Rusted Trucks Outside Augusta Georgia

After being disappointed with Athens, GA I stopped halfway to Charleston in Augusta Georgia.  It was the worst of the towns stayed in – geographically dispersed, bombed-out empty lots between big roads, along with Walmarts and supermarkets and motels. The downtown wasn’t much better – no one about except some black fellows walking around.   There was a coffee shop, which in like many of these towns contains all the hipness and awareness of the world that the rest of the town has none of.   It’s as if they exist in completely different worlds.

The drive was half through small towns on state roads, and the last leg on an interstate right into Charleston. I was woken at 5am and again at 6:30  by another guy in the dorm of the hostel who was determined to pack and zip zips in the room for 45

Central Charleston House

minutes.  He then proceeded to apply lotion to his entire body while naked in the middle of the room.  The blasting heat combined with the sounds of lotion being rubbed fastidiously onto skin and nauseating odor forced me out on a walking tour of the town at 7:30am.  Otherwise, the hostel is pleasant with lots of friendly foreigners and Americans – I went out with some last night to bar/restaurant and heard gossip about famous people who come to Charleston – e.g. Ted Turner keeps a young mistress in a central Charleston house that he’s been having renovated for her.  Central Charleston is quite charming with tons of well preserved and decaying old southern lowlands houses.

Comics in Coffeehouse bathroom	Sign In Augusta	Sign in Augusta	Rusted trucks
Old Garage	Old Garage	Part of the NotSo Hostel	Charleston House
Charleston House	Charleston House	Charleston House	Charleston House
Charleston House	King St Downtown Charleston

Augusta, GA to Charleston, SC