I ♥ NY, and have bought the t-shirt to prove it (9 for $10). Friendly people, beautiful sunny weather, amazing buildings, clean streets. Not as much traffic or as many people as I thought there would be. Broadway. Times Square. Very exciting. Caught up with A StJ, and settled into his amazing mansion on E29th. Really god to see him. He hasn’t aged at all. Saw The Fantasticks (longest running musical). Disappointed at El Gallo’s understudy (although his opening song about the sky being yellow was funny - did he mean that?), the rambling pace and the poor house. Rest of [View Full Entry]

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The next day I was off to New York. Alyson dropped me off to the airport and it was a nice good bye. The plane was a bit delayed and I didn’t have any credit to let Jilly know. Luckily some dude on my bus from NYC let me use his mobile and I called her to let her know I was on my way. I met her at a bar in Grand Central station and we proceeded to catch a bus a couple of blocks away from Jilly’s house to do some more sight seeing around New York. We then [View Full Entry]

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Aventure à l'ile Serpent à sonette.Ratlesnake Island, Hudson river Note Le context de l'aventure: Fin de la journée nous sommes fatigué de zigzaguer les vagues de bateaux qui nous croise et s'approche du voilier avec le mât sur le pont.Faut pas brasser le bateau st...! Les nerfs un peut à vif, nous cherchons un mouillage à l'abris des vagues et nous trouvons la cachette par excellence. Nous passons derrière l'ile Serpent à sonette et tout sera parfait pour la nuit.C'est la que l'aventure débute. Un crétain s'approche très lentement et met les gaz à font tout pret de nous et nous [View Full Entry]

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New York! Day 1 We land in Newark Airport on Monday 7th September, 18:30 local time. Both Rick and I took advantage of the free alcohol on the plane so didn't get much sleep! The queue for customs went surprising quickly considering we all had to have our fingerprints taken (something I hadn't seen before). Once we got through we were just praying our bags were there and luckily they were!! Once we started heading off with our rucksacks I remember thinking that they were really heavy! We were the only ones around at the time with big rucksacks on our [View Full Entry]

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Depois de dez dias batendo muita perna - e perdendo muito tempo - finalmente hoje encontrei um local decente para morar. Mudo na próxima terça-feira, dia 15. Continuo a um passo do Bronx, mas ainda em Manhattan. Mais precisamente no bairro de Washington Heights, entre a 179st e a 180st. Estou mega satisfeta, porque o apartamento é tudo o que eu queria: limpo e organizado. Pois é, só isso por aqui já é quase pedir demais. Pelo menos considerando o que posso pagar. Foram inúmeras as tranqueiras que encontrei... Isso sem falar nos anúncios falsos, é claro. Sempre que aparecia alguma [View Full Entry]

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<img style="visibility:hidden;width:0px;height:0px;" border=0 width=0 height=0 src="http://counters.gigya.com/wildfire/IMP/CXNID=2000002.0NXC/bT*xJmx*PTEyNTMzMTYyMzI4MTImcHQ9MTI1MzMxNjIzNTAxNSZwPTQxMTg2MSZkPSZnPTEmbz1kMWEwNmQzZWQzZjI*YjUwOTBmYzAxMzg*YzE2MWM3NyZvZj*w.gif" /><b>New York City...Can Be so Pretty...From A Vagabond's Eye View</b><br>Let us start off with a central position to spend the night in when visiting NY City. There are many hotels and bed & breakfasts available at various prices...<br><a href="http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2182451 [View Full Entry]

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Aint life grand when you share it with mates??? Since Sarah Andrews arrived last week, Manhattan living has stepped up a notch. Thanks to 2 lucky pennies picked from the street grime last week, Dave won the 'Avenue Q' lottery! The hottest show on Broadway since 2004, touted as a cross between Sesame Street and South Park, (aka Puppet Porn), and closing it's doors in 3 days time, those naughty muppets were calling our names. Prime tickets retail at about US$125 each. Dave scored a double pass and we swindled a third single winning ticket from a guy who couldn't see [View Full Entry]

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Back in the hotel room, I was desperately trying to conceal the luridly red parts of my skin before we went out for dinner. Unfortunately, my pre-chosen outfit for the evening was a white skirt and white top and it didn't require a colour-me-beautiful consultant to tell me that this and sunburn did not an alluring combination make. "Do you have a moisturiser that won't make me smell like a banana?" demanded my sister. I use a certain brand of fruit-flavoured moisturisers that are fairly pricey and difficult to obtain in the UK but can be bought for $8 in the [View Full Entry]

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Well, this was a holiday weekend in America for "Labour Day". I asked a few Americans what "Labour Day" signifies and they were very non-commital. The end of summer was suggested but "Labour Day" seems to be a bit of a misnomer for that. Whatever the holiday represents, its consequence was that most of my hard-working American friends had Monday off work. My sister; an American friend (he in possession of a smart navy-blue suit); and I had decided to spend this holiday weekend in New York. A minor calamity occured prior to departure when it transpired that my highly reckless [View Full Entry]

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Hoje completo uma semana aqui em New York. Já me inscrevi em três cursos de Global Affairs na New York University (Latin America: Overcoming the Political and Economic Crisis, The Global Natural Resources Crisis and NGOs in Global Affairs). No próximo sábado terei um teste para o curso de aperfeiçoamento de inglês que farei na Columbia. Serão três dias de aula durante a manhã e outros três à noite. Mas estou seriamente pensando em me inscrever em mais um curso de Global Affairs... Não resisto... Ainda estou às voltas com a [View Full Entry]

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