So I stored my bags in the airport took the train into the
city. By the time I exited in Mahattan
it was around 930, probably being the only person in NYC without a phone, I
found internet at a hotel business center, where I did several things look up
movie listings, look up locations of food and how to get between them. My original plan was for a full blown meal,
but looking at the movie schedule I determined it one or the other since I
would have to catch the 10pm movie. So I
rushed down a few blocks to catch Lawless.
Sense the whole point of this over night in NYC without actually sleeping
was to save money on the airfare, I realized I could do a trifecta. 3 movies in three nights in the 3 biggest
movie cities in the world. So post the
movie then I decided that I would like to see the World Trade Center area, so I
walked down to the area grabbing some pizza on the way. Of course at 1 am it was closed so I just
walked the area looking at the changes, the last time I was in NYC was fall of
2002 the holes were just the empty cleaned out pitts now those pitts are filled
with waterfalls. Wish the timing of
visiting when it was open would have been an option.
So at around 230 as I was headed up to find the train back
to the airport, I stopped a familiar site, people walking with garment bags
eating pizza. A whole group of them
which to my trained eye = extras. So I
walked to where they were coming from and got some free pizza. Then later I spotted a bar right next to the
train stop so I had a few drinks then made my way back to the airport to check
in. All smooth no hassles. I did notice a huge difference between London
& NYC in London there was lots of friendliness and open PDA (public display
of Affection) in NYC I saw 3 couples arguing and one lady jump out of cab
cussing at the driver. Plus, multiple prostitute
proposals. During my college years at
Syracuse in 90’s I was down in the city a lot, so I am familiar with it but
after exiting the train for the first I was star struck at the sizes of the
buildings. Only a few days removed from
Africa NYC is really quite unique with just how tall the buildings are and how
many of them there are.
So as I type this on the plane, I am drifting off to sleep.
Since I didn’t sleep a wink.
Time in airplane:
45min Swaziland to Joberg, 8 hours Joberg to Dubai, 7 Dubai to London, 2 hours
London to Iceland, 5 Iceland to NYC, 6 hrs NYC to LA = 27 & 45min hrs
Time in Airport: 3 hours Swaziland, 4 ½ Joberg. 7 hours in
Dubai, 6 hours in Heathrow, 2 hours in Iceland. 5 hrs in JFK = 27 hrs.
One airport left to go
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