My very last day in New York only had one thing on the agenda - get the bus from 33rd & 7th to Washington D.C at 1pm.

I got a bus through a company called Boltbus. I only booked it the night before but it still only cost $21 which isn't bad at all. If you book about 3 weeks in advance when the fares first come out you can land a $1 fare from NY to DC which is mental.

The journey was about 4 and a half hours and I wish I could say I looked at the scenery on the way but I really didn't. There was wifi on-board the bus so naturally I was on Facebook and writing up a blog.

I thought about my time in New York. I was going to miss it big time. I could have easily spent a few weeks there. If I had known how much I would love it, I would have definitely stayed for 2 weeks on this trip. The whole vibe of the place is just something else. The sheer diversity was on a scale I'd never seen before. Wherever you went, at whatever time, something cool would happen and you'd have a story. If I blogged everything from even just one day, I'd have a blog the length of a novel already. All the standard sights were obviously great and I loved all of them - but I think my favourite thing to do was just go on a random wander and see what happened. In a few hours walking in NYC you will see more kinds of people than you've ever seen in your life. I reckon my favourite place was probably Times Square at night time. I spent so many hours there and would go back in a heartbeat. Amazing place. I started making a video compilation to try capture my enjoyment and time spent there.

I got speaking to the girl next to me on the bus who was actually from D.C and had recently moved to NY. She was just going back to D.C for the night to say her goodbyes to her friends. She helped me find my way to the metro once we got off the bus which saved me some brain power so that was cool.

On the bus journey into D.C and also on the short walk from the metro to the hostel I already noted how nice the wide streets looked, but with a slight tarnish. We'll come to that later.

I arrived at the hostel around 7pm I think and I was motivated to get some chores done straight away while I was up and moving. I took my dirty clothes from the week in New York down to the laundry room and washed & dried for a total of $3.25 including the soap. I also had a shower and got settled into the room and spoke to an elderly roommate from Australia who told me about a nice Indian food place across the road.

Hunger strikes.

I took a trip there soon after and had a table for one chicken korma which was really nice. A huge portion too I only just managed to finish it. My small table wouldn't have fit another person's meal so it's a good job I went alone.

That was Friday; I've kept it short to try catch up to reality with this blogging business so I can more accurately recall what I've done during the days. I don't know if I planned to blog about every single day or not, but I've had so many stories to tell each day it would be a shame to leave a day out up to now. Maybe there'll come a day when I can say I was bored and literally nothing happened?

Saturday will include my first days worth of wandering around Washington D.C!