New York, NY. Our final destination, the final countdown. An overnight bus ride from Toronto brought back overlanding memories from the Madventure group as we crossed the line from Canada to New York State. This was nearly it, the end of our 9 month trip.
When we did arrive into the city, we made our way to our hotel and settle into our room. A spacious king suite on the 20th floor overlooked the Chrysler building, 2 blocks from the empire state, it was our miracle on 34th street.
As newsies in town, and as an Englishman in New York, me and my girl sounded very out of place with the new Jersey boy's accents, but we did find a lot of places to eat. Like Canada, they love their food here in New York but unlike Hawaii, they don't eat spam a lot. A cry of mamma mia lured us into an Italian and we had some delicious pizza!
We visited the statue of liberty which all Americans seemed to wonder at how elegant and peaceful it is. I think she looks passive aggressive.
But anyway, Ellis island was an interesting immigration and medical assessment centre of the thousands of immigrants searching for a better life in America!
We wandered around central park with its plastic ice skating rink and saw the touts and the cyclo rickshaws. Central park must be wicked to stomp around in the summertime!
We watched Chicago the musical on Broadway and wandered though Times Square. This was amazing!
On saturday night, our final evening, we went up the Rockefeller centre and sat starry eyed watching the sun set over new York and on our trip.
The next day, we got up easy like Sunday morning to go the airport before finally flying home!
What a crazy adventure but this episode is now over! No one country is the same and each is amazing in its own way. This has truly been a trip of a lifetime and we have had an absolute blast!
We have driven over 50,000kms,
Taken nearly 20,000 photographs,
Visited 29 countries,
Used over 20 different type of transport,
Been up to an altitude of 5250 metres above sea level,
And down to 18 metres below,
Experienced heights of 56°C,
And lows of -22°C,
Had 14 flights in total plus one in a helicopter,
Experienced the same day twice as we crossed the date line,
Visited 3 world wonders (depending on your list),
Time travelled to the year 1392 in Iran, and back to 2140 inTibet,
Explored some of the oldest cities in the world and some of the newest,
From the rich in Singapore to the poverty in Delhi,
Numerous ticks off the bucket list,
Enough adrenaline pumping activities for a lifetime,
Loads of people met and friendships made,
Millions of memories,
And one God who we are incredibly thankful to, who created this all.
TO BE CONTINUED...
When we did arrive into the city, we made our way to our hotel and settle into our room. A spacious king suite on the 20th floor overlooked the Chrysler building, 2 blocks from the empire state, it was our miracle on 34th street.
As newsies in town, and as an Englishman in New York, me and my girl sounded very out of place with the new Jersey boy's accents, but we did find a lot of places to eat. Like Canada, they love their food here in New York but unlike Hawaii, they don't eat spam a lot. A cry of mamma mia lured us into an Italian and we had some delicious pizza!
We visited the statue of liberty which all Americans seemed to wonder at how elegant and peaceful it is. I think she looks passive aggressive.
But anyway, Ellis island was an interesting immigration and medical assessment centre of the thousands of immigrants searching for a better life in America!
We wandered around central park with its plastic ice skating rink and saw the touts and the cyclo rickshaws. Central park must be wicked to stomp around in the summertime!
We watched Chicago the musical on Broadway and wandered though Times Square. This was amazing!
On saturday night, our final evening, we went up the Rockefeller centre and sat starry eyed watching the sun set over new York and on our trip.
The next day, we got up easy like Sunday morning to go the airport before finally flying home!
What a crazy adventure but this episode is now over! No one country is the same and each is amazing in its own way. This has truly been a trip of a lifetime and we have had an absolute blast!
We have driven over 50,000kms,
Taken nearly 20,000 photographs,
Visited 29 countries,
Used over 20 different type of transport,
Been up to an altitude of 5250 metres above sea level,
And down to 18 metres below,
Experienced heights of 56°C,
And lows of -22°C,
Had 14 flights in total plus one in a helicopter,
Experienced the same day twice as we crossed the date line,
Visited 3 world wonders (depending on your list),
Time travelled to the year 1392 in Iran, and back to 2140 inTibet,
Explored some of the oldest cities in the world and some of the newest,
From the rich in Singapore to the poverty in Delhi,
Numerous ticks off the bucket list,
Enough adrenaline pumping activities for a lifetime,
Loads of people met and friendships made,
Millions of memories,
And one God who we are incredibly thankful to, who created this all.
TO BE CONTINUED...
I guess you are a bit brassed off that it is time for your ticket to Ryde but it sounds like you have had a fantastic time and have made loads of memories.
ReplyDeleteSad to say you are not footloose any more and time to do some work and earn some money for the next adventure!
Thanks for doing the blog, it's been a great way to keep track of where you are and what you have been doing and you have taken some stunning photos. Can't wait to see all 20,000!
Love Mum and Dad H x