Next part, flight over to New York City. This was a 5 hour flight directly into JFK Airport. Coming into land over New York



Taxis on the way to our hotel. We stayed at the Roosevelt near Madison Avenue which has been used in a few movies and was amazing. Tip - there is a secret roof top bar at about 45 floors up. This is a hidden Oasis and only accessible via a service lift but is superb and great views of NYC.



Empire State Building. Since the fall of the twin towers, many communications ariels have been positioned on top of this now that were once on Tower 1. This is now again the tallest structure in NYC. We caught a city sightseeing bus for $40 each which allowed us to get on and off in a stinking hot city!



Wall St



Trump Tower



Ground Zero. Very moving and the news crews were saying they are well behind schedule and way over budget for the new structure.



M&M World, Times Square. This is an immense area and so busy but fun all the same



Grand Central Station, so clean and didnt smell like some of the London Underground



Central Park, very scenic but chucked it down with rain before we could seek shelter. All got absolutely soaked! (met some friends here)



Another interest of ours is art and exhibitions. We went to the Guggenheim Museum in NYC but photos of the art werent permitted. This is the layout inside and is 7 floors high.



We did a trip to the "Top of the Rock", Rockefeller Centre. This was over the Empire State Building as the queues were much smaller and also meant we could get a picture of the Empire State Building (not possible if we went up it! ). This picture is looking up in the lift that as soon as the doors shut, music, lights and commentry come on. Novel idea.



Central Park from The Rock



Empire State Building



Nerdy Visit to Apple while the girls went shopping



Statue of Liberty boat cruise. This was well worth it and 2 hours in length



Manhatten view from the boat



Brooklyn Bridge from the boat



One of 5 new waterfalls that have been erected but a Dutch architect. They range from 90-120ft in height and recycle the water. Apparently there are filters to prevent ducks and canoeists (sp?) being sucked up!



Very nice Bentley parked outside the hotel



This conculdes NYC, next part to follow..............