Last day in Washington...

So my last full day in DC. Decided to be the tourist... checked out America's largest Mosque in DuPont Circle (wasn't all that big to be honest!).

Then strolled up to the front desk of The Pentagon, ignorantly spouting, "So someone told me there are free tours of this place.." to receive the reply of "..Someone lied..." Ha. Ended up walking around Arlington Cemetry instead - pretty eery place - saw JFK's resting place, as well as the 'Tomb of the nameless soldier' - dunno what that's about, need to look it up actually!

Then toured around downtown Washington DC.. that place really is beautiful. Wandered around some of the Smithsonian institutes and also the National Archives where I saw the original Magna Carter and the US Constitution and Bill of Rights etc.. was kinda interesting...US History in general is an incredibly interesting tale of seriously messed up stuff! ha!

Then Jonaki, my stunning transatlantic, indian, hiphopping, college student counterpart from CultureShock DC drove down to be my tour guide for the night... taking me around the World War II Memorial, The Korean War monument as well as the main George Washington Memorial and main Washington Monument sights. She entertained with me with some brief history of some of them, with a little guess work! haha.

The beautiful Washington DC monuments at night, almost as beautiful as my tour guide, Jonaki:

Johnno & I @ The GW Monument...


Hopping back into her car outside the Smithsonian, a bicycle cop rode up and enquired about her expired tax.. followed within seconds by FOUR, yes FOUR police cars.. cos obviously us small-boned indians are such a dangerous threat to safety! They must have been waiting for us.. major Overkill..guess they had nothing better to do with their time that night! Luckily she managed to get away with a warning rather than a fine. Then found a restaurant back in DuPont where we further discussed the quirk's of life. Finally headed back to Bethesda to get a few hours sleep before flying out to LAX for Showcase in SanDiego!

Jonaki & I.. Dinner in DuPont Circle