Blogs from New York, United States, North America - page 460

Wednesday November 23rd - Caught a plane to San Francisco - stayed in a hostel for the night... had a quick look around - went on a cable car and then headed back to the airport. Thursday November 24th - Flew to New York.. arrived at 11pm and so got a shuttle to my hostel.. drove through times square on the way there and was blown away!!! Friday November 25th to Monday November 28th - I looked all around NY city.. New York blew me away.. possibly because they describe things in a deceptive way!!! When I went to Times Square I was looking for a cute little park or a monument or basically anything that could act as a site to be called a square.. but I was very suprised to discover that Times Square ... read more

Well, it's 7.20am in New York and I've been up since 5am. Emma's somehow managing to sleep but I think my body has already switched back onto GMT. Today is the last day of our world tour and the end of 10 months on the road. We've completed thousands of miles journeying and had more experiences than it's humanly possible to take in. We've visited 8 countries (China, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, New Zealand, Australia, Fiji and the United States) whilst travelling across (in some cases literally) 3 continents. We've seen the most amazing natural wonders and met some incredible wildlife as well as scaring ourselves silly doing scary things and partying in the coolest places on the planet. We've met hundreds of people (including a fair clutch of famous ones!) and made some great new friends ... read more

I've got to admit, I wasn't a huge fan of Alanis back in her ranty man-hating days. It was all just a little pessimistic for me. My heart was pretty much intact at the age of 14, I'd never really had any parental issues and I was pretty clear on the meaning of the word "ironic", and it had nothing to do with an old dude winning the lottery before promptly dying (didn't they make a film about that, something about Ted or Ned?). But then there was a little road trip with Ali, when it suddenly all became clear. By 19, there was a bit more pessimism creeping in, the heart had taken a couple more knocks and suddenly, I too wanted a lover that was "curious and communicative". I was completely and utterly hooked. ... read more

Leaving DC, for our last drive of the trip, we headed into Maryland (where we ate an amazing last breakfast in a really old diner in Jessup). After driving through Baltimore we crossed the northern tip of Delaware and into Pennsylvania where we skirted Philadelphia and crossed into New Jersey at Trenton (where we said goodbye to two of our group). We arrived in New York in time to grab an early curry with the rest of the group and say our goodbyes...sob! Yesterday evening (Sunday), after taking a cab to our hostel, the seven of us who were still in the city met up for an evening walk, taking in Times Square, Broadway, Central Park (best done at night in a group of 7!) and the Rockefeller centre (where people were ice-skating). We said goodbye ... read more

By my second "i'm-going-to-see-everything-this-darn-town-has-to-offer-just-you-try-and-stop-me" day, I'd managed to figure out the ferries and the piers and the times and the locations of the whole thing. So I gave the cruise another shot. With the Circle Line ferry leaving from its pier at 12:30, I had my arrival timed to perfection. The Law of the Sod, however, decrees that when a good idea has been had by one person, millions of others will also have been blessed with said good idea, and so all shall descend upon this same little pier at the same little time in order to bombard the humble 'sailors' with their presence. You're sensing my joy right now, I can tell... So the queue was huge, and after I'd stood in one line to buy my ticket, I then stood in a larger ... read more