Day 40 New York, USA

Did not wake up till around 10.30am after not getting much sleep the previous 2 nights. On the list of places to see today were Ground Zero where the Twin Towers once stood, The Statue Of Liberty and The Brooklyn Bridge. Standing at Ground Zero/The World Trade Centre was really strange and its really hard trying to imagine these two huge towers once standing here if you never saw them in real life and especially now when its just one huge hole. Some buildings around it are still being rebuilt or repaired and that’s after nearly 4 years later.

Globe that was retrieved from one of the twin towers

Where the towers once stood

Memorial Cross from the Twin Towers

Memorial Cross from the Twin Towers

World Trade Center Station

World Trade Center Station and behind where the twin towers once stood

After that we headed down to see about going over to Liberty Island where the Statue Of Liberty stands but then we decided to go on a boat trip that took us on a 1 hour sightseeing tour. We had fantastic views of The Empire State Building and Chrysler Tower and many other skyscrapers of New York, and then past Ellis Island and The Statue Of Liberty before going under The Brooklyn Bridge and then back to shore. It was definitely worth the $12 we paid considering going up the statue is about the same price and according to Simon the queues are always horrendous and you get a split second to look through 3 small scratched windows and that’s it.

Brooklyn Bridge

Statue of Liberty

Ellis Island

New York skyscrapers

New York skyscrapers

New York

New York

New York

Lighthouse from where the titanic was meant to dock

New York

New York Stock Exchange Building

George Washington Statue

Wall Street

World War 2 Statue

We took in a few more sights after that like walking down Wall Street and past The Federal Reserve Bank before heading to a bar that Simon and Jill had been to on there last trip here. Just before we were about to leave to head back to the hostel 2 women from New Jersey asked us if we would like another drink, which funnily enough didn’t take us a lot of persuading, so we stuck around for an hour or so. Instead of heading back and getting changed we all decided to stay out for the night and then as usual found the nearest bar.