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North America » United States » New York » New York » Manhattan June 26th 2005

I've now arrived at the New York hostel, after an epic 17 hour journey, to find my road trip compadres are all missing presumed lost! Unless they turn up soon I'm going to have to brave the dodgy looking pizza restaurant over the road alone. New York is exactly how you'd expect. Yellow cabs, apartment buildings with fire escapes bolted on the side, fat people... I expected this but I am still surprised at just how familiar it all feels - as if I've lived here half my life. Tomorrow the sight-seeing begins in earnest.... read more

North America » United States » New York » New York » Manhattan June 25th 2005

I love New York. Each day I wake up with a long list of things to do but each day, despite my best efforts to stay focused, I keep on getting distracted and wander down side streets. I end up seeing eveything and nothing.... Friday I tried to get tickets to see Shakespeare in the Park, after waiting for 2 hours in the heat of the day they gave the last ticket to the person standing 3 people ahead of me in the queue. Shrugging it off, went to meet up with Rob at the Grand Central Station. For those of you who have never been there it is a totally awesome station with the star consellations painted on the roof (reminiscent of the sistene chapel) what makes it even more impressive is the fact that ... read more
Wall Street Bovine
Shakespeare in the Park(ing lot)
Filip and I

North America » United States » New York » New York » Manhattan June 11th 2005

so on my second day in the USA after spending the night in the marriott hotel i took an early morning train right into New York city's grand central station, a truly awesome place... i had no idea of where anything was so the first thing i did was buy a map...i had my breakfast in one of the thousand starbucks and set off on a day of snapshots and being a tourist... i visited the empire state building, ground zero (twin towers), central park, times square and some other famous places. highlight of the day was getting a photo of brad pitt and seeing heaps of cop cars speed down broadway and then park up, i think it might have been a movie??... read more
Quiksilver store on times square
corner of madison avenue and east on 50th street
Brad pitt on Broadway

North America » United States » New York » New York » Manhattan June 5th 2005

The Cloisters, situated in beautiful Fort Tyrone Park in Upper Manhattan. The Cloisters is an extension of the Metropolitan Museum of Art devoted to the art of medieval Europe. The Cloisters, opened in 1938, incorporates architectural monuments carefully transported from Europe and reconstructed in a building specifically designed to evoke rather than imitate the monasteries, churches and halls of medieval times. Two hours is just enough time to engage your creative and imaginative faculties, and not enough time to soak in all the history. This is one of those places you find yourself running back to time and time again. One of the attractive features in this museum were the gardens. The gardens of the Cloisters represent both real and ideal gardens of the Middle Ages. Archaeological investigations of medieval garden sites is relatively new, and ... read more
Columns
Arches
The Magi

North America » United States » New York » New York » Manhattan June 3rd 2005

In March I entered a contest sponsored by American Airlines entitled “Why You Fly” in which entrants were required to create videos, photos, or writing telling a story as to why they fly. My entry won the grand prize in the video category. The prize consisted of twelve flights for two people from any American to city to any worldwide destination that American Airlines services. The flight vouchers would have to be used within one year or forfeited. Upon my notification of the prize, I was very excited, as my wife and I love to travel, and have done so frequently on American Airlines. I had worked hard creating my video entry, and I felt that my work had been justly rewarded. However, when I received the winner’s package, I noticed some fine print that indicated ... read more

North America » United States » New York » New York » Manhattan June 2nd 2005

Got up tired again!! Only 2hrs sleep, it doesn’t seem to stop or get any better!! Going to Annapolis, the Capital of Maryland and home to the US Naval Academy, we were all fairly quiet and not particularly energetic. The town was preparing for the Memorial Day Parade. We went for a quick walk then back on the bus, crossed the Potomac and stopped in to see the ‘Rocky’ Statue in Philadelphia. Richard Gere is from Phili. We made our way through Philadelphia where we went and saw the Liberty Bell and Independence Hall, (although it was a little disappointing that the queue was too long to go inside) - which is where the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution where signed - these are founding documents of the USA. The bell was brought to Phili ... read more
Rocky!
Independence Hall
New York Skyline

North America » United States » New York » New York » Manhattan May 25th 2005

Washington finale -- When in DC you must do the MONUMENTS - the imposing Lincoln; the classically beautiful Jefferson; the understated Vietnem etc are all unforgetable. So on our last full day we went to Arlington, walked over the Potomac to two of our favourites. The Korean War memorial with its 19 larger then life foot soldiers slogging through paddy fields ( 19 cos when reflected you see 38 ='s the 38th parallel). We've been there in the snow, in autumn and now in spring and the impact is always the same and as you walk alongside the struggling determined men, the futility of war is clear. By contrast FDR's memorial by the water is over an extensive area. You walk through and around walls, pools and falls flowing over granite slabs with words and quotes ... read more
FDR monument
The three Aussies
Mrs Macquaries chair NY style

North America » United States » New York » New York » Manhattan May 21st 2005

May 15th 2005 - I land in JFK Airport slightly wiery after a 7 hour flight, to enter a nightmare queue through customs and an even bigger nightmare taking the cab into New York. The cab driver was a rude and it was raining. Our first hostel is a dump of epic proportions, the Bowerys Whitehouse hostel in New York would have been classed as third class quarters on a sailing ship. But never mind I am in New York New York After months of hype, planning, counter-planning, checking, triple checking - my first hours in New York were always going to be disappointing. Even though our first day experiences were tainted there were still little things that had already astounded me. Firstly, as we flew into New York, unsurprisingly nowhere near Manhatten you start ... read more
Lady Liberty
Times Square
Manhattan and ellis islands

North America » United States » New York » New York » Manhattan May 15th 2005

NY Day 2-2 We took the subway all the way to downtown Manhattan to see the Statue of Liberty. First we got to go collect the ferry tickets in order to get near to this Wonder of the World. Tickets to go UP into the Liberty Statue were all given away by the time we reach. So no chance to get inside, doesnt really matter anyway. :p When the ferry reached Liberty island (where the Statue is), we didnt get down after looking at the crowd below queuing to board the next ferry back. It was like WOW..look at those ppl man.. So feeling lazy, we stayed on board. Ha. The next stop was Ellis Island. Watched Hitch? This is the place where Will Smith and the female lead had their 'first date'. :p ... read more
On board the ferry
Ellis Island !
Chk out the skyline of NY Financial District

North America » United States » New York » New York » Manhattan May 15th 2005

NY Day 2-3 After we got down from the Liberty Ferry, it was a short walk to the Financial District nearby. After countless case studies/history lessons abt this place in classes since sec sch, Wall Street...here i come.... read more
The famous BULL at 26 Broadway in downtown Manhattan
GROUND ZERO




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