Diving The Drive
We have only been in Boston for a couple of days, for the Big Boys Toys exhibition at the Keoto convention, just north of our motel.
But my wife wanted to visit the home of the Boston Big Cats, the stadium in East Central Boston, across the harbour.
We'd heard that the new Boston Harbour Tunnel had just been completed, so we decided to take it to our destination... it's always fun to drive in a tube with no windows filled with stacks of other cars and no way out if the water comes rushing in while you're... *breathes heavily* it's ok, I'm ok...
So we asked for directions.
Turns out it was a lot simpler than we thought.
Simply follow the Boston Central Motorway until you pass the Greck Corporation building (can be seen easily from the Keoto Convention Center), then turn right at the main intersection.
Immediately after that they're be a big signpost saying "Boston Harbour Tunnel" - it's really hard to miss actually.
That's the main road that will take you under the industrial docks and harbour and out the other side into East Central Boston.
If you see the stock-exchange, you've gone too far... (We got some nice shots of it while we were there though, so it's all good!)
They didn't tell me it was a toll but whatever... it's only §4.20.
Then you plunge into the tunnel itself... all that lovely claustrophobia, death pressing itself up against every window of your car... the sound of the tunnel creaking under the strain of the earth, ready to burst at any ... it's ok, I'm okay. It's actually really well lit and ventilated down there... you could almost forget that it wasn't a near-death experience!
The drive is noisy and unpleasant (but I'm bias, I'm very claustrophobic), and lasts for around 5 minutes, until you pop up the other side to sweet fresh air and natural light.
I'm not sure how much the tunnel cost the city, or how long it took but it's very fancy... nothing like that back where we live...
It's been quite a nice holiday... two more days and we go home.
I'm thinking of buying that flying car I saw at the Big Boys Toys show... a very reasonable §780,000...
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