New York, the big apple! wow. This place is so busy, so much, so fast, so loud, so daunting, so ....everything! For the first time during the trip, a listened to the little voice in my head (or as AR would say, my 'angel'), and actually took other people's advice - being NOT to take the cheaper option and stay in Harlem, but to stay in the more decent part of Manhatten. Apparently Harlem is as dangerous as it gets, with drive by shootings, and well ... really dodgy neighbourhoods. So I stayed in Manhatten, just a few minutes on foot to Times Square. I got to the hostel and immediately befriended a fellow Aussie called Paul. It was his first time out of Oz. We decided to get tickets to anything on Broadway, and settled
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