Day 12

What a big day out.  Late start but we made the river ferry ride in time usig the subway system, no need to worry if you're not sure what to do there is always someone waiting to help, off coourse wanting a gratuity for their assistance, its just a way of life here.  We went along the Hudson and East Rivers, saw the bridges and off course the Statue of Liberty.  Following this we went to the 9/11 memorial site and saw the Twin Tower base memorials with waterfalls, plus the new "freedom Tower" that replaced one of the WTC buildings.  Tallest building in USA at 1776 feet ie 1776 being their year of independence.  Also went to Wall St and NYSE which frankly was underwhelming.  Saw the NYSE Bull which is actually on Broadway, not Wall St.  More walking to the Native American Museum, then another subway ride to Grand Central.  There we were prevented from exiting onto 42nd St at Park Ave due to a "jumper", see the pics, whole street blocked off and plenty of spectators.  From there more shopping at H&M, then a walk back to the hotel.  Had dinner at the restaurant as everyone was tired.  However I decided to go for a Citibike ride.  Great fun riding through NY at night.  For $25 I get one weeks use unlimited with the only restriction being 30 minutes rides to avoid penalty hire rates.  So I checked one out, rode down 9th Ave from 50th Street to 14th Street, checked the bike in, checked out another and rode back up 8th Ave.  Felt a bit funny riding sans helmet and being the only rider obeying traffic lights.  Just cannot bring myself to run red lights, though a couple pf times I bypassed them in a perfectly legal manner.  Out and back was 20 minutes each way,well inside the 30 minute limit.  What a hoot.

Tomorrow its more subway rides to the museums and possibly more shopping.

Sean & Lorraine

Day 12
Day 11
Rest of Chief's Luau videos
http://youtu.be/XURpdBxRtnU
http://youtu.be/XmxYN8Mqiv8
http://youtu.be/F6S8MCjMl2Y
http://youtu.be/onfa_PjLYiY
http://youtu.be/rt5UH7EIexs
Day 9
Day 8 plus Video of the Wedding
Day 7
Day 5/6
Day 4 Photos and videos
http://youtu.be/Fhm-bt4ZIgs
http://youtu.be/burf7_6_uU4
http://youtu.be/CfDxYYOZm8o
http://youtu.be/DVkzfa9jcjc
http://youtu.be/dQYTj6lxUBw
Day 3 Pearl Harbour + more
Day 2 Holidays
Day 1 USA