31st Dec...
The first thing in the morning, I checked the news... still snowing in NY... but the snow was expected to stop by afternoon... so good news...
spent some part of the morning cleaning the driveway...
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31st Dec... The first thing in the morning, I checked the news... still snowing in NY... but the snow was expected to stop by afternoon... so good news... spent some part of the morning cleaning the driveway... |
| We left Pocono at around 1.45... expected to reach NY by about 4... |  |
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We reached NY by 3.45... NY was a changed place... as we crossed the bridge (George Washington Bridge) connecting Manhattan & NJ, all I saw of the Hudson was a layer of ice...
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USS Intrepid... This ship causes a lot of damage to the Japanese in the 2nd world war... Just like our VIKRANT, these guys had converted the Intrepid into a museum...
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We parked our car some where close to Wall Street & started walking.... we walked pass Battery Park & reached South Street Sea Port... we spent some time there till the sunset... then, we took a boat to Staten Island... this boat passes very close to the Statue of Liberty & its adjoining islands... btw, Statue of Liberty is closed in winter...
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Wall Street & surrounding area... |
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I donno what this clock is called.. but its really HUGE |
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Some parts of wall street were blocked due to snow....you rarely get to see this part of wall street so deserted... infact you would be fined heavily for parking on this street... but due to three cumulative reasons -31st Dec, Sunday & snow - noone bothered.... |
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On the return journey from Staten, I saw one of the most scenic view of the Manhattan skyline (at night)... unfortunatly, all the pictures taken during the boat journey (Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, Manhattan Skyline, etc) didnt develop well...
Liberty camera:- (http://www.sccorp.com/cam/) online real-time pictures of Statue of Liberty...
guys, you must try this:- (http://www.nj.com/nycskyline/) this site actually gives you a partial view of the mahattan skyline.. there is an option where you can see live video of the skyline... see it to believe it....
After the boat ride, we walked to the Rockefeller Center... Just across the street is the famous NY Cathedral..
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Rockefeller Center.... Mr Rockefeller made a LOT of money in oil industry... there one full block in Manhattan that belongs to him... the entire estate is being passed on from generation to generation... Every year, they search for the tallest Christmas tree along the north-east states & erect in front of the Rockefeller Building... There's a skating ground just at the base of the building..... |
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Just like the Empire State & World Trade, the Rockefeller building is one of the tallest in Manhattan.... I even walked 3 streets to get the building in one shot but the damm thing just didnt fit!!!! The Christmas tree is one of the main tourist attractions of New York during Christmas-New Year time... |
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Time Square... We meet Unnati & Prashant at Rockefeller.... Rockefeller is on 50th Street 5th Avenue....& Time Square is Broadway and 46th Street.. Broadway is the merger of 6th & 7th Avenue... our next destination - Time Square... all the streets going to TS were blocked... we were made to walk backward (in terms of streets).... the place was so crowded that finally on 53rd Street, 7th Avenue, we got a place to stand....later, we were told that about half a million ppl had come to TS that night.... |
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For the first 15-20min, we were excited by the fact that we were gonna watch NY from TS.. but soon, it was clear that we had to stand there in the cold (-5deg C) for another 3hrs... suddenly, 3hrs was a LONG time.... For the next 3hrs.. there was NOTHING to do.. but just stand & wait.... shiver.. I was having 4layers on.. but still shivering.. some ppl even started exercising/jogging on the spot... |
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Caps :-))))) |
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