Blogs from Manhattan, New York, New York, United States, North America - page 202

Why work Rose and I are officially unemployed and homeless. Yet everyone envies us. Why? We're off to see the world. Logistics The logistics of leaving home for a year are mind-boggling. US Health Insurance is not valid overseas. Travel Insurance is not valid in US. Bills need to be paid. It goes on and on. To learn more, I spent time at ThornTree "Gap Year" Forum at LonelyPlanet.com (to get destination advise), and on FlyerTalk.com "Airline Alliance" forums (to get transportation advice). Basically, choice came down to "pay as you go" airfare (too expensive for us) or pick one of the three Global Airline Alliances and go with them. Enter GlidePath Travel When researching the trip online, I came across this guy Gardyloo (John) who kept posting really good answers to questions others asked. In ... read more

I'm not sure which is more challenging.. living the dream, or writing about it. I'll try: ...It reverses. As this huge powerhouse virgin atlantic boeing 747 prepares for lift off, so do I. And as I stare out of the window, with tear stained cheeks, I fly out of LHR with the utmost conviction that this journey holds more than I imagine possible... ...As the plane made it's descent through the clouds, I caught my first sight of the Atlantic ocean - a vast, dark and dangerous blue, carpeting the earth's surface.. and then.. land. The US of A. Landing at JFK, I am, despite the long flight, boundless with excited energy and immediately feel a sense of ease and grounding. My first sight of the New York City skyline, an amass of sharp, solid grey ... read more

New York is pretty great. We've been doing heaps of stuff.......i think there is sooo much stuff to do that i might not be enjoying it as much because its just so much. Either that or I have been travelling for too long and have already seen so much other stuff. We got these passes to do pretty much every touristy thing in New York so we have been maxing it out and doing a lot. Went to the MET art museum. There was so many famous paintings and ancient arts and crafts, it was like an art textbook but in real life. But went through it pretty quick, although even if I had the whole day there, i still think i couldn't appreciate it all. Saw Beauty and the Beast on broadway. Was pretty good, ... read more

Lynfielders, In this episode, we see Lynfield hero, Aaron Jacobsen, travel from his current residence in London to visit his sister, Hannah, and fellow traveller, Krystel Houghton, in New York. There was a fun attack. Enjoy, Aaron... read more

Hi all, Well the blog is a bit late, but better late than never aye? So... after spending Xmas up in Newcastle with Kristin's sister Ann, and the boys, we finally got on the plane on the 28th bound for NYC. On arriving in NYC at around 11pm local time, we headed straight for the hotel. The hotel is in a fantastic position, right on the park on the upper west side. Unfortunately it would seem that an arm and a leg doesn't buy you much in Manhatten so we were greeted with a room barely big enough to hold the bed! Not to worry, we weren't planning on spending much time in there. On the morning of the 29th I awoke somewhat early to the sound of heavy rain above us? I took a quick ... read more

So yes it has been ages since I wrote but oh exciting there will be pics this time !!!! The cruise was great I got loads of pics of the skyline and the statue of liberty!! I went on concord in the Intrepid aircraft carrier museum it was just a pity all I did was walk in through the back door and out the front but it was cool! So on Dec 1st we walked around the bottom half of manhattan from 4th street to the world trade centre site we walked through washington square park were i saw the coolest great daine (I am getting a dog when i get home!!!) we dandered through little italy and china town were they were filming some sort of commercial so we tried our best to get caught ... read more