Blogs from Manhattan, New York, New York, United States, North America - page 206

Well... this is my last night here in the states. I just wanted to say "see ya later" to everyone. And also I wanted to thank all my friends and family for giving me such nice send-offs... I really will miss you guys. The hommies in LA took me out for sushi... wonderful. My dad and the family had a nice bbq at the house sat. night before I left for NY the next morning. And C.Tan took me to get some soul food in Harlem... Let me say that you guys don't make it easy to leave home for 7 months. Anyways... wish me luck, stay in touch, and we'll catch up when I return in March. Sincerely, Serkan enjoy the pics.... ... read more

Guys! I love New York!! have spent a week here since camp finished and its so cool! been doing all the touristy stuff - statue of liberty, ground zero and the empire state building - the view was amazing! the people here are really cool as well - friendly and helpful. its definitely good to have an accent in america!! have mastered the subway - its not really that hard! and its funny to watch the locals get worried when they tell you that you're on the train heading to Queens instead of the one heading to '79th st b/w amsterdam and broadway' haha!! i wasnt fazed at all, but they were!!! also checked out a few museums - the Museum of Natural History - I saw the dinosaurs, yay!! and the metropolitian museum of Art ... read more

I went to N.Y to catch up with Bridie after her camp. So i stayed with her and a heap of her camp buddies. While I was in N.Y I got to see some pretty cool stuff. I went to see the N.Y Liberty play @ madison square garden, I went up the empire state @ night, I went to the US open for 2 days, caught a ferry to Staten Is past the statue of liberty & checked out times square by day & night. I had fun in New york and Brides's camp mates where pretty cool to hang out with. Next stop Boston.... read more

So after a greuling 12 hour overnight, freezing cold bus ride we made it to New York City!!! The city was amazing, not everything we expected it to be but it was still a good 2 weeks we spent there. We did all the touristy things such as Staten Island ferry so we could see the statue of liberty. I think we did this on the worst possible day as it was so smoggy!!! we caught the ferry on a sunday so you wouldn't expect there to be so much smog but unfortunately there was :( We also had a look aroung ground zero, wall street and the financial district including the first governent building, New york stock exchange, St peters church which was the church accross the street from the 2 towers, it was a ... read more

On arriving in NYC I decided to rough it and stay at one of the Manhattan hostels. Where ever I go I am trying to find accommodation that is relatively close to the action. With no where to relax in the dorm, I jumped on the train and headed to Time Square. My first few moments in the square were rather disappointing. This part of the city is nothing like I expected and its not a great place to visit, except if you escape off the side streets into a thearte or bar. In all the cities I have travelled I noticed that there has an excessive amount of civil construction work being done. With summer being the only time most of the cities have decent weather I have come to expect a little chaos. This ... read more