Page 5 of achuneka Travel Blog Posts


North America » United States » New York » New York » Manhattan August 21st 2009

I started early from Journal square, Jersey to WTC taking the PATH train. I had left out Chinatown and Little Italy from the downtown area yesterday. So I started walking northwest from WTC towards the Brooklyn bridge onwards to Chinatown. It wasnt difficult to find out as almost all the boards, faces, shops started turning Chinese along the canal street. It wasnt exactly breathtaking but amusing. I stopped across a foot rub and back massage center and thought of going in (never had one in my life!). But ditched it (all men masseurs ! would be better in Varanasi I guess). So walked on to Little Italy, clicked some snaps and took the subway metro from Canal Street to Grand Central Terminal . Its huge, busy and magnificent. Much like the CST. I can't help making ... read more
Little Italy
Grand Central Terminal
A clock at Grand Central Terminal

North America » United States » New York » New York » Manhattan August 20th 2009

With prospects of coming back to USA bleak, I desperately wanted to see New York city before I leave. The 'to do list' had reading a book in Central Park, long exposure shots of Times Square and sky diving in Poconos mountains. I was also looking forward to hiking and camping in Catskill Mountains. I ditched my initial plan of going by Chinatown/Greyhound bus from Chicago, the cheapest mode of travel, as it took almost 24 hours and friends who had done it didnt have anything good to say about it. So I took the flight and landed on the La Guardia airport. The moment I came out of the revolving doors of the airport all kind of smells hit me along with the hot humid mumbai like air. The most prominent was that of tobacco. ... read more
Battery Park Esplanade (BPE)
A curious sculpture titled 'eyes' on BPE
Statue of Liberty




Tot: 0.04s; Tpl: 0.004s; cc: 3; qc: 19; dbt: 0.0134s; 1; m:domysql w:travelblog (10.17.0.13); sld: 1; ; mem: 1023.6kb