Thursday, May 11, 2006
Williamsburg day~!
today was a free day and we decided to go williamsburg's factory outlets for some cheap and good shopping! heh. the place is not within richmond and is a 45 mins drive away. if we were to take a cab or transportation of that sort, it would be like US$50 per head which is total madness. taking bus there is extremely long and inconvenient as it's considered an interstate bus journey. it's not much cheaper either.Hence... we finally decided on renting a car to drive there!
the car that we rented.. we went to this shop called enterprise that is just opposite our hotel
ah cui is the only one who's above 21... (you need to be at least 21 to rent a car in US), so she was the one who headed the wheel! i was helping her with the directions.
their speedometer is in terms of miles, not kilometres.a short video of our way there... it took us about 1.5 hours to drive there after missing some exits and going some wrong ways.. lala...
finally we reached the place in one piece!
i tried my hand at the wheel when we drove out to lunch! haha... first time driving on the left side. cool!
posing outside the nike store.
and Guess.
the sun was setting and we decided to make our way back because their expressways don't have street lights. it's purely based on the beam lights of cars which is like pretty scary i thought since all the roads in singapore are brightly lit.
we went to krispy kreme for their well known doughnuts! it was simply... YUMMY!!! FANTASTIC!!!
posing for a picture while eating.
their original glazed doughnuts... taste the best when it's hot. it tastes like macdonald's hotcakes! very nice!!!
we went back to the hotel after filling our stomachs... posing with all our branded bargains! woahoo. :)all in all, it was a pretty fulfilling trip. we finally got to do some really decent shopping. like cheap and good stuff. i bought a gap top for like US$5 only and a nike jacket for US$7. the stuff are much cheaper and better (i think) than those in their shopping malls. i guess it must have been pretty daring for 4 girls to drive there... haha but there's always a first time for everything! ;) left hand drive was fun.. though weird. and a tad dangerous at that, considering that we were all used to right hand drive. however, with the help of each other and being a little more extra careful at all times, i'm glad everything turned out fine and it was a great day.
will be back. see you again, williamsburg!
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