New York City, United States Travel Blogs

We finally made it to JFK. We tried to use the voucher that the airport had given us but the Taxi driver refused to take it. I guess we were supposed to give it to the booth at the airport and they would give it to the driver. So we are already out the ...

A travel blog entry by coryandlaura
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Cory and I arrived at JFK and tried to get some info about Paulie. By the time that we got to JFK Paul should have gotten on the next one. The first person at the airport that we went to said that they couldn't give us any information. Having worked guest ...

A travel blog entry by coryandlaura
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My experience in New York so far has been very positive. Stan Shaffer, the fashion photographer I assist just had his photography exposition on July 20 at PM Lounge, a hot spot nightclub in the Meat Packing District of NYC. His new work is amazing. ...

A travel blog entry by kangelo13
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... just passed and I have still not been to visit New Orleans. I plan on making a trip there in the near future. I love that city and both Brea and I have family from there. My friend Drew Nix just moved up here to NYC. He is staying in Brooklyn with ...

A travel blog entry by kangelo13
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... and entertain you and all you can do is spin around and try hopelessly to capture it on your camera. Yellow cabs fly past, New York city cops patrol and tourists snap away with their cameras and you really feel like your in the middle of it all: in the ...

A travel blog entry by benleah
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... the free stuff? No one gave us anything!" It is amazing how a smile, a good mood plus a little flexibility makes everyones life better, including your own.   Back in the states and totally exhausted we get ready to fly back to Orlando.

A travel blog entry by coryandlaura
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... next to us is wearing a full plaid suit, scarf and hat with a long gray beard to "match" and I consider offering him my new shirt which would have matched his outfit amazingly.   I decide this would be rude and focus on what I need to do to ...

A travel blog entry by madman96
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... . Brea is working really hard too...and we are making decent money here. Everything we make we are saving for a new apartment in the city. Once we have our own place in the city our lives will be completely different. Right now we are commuting at ...

A travel blog entry by kangelo13
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... named it twice, even though it is actually called Manhattan!....I digress.  You can spot people who have never been to New York before, they are the ones walking round , mouths wide open, looking straight up without any awareness of others around them ...

A travel blog entry by marshallmatters
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A travel blog entry by elsewhere
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I do not bring back from a journey quite the same self that I took. Somerset Maugham It was one hundred and eleven days and it was better than I imagined. Now it's over. My paradigms however have shifted irrevocably. In that time I took nine ...

A travel blog entry by christinasworld
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Took a mid-day flight on United out of LAX to JFK on the 31st. It was the first leg of my 'round the world' ticket so I got to sit in Business Class. Sat next to a middle-aged man on the plane traveling on business. We did the usual obligatory chit-chat ...

A travel blog entry by tracystravels
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... to New York. Luckily the flight was quite empty so I could spread out a little and attempt to get some kip...... So I arrived in New York JFK a little worse for wear. I had my hostel booked but no transport, so the first job was to get that sorted - ...

A travel blog entry by hels_belles
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17/10 New York, New York, big city of dreams, but everything in New York ain't always what it seems, you might get fooled if you come from outta town, but I'm down by law and I know my way around . We'd arrived in New Yoik and... I've always wanted ...

A travel blog entry by escapetherace
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... hard job, but also unbelievably worthwhile. From DC, I made my way to by bus to New York and spent my last night in the United States in a swank manhattan restaurant with Lauren Kopple and John. Honestly trendy New York restaurants are probably as ...

A travel blog entry by hancocjb
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Okay I have been insulted. What a welcome back to the states!!!! LOL. Mind you at this point we have been traveling for 30 + hours, I have taken out my contacts and I am wearing my glasses. I haven't bathed and I am not looking my best but I wish the ...

A travel blog entry by coryandlaura
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... so far. Thursday Packed up again and said goodbye to more people.  Has been great to see people we know and make new friends which will hopefully also reintegrate us into normal society.  I have to say the weirdest thing for me to get used ...

A travel blog entry by emanddave
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I promise that I will run out of Playschool titles soon... Thank you to all my friends and family who have sent birthday wishes, especially those not mentioning numbers. The actual day was a non-birthday, as we are going out on the 10th, so the emails ...

A travel blog entry by jbushie
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... scams just published this week by the Sun Herald: If there is a sucker born every day, there is probably also a new travel scam. Thousands of travellers every year are parted from their luggage or money and many of these incidents can be prevented ...

A travel blog entry by happysheep
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... cheap to pay to go to Ellis or Libety islands we caught the (free) Staton Island Ferry which gives you really good views of New York, The Statue of Liberty (which is surprisingly far from Manhatten) and Elis Island. It was also nice because you get to see ...

A travel blog entry by alexndean
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... off the air for the next day as we sort out the next internet connection. Today was a New York day that reversed all the ill that the city gave me yesterday. Sunshine, spring gardens, markets, quirky shops and fascinating people to watch as the city's ...

A travel blog entry by jbushie
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... downturn in sales for independents, in particular, and coffee chains in general have been reported here in the United States, although temporary fluctuations have been recorded, said Hetzel, and European and Asian coffee retailers are experiencing healthy ...

A travel blog entry by happysheep
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... a last-resort measure to put the chronically youth-obsessed out of their misery ... Think of it as mercy lifting." -Armand Limnander, New York Times[17] Webster's New World Dictionary's final Word of the Year selection will be announced via streaming ...

A travel blog entry by happysheep
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China has issued warning to its firemen - and others frontline personnel - on the 'Four Strictly Forbiddens' Firemen told to abstain from sexual bribes The Chinese government has banned fire department officials from receiving sexual favors as ...

A travel blog entry by happysheep
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... as I had expected, but it was very chilled out and I would highly recommend it as a place to escape from the attitude of New York. After a good few hours wandering around, it was time to head back to the shitty hostel and wait for the shuttle taxi to take ...

A travel blog entry by hels_belles
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... musicians who'd fled the chaos of Moscow and formed a successful orchestra in the shadow of the Statue of Liberty. While I was in New York, the magazine asked me to drop by the newly opened Rose Museum inside Carnegie Hall, as well as a highly regarded ...

A travel blog entry by happysheep
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... -up routines are primarily focused on attacking the flaws in modern-day America. He often takes on contemporary political issues in the United States and satirizes the excesses of American culture. He is considered by many to be a successor to the late ...

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... place where the staff uniforms appeared to all be Hawaiian shirts. I had been saving what would be the highlight of my time in New York for tonight a sort of  high point to end on (no pun intended) taking a risk that the perfect weather since I' ...

A travel blog entry by alasdairm
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... In Europe, 27 InterCity Hotels throughout Germany and one in Vienna offer free local public transportation to guests while visitors to New York can't beat the spectacular view of the skyline during the 25-minute ride on the Staten Island Ferry. 5. Free ...

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... , to let foreigners know that Chinese law will apply to all visitors, and that some behaviours are out. This, from the New York Times: China Lists Dos and Don'ts for Olympics-Bound Foreigners By KEITH BRADSHER HONG KONG - Do not bring any printed ...

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