Okay, okay, I’ll stop writing about New York soon – but I loved it so much! First I need to write one of those boring ‘and then’ posts before I forget what I did.
| Day | Things I did |
|---|---|
| 1 | Caught subway from JFK airport to YHI on Central Park Met Roy (Israel) and had Italian pizza served by Latinos |
| 2 | Natural History Museum Computer shopping with Roy Internet at the library Walked through Central Park (saw free jazz concert) Drinking in Greenwich Village with Roy, Johan (French) and Alex (English) |
| 3 | Bought 1/2 price Broadway tickets Statten Island ferry Walkabout: WTC, Wall Street, Stock Exchange, Little Italy (lunch) Les Miserables Times Square at night Drinks on 8th Avenue |
| 4 | Guggenheim Museum with Yogi and Adam (Vancouver, Canada) Upper East Side Bakery Used Roy's fancy new Apple laptop |
| 5 | Long walk through Central Park with Yogi, Adam, Britney, Tim and Julie Drink at Rockerfeller Center Avenue Q (Broadway show) 8th Avenue Italian dinner |
| 6 | The Met (Greek and Roman halls) with Yogi and Adam Back to the Upper East Side Bakery Grand Central Station Empire State Building Observatory at day and night Times Square at night |
| 7 | Moved hostel to Chelsea International Hostel in Midtown United Nations Failed attempt at a lottery ticket for Wicked Hostel 2 Hot Mama's Kitchen cabaret bar on 8th Avenue |
| 8 | Breakfast in Chelsea at gay cafe The Met all day with Yogi and Adam |
| 9 | Dinosaurs at the Natural History Museum Michael Moore's Sicko documentary on opening night |
| 10 | Soho, Century 21 outlet shopping 3rd annual Brooklyn Hip-Hop festival Drinking in Brooklyn with other hostellers |
| 11 | Gay Pride parade Drinking at local Irish pub with Erik (Stockholm, Sweden), Carlos (Brazil), Caroline (Melbourne, Australia) and Aiden (Ireland) |
| 12 | Walkabout: The Strand, a massive secondhand bookstore, Union Square Wholefoods organic supermarket Drinks with Carlos |
| 13 | Tried for tickets to Spring Awakening Switched rooms for air-con Drinking in bars with Carlos and Erik |
| 14 | Talking shit with Carlos and Erik Museum of Modern Art Asian Film Festival: The Banquet |
| 15 | Walkabout: Brooklyn centre, Prospect Park, Coney Island and Brighton Beach Asian Film Festival: Big Bang Love |
| 16 | Walkabout: Upper West Side, Columbia University, Harlem Rockerfeller Center observation deck Asian Film Festival: Daesepo Naughty Girls Walkabout: the Meat packers district Pharoah Monche concert |
| 17 | Flew out of Newark airport in New Jersey to London |