Washington D.C.

We took a 2D1N tour to Washington D.C. - it was what they called a "Chinatown tour" - the tour group comprise mainly of Chinese people (both staying here in US and tourists from mainland China). Besides us, there were also couples from Taiwan, Malaysia and Australia.

The tour guide is of Chinese nationality as well and he conducted the tour 70% in Chinese but he speaks decent enough English for the benefit of those on the tour who don't understand Mandarin.

We set off on a tour bus from Chinatown in Manhattan, the largest Chinatown in the East Coast (the largest one in the US is apparently in San Francisco). Our first stop was Philadelphia, where we viewed the Independence Hall and Liberty Bell at the Independence National Historic Park. Baltimore was our next stop where we had 1/2 hour to walk around the beautiful Inner Harbour.

We finally reached Washington D.C. (which stands for District of Columbia) in the late afternoon, and only had the chance to view the Capitol House and Museum of Natural History.

The next morning, we head out at 7am from Maryland (where our hotel was) back to Washington D.C. - White House was our first stop - unfortunately due to security reasons, we can only view and take pictures from a far distance away...Next up was the Lincoln Memorial, Korean War Memorial, Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Jefferson Memorial and the National Air & Space Museum.

This is the link to the pictures taken there:

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