New York day one

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In fairly dull but dry weather, today was our day on the ferries in New York.

We took the Circle Line boat first to Liberty Island for a tour around the Statue and then to Ellis Island to visit the museum in the former immigrant reception centre. This took most of the day but we did have time to walk to the middle of the Brooklyn Bridge to catch a good view of the financial district in Manhattan.

After a meal in Chinatown which is also close to the hotel, we took the Staten island ferry both ways to see the impressive New York lights after dark. For an unexpected treat there was a superb firework diplay taking place over the harbour.

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