Looking uptown from the top of the Rockafeller Centre

New York

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May 9th 2007
From La Paz we had a full day travelling to New York, via Santa Cruz and Miami, arriving in New York late on Thursday evening. After checking into our hotel in Times Square we headed out to grab a late night snack and saw first hand that New York really is the city that never sleeps. Despite it being nearly midnight the streets were full of people and cars. We stayed in New York for a week and ... read more

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more