive M-4 don, which is expanding with pump for several years, let up two lanes in each direction, thanks and on this, there are paid plots? Yes. How much are? Enough so that some citizens make billionaires very quickly. And the infrastructure of the track? This also lies the problem, which we are not yet able to decide. In general, I think that the theory was invented that the state begins with a public toilet, here in which public toilet, especially in a lively place and when it is free, such and the state of the state and people in it living. So the conclusion suggests the disappointing already once again, where we are still, and where they are already and how many to them, I think the question is, my life is not enough. No, I'm not afraid for myself for my parents, too, we will live our centuries and possibly even within this country, but for the future of your children, until those who are not born, I'm still worried, for our homeland is also different and unpredictable, which is even more Makes to think about the departure abroad, not necessarily in the States.
And one more, this time the last argument, how many Russians left over the past five years from the country? And how many Americans come to live to us? Here is the answer to any question about what America is and what is Russia. Nevertheless, I urge not to despair and not run the head, but I urge to sit down and think, go outside and try to smile, hold the door at the entrance to the store girl going back, apologize when they pushed you, stand in line, and not squeeze through the head All, and a lot more can be done. You need to start with a small one, start with yourself, think why you throw a bottle in the urn abroad, and at home you throw her on the road, why are you smiling for a foreigner, and with the compatriot you enter into conflict, do not hide behind the masks, not to be outcasts, believe , dream, try to work at the end of the ends. And put a small tricolor in the organizer at work to remember that all the same we are a great nation, we live in a great country and only we should change something in it that we can and simply have to live no worse than people in developed countries, to defeat the operability in himself and become better, more honest with themselves, with your country, with those who are near, we are much, we are able to reverse the story, let it not immediately, even if not one generation is still going, but I dream that my children will carry their children A passport with a double-headed eagle with the same pride with which citizens of the United States carry their star-striped passport. Otherwise, I'm afraid, and I am closer to the pension, we will raise on the ranch in Ohio in the morning the star-striped flag and sing another anthem and in another language, and if they ask me why, I will answer what I could do everything But I did not leave the choice, I did not leave my homeland, and she left me ...
And at work at work, I will put a native tricolor in the organizer and a star-striped dream to always know what to strive for. The plane flies, I will turn out, sorry if the last part came out not very constructive, but it is from a pure heart. I hope I was able to tell you about the east coast of the United States enough so that you want to visit him if my story would be useful to someone, this is the main thing for me. Happiness. If we have enough time in the winter and there will be an opportunity, after three months, this story will be written by me on the west coast of the United States.
The east coast of Sri Lanka is the magnificent sandy beaches and the authentic atmosphere of Ceylon away from civilization and the airport. The high season here lasts from May to September. Tourist business began to develop on the east coast relatively recently, but now there are worthy hotels. Guests come here for a secluded vacation on the lap untouched nature.In the north of the resort is the city Trinomale with his beautiful beaches Nilaci and Get upSouth resorts are located Passiona and Lockerwhich spread one of the most popular Sri Lanka Parks - Yalla. Yalla National Parkit occupies the territory of 1300 square meters. KM, in addition to untouched jungle, you can see exotic animals: leopards, monkeys, deer, boars, buffaloes, crocodiles and a variety of birds.
Trincomali
280 km east Colombo There is the capital of the coast - a wonderful coastal city Trincomalee (Trincomalee) with a unique atmosphere and plenty of attractions such as the Maritime Museum " Crytus Tower", Ancient Buddhist Monastery Wellgam Vihara, Fort Frederick, Temple Tire Konevaram and much more. Looked (Uppuweli) and Nilaveli (Nilaveli) - The best beaches of trincomal and a great place to watch whales, and a coral island Pigeon (Pigeon) - Great place for diving and snorgling. 8 kilometers from the city are hot springs Kanniya Hot Springs)in which you can swim.Passiona
New resort Pasiku Beach (Pasikuda) Located 290 km from Colombo. Its wide beach has a length of about 4 km and forms a peculiar bay in which various types of tropical fish are found. The lagoon is protected from both ends of coral reefs. The absence of waves and white sand are ideal for swimming, especially with children. Initially, the budget resort was planned here, but the concept was revised and excellent 4 * and 5 * hotels began to open. There are lounge chairs on the beach, which is not typical for Sri Lanka, and there are no beach fights, merchants and called that they will definitely appreciate the connoisseurs of privacy. We recommend the resort for a relaxing romantic leisure and holidays with children.The east coast of Sri Lanka includes areas such as Trincomal, Battikalo and Ampara. The east coast of Sri Lanka is unique, as it is different in length and extends along the coastline by more than 300 km from Kumbukkan Oya southeast to Kokkilai in the northeast. This coast is devastant to the estuary and laguny, the largest of which is the Lagoon Battikalo, the Bay of Tambalakam, the Laguna Cokkilai, the lagoon of the Epar and Laguna Ullacki. The eastern coast with the largest amount of underwater canyons attracts ocean marine life closer to the shore than other parts of Sri Lanka. This is the most silent coastal area of \u200b\u200bthe island, which offers several excellent maritime attractions and a wide variety of marine entertainment.
Weather on the east coast of Sri Lanka
The climate in the east of Sri Lanka is hot and wet. Unlike the west coast, there are 2 pronounced seasons in the east: the rainy season and the dry season. In the West, these seasons are also present, but the difference in the weather during these seasons is not so big as in the case of the eastern coast of Sri Lanka.In the period from October to April on the east coast, the northeast monsoon dominates, which brings here strong winds and abundant precipitation. In the peak of the rainy rains, the sediments fall so often that floods and floodings often happen. As a rule, the amount of precipitation in the area during the rainy season varies within 300-600 mm.
In the period from May to September, a rather dry weather is observed in the east of Sri Lanka, rains are extremely rare. But at the same time here is very hot weather with high humidity. The heat in the summer is so strong here that at the midday time of the city and the villages look empty, as people simply do not want to go out.
Spectacles of the East Coast Sri Lanka
Now it is time to briefly present you the main resorts located on the east coast of Sri Lanka. These resorts are currently not widely popular among foreign tourists, but most likely everything will change in the coming years. The fact is that because of the civil war, the Eastern coast of Sri Lanka is lagging behind in developing from the west coast.Cokkilai
The Kokkili Resort is located in the Trincomale district, in the northeast of Sri Lanka. The city is located on the sandy spit between the Lagoon Kokkilai and the Bengal Bay. Laguna Kokkilai is an extensive estuary lagoon and a paradise for bird observers.Pulmodai
This resort is famous for its rich beaches, nearby caves and a recent shipwreck spot. Rich sand minerals is completely black and contains minerals such as Ilmanit and magnetite. Two lighthouse in this area provide secure navigation indicators of the path for incoming ships.The main sights of the Area include: Pulmodai Beach, Arisimalay Beach, a variety of caves, lighthouses and shipwreck places with a large artificial reef.
Trincomali
This is the main resort city of the east coast of Sri Lanka and one of the best natural deepwater harbors in the world. Thanks to its strategic location in the Bengal Gulf, Trinoko, as local residents call it, has a long maritime history, which originates from the 6th century. This is one of the most interesting and most magnificent places in the country.Located in the mouth of Maganels Ganga, the longest and the largest river in Sri Lanka, Trincomalee is famous for its Fredrik, the largest fort for Sri Lanka.
Some of the best beaches of Sri Lanka are located in the area of \u200b\u200bTrinkomali. This is, first of all, Kupelye's beaches and Nilaci. Next to Nilaci are red cliffs with reddish boulders along the beach.
The main attractions of Trincomali include: Beautiful coral reefs, sunken temple, Fort Fredrik, Fort Ostenburg, Great Serf Island, Lighthouses, Military Museum, Residence of the Dutch Naval Commissioner, Fishing Harbor, National Park Pidgen, Beaches of Niladeli and Kupeva and Red Rocks .
Battikalo
Battikalo is located on a flat coastal plain, limited by the Bengal Bay in the East, and occupies the central part of the Eastern coast of Sri Lanka. The city borders with extremely picturesque lagoon and several islands inside, but the main miracle of the lagoon is singing fish. Sandy beaches are located along the coastline 4 km from the city. From here they extend further to the north to neighboring cities. These include Calladi Beaches, Pomebud and Kalkuda. Battikalo is often overlooked by tourists, as they prefer to relax on untouched beaches of dauby and culkud. Nevertheless, Battikalo has some interesting sights that include Valkijai Laguan, Vakari Laguan, Buffalo Island, Bone Island, Lady Manning Bridge, Battikalo Lighthouse and Fort Battikalo.Arugam Bay
The world-famous surfing place and the famous tourist resort of Arugam Bay is located south of Potavil in the Ampappa area on the southeast coast of Sri Lanka. The picturesque bay has a wide beach, which is perfect for surfing. The calm ocean is observed here in the period from March-April to October-November. Peak season - from May to August.The best place for surfing in the area is Arugam Point. Here, waves usually have a height around 2 meters. For beginner surfers, whiskey-points are suitable, which is ten minutes away on Tuk Tuk north of Arugam Bay.
The crocodile rock is another excellent place for beginner surfers, but suitable waves are not always there.