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Day 10
Saturday, July 27, 2024 at 1:43 PM
☀️ 29 °C
Altitude: Sea level
United States Hudson River 40.689779, -74.03103340°41’23” N 74°1’52” W
Statue of Liberty
July 27, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
After some chicken and chips for lunch I boarded the free Staten Island ferry! This passes close by the Statue of Liberty and again offers great views of Manhattan, particularly at the back of the boat but there was absolutely nobody there for some reason!Read more
TravelerWOW!! You are definitely seeing all the sights Greg. Isn't it a fantastic city!! 🗽
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Day 10
Saturday, July 27, 2024 at 4:45 PM
☀️ 29 °C
Altitude: 40 m
United States Tudor City Historic District 40.749018, -73.97056840°44’56” N 73°58’14” W
Tudor Bridge
July 27, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
A quick stop at Tudor Bridge was next. I believe that there is a shot in one of the Spiderman's filmed here. It looked right onto the Chrysler Building and also at the UN headquarters on the opposite side!Read more
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Day 10
Saturday, July 27, 2024 at 5:26 PM
☀️ 29 °C
Altitude: 32 m
United States Twentyfour Sycamores Park 40.758466, -73.95715240°45’30” N 73°57’26” W
Roosevelt Island Tramway
July 27, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
As we headed towards the late afternoon I boarded the Roosevelt Island Tramway. These red cable car type vehicles take 7 minutes to ascend, cross the West Channel and descend into Roosevelt Island.

Fun fact: It was once an Impractical Jokers punishment that Joe had to stand on the top of one of the cable cars dressed as Fat Man whilst it crossed the river. Whilst watching the show I didn't think it was a bad punishment but now I realise how scary it must have been!Read more
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Day 10
Saturday, July 27, 2024 at 5:43 PM
☀️ 29 °C
Altitude: 16 m
United States Sutton Place Park 40.756095, -73.9564840°45’22” N 73°57’23” W
Roosevelt Island
July 27, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
The island itself is only small but again had great views over to both Manhattan and Brooklyn.
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Day 10
Saturday, July 27, 2024 at 6:57 PM
☀️ 28 °C
Altitude: 1 m
United States Wallabout Bay 40.708207, -73.97779940°42’30” N 73°58’40” W
Hudson River Ferry
July 27, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
Just heading into sunset I departed Roosevelt Island on the public ferry down the Hudson River towards Wall Street. The sunset over Manhattan was exquisite, with fantastic views of the Empire State Building, World Trade Centre and Brooklyn Bridge along the way.Read more
TravelerBrilliant photos.
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Day 10
Saturday, July 27, 2024 at 7:46 PM
☀️ 27 °C
Altitude: Sea level
United States Clinton Cherry Playground 40.709216, -73.98841740°42’33” N 73°59’18” W
Pier 35 at Sunset
July 27, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
After leaving the ferry at pier 11 I wandered down to pier 35 to enjoy the very last of the sunset over Manhattan, with Brooklyn to the left and their corresponding bridges down river ahead. What a way to end the day! Another busy one racking up 30,000 steps 💪Read more
TravelerThanks for sharing all these wonderful pics with us. We are loving 🥰 NYC.
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TravelerAmazing Greg. x
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TravelerHave you actually slept yet in NYC as you have done so much 😆
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Day 11
Sunday, July 28, 2024 at 9:42 AM
☁️ 26 °C
Altitude: 63 m
United States McCaffrey Playground 40.756272, -73.99084240°45’23” N 73°59’27” W
Midtown Manhattan
July 28, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C
Today was a day of pretty random stops all in all. First up I got off the metro outside the New York Times HQ. I then headed past the revolving doors from Elf to 29th street to take a few pics of the 29th (Wallasey) sign with the Empire State Building in the background.Read more
TravelerIs that the new 29th HQ. Haha
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Day 11
Sunday, July 28, 2024 at 10:32 AM
☁️ 28 °C
Altitude: 31 m
United States Madison Square Park 40.743115, -73.98841540°44’35” N 73°59’18” W
Flatiron Building & Harry Potter
July 28, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 28 °C
My next stops were a Flatiron Building absolutely covered in scaffolding and then a Harry Potter shop with everything you could ever imagine. It must have sold 50+ different types of wands including those of charachters I've never heard of and a few of those I have heard of, but thought why on earth would you want the wand of Malfoy's mum or Professor Slughorn (about 1/5 of the wands are pictured here). Similarly, it had extensive ranges of Hufflepuff merchandise, equal to that of Gryffindor and still I beg who is buying Hufflepuff merch. Either way, an impressive shop.Read more
TravelerThat's magic. 👍😀
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Day 11
Sunday, July 28, 2024 at 11:19 AM
☁️ 29 °C
Altitude: 32 m
United States Chelsea Park 40.754531, -74.00319640°45’16” N 74°0’12” W
The Vessel and Hudson Yards
July 28, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C
My next stop was to a very interesting building named 'The Vessel' and an area of skyscrapers known as Hudson Yards. It had great views over the west river and even of the Empire State Building!
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Day 11
Sunday, July 28, 2024 at 11:35 AM
☁️ 29 °C
Altitude: 40 m
United States High Line 40.748208, -74.00452540°44’54” N 74°0’16” W
High Line
July 28, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C
High Line is a disused train line raised above the ground that runs from The Vessel at 30th street all the way down to 12th street. It has some great views over the city and some nice features along the way.Read more
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Day 11
Sunday, July 28, 2024 at 12:16 PM
☁️ 30 °C
Altitude: Sea level
United States Meatpacking District 40.741803, -74.01134640°44’30” N 74°0’41” W
Little Island
July 28, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C
Just before the end of High Line is Little Island. This green artificial land provides great views over the river, down to the Financial District and as ever of the Empire State Building!
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Day 11
Sunday, July 28, 2024 at 12:52 PM
☁️ 30 °C
Altitude: 42 m
United States Saint Joseph's Roman Catholic Church 40.732713, -74.00044940°43’58” N 74°0’2” W
Random Manhattan
July 28, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C
From Little Island I took a walk some way down the river. It was a lovely pedestrianised area that I took no photos of.

What I can provide photos of however is:
Pic 1: Stat Wars art.
Pic 2: The Friends apartment.
3 & 4: Washington Square.
5: Me eating an apple in the Big Apple.
6: Serhant HQ from the Netflix series 'Owning Manhattan'.
7, 8 & 9: Ghostbusters HQ which is also a real working fire station!
10: The HQ of YouTuber Casey Neistat, not overly glamorous.Read more
TravelerVery interesting. Especially the apple 😄
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Day 11
Sunday, July 28, 2024 at 2:39 PM
☁️ 31 °C
Altitude: 34 m
United States Colombus Park 40.718181, -73.99799640°43’5” N 73°59’53” W
Little Italy
July 28, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 31 °C
Randomly nestled in the middle of Manhattan is Little Italy, with an appropriate level of Italian restaurants for a place with such a name.
TravelerDid you find a Carbonara ??
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Day 11
Sunday, July 28, 2024 at 3:18 PM
☁️ 30 °C
Altitude: 49 m
United States American Museum of Natural History 40.78109, -73.97266840°46’52” N 73°58’22” W
Natural History Museum & Banksy
July 28, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C
I was heading to see the fair ground / fire bell Banksy and just happened to get off at the metro stop of the Natural History Museum which I'd forgotten was even in New York. Of course this is where A Night at the Museum is set. I then headed on towards the Banksy.Read more
TravelerI wonder if the CCTV camera was put up before or after the Banksy. 🤔
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Day 11
Sunday, July 28, 2024 at 7:34 PM
☀️ 26 °C
Altitude: 12 m
United States Joseph Yancey Track And Field 40.828797, -73.92626640°49’44” N 73°55’35” W
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NYCFC v Queretaro
July 28, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
This evenings activity was New York City FC v Queretaro. Previous representatives of NYCFC have been Frank Lampard, Andrea Pirlo, David Villa, however I'd heard of precisely zero of their current squad.

The game took place at the Yankee Stadium, home of course of the New York Yankees, and became the 100th ground I've seen a match at. Not a bad place to mark the centenary.

The game itself was part of a tournament between at 29 MLS teams and the 18 Mexican Premier Division teams, this being the first game of the group stage. The match itself was relatively uneventful but NYC missed some very good chances. In the end it was a 0-0 draw but with a penalty shootout at the end for an extra point which NYC ended up winning.Read more
Traveler Just like under the Kop at Prenton Park with all the banners on display, ha! 👍😀⚽️ SWA
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TravelerANOTHER ICONIC STADIUM YOU'VE VISITED 🏟
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Day 12
Monday, July 29, 2024 at 1:18 PM
☀️ 27 °C
Altitude: 46 m
United States Carnegie Hill Historic District 40.78748, -73.95725240°47’15” N 73°57’26” W
Rain & Central Park
July 29, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
In a few days I was set to leave New York using the Frontier airlines GoWild! pass. I thought I'd have a go at signing up and discovered that you needed to be a US citizen to buy one. Oh no. So, I spent last night devising a route of bookable flights through all of my desired destinations, and spent this morning booking said flights and a few of the accommodations. It was also absolutely lashing down so wasn't a bad time to do it.

Since I'd covered pretty much all of New York in my first few days I was a relatively free spirit today. So I wandered through the east side of Central Park and read my Kindle for a while at a lovely spot l by a lake. I also passed my the MET art gallery and an Alice in Wonderland monument.Read more
TravelerWhat a shame about the pass x
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Day 12
Monday, July 29, 2024 at 4:16 PM
☀️ 29 °C
Altitude: 54 m
United States Pulitzer Fountain 40.762992, -73.9739240°45’47” N 73°58’26” W
5th Avenue
July 29, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
5th avenue is arguably New York's most famous street so I wandered from Central Park all the way to the very end of it. Passing all of the major shops plus the Plaza, Trump Tower, the cathedral and of course another Ryder lorry. I treated myself to a Corn Dog at the end.Read more
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Day 12
Monday, July 29, 2024 at 6:47 PM
☀️ 28 °C
Altitude: 14 m
United States Washington Market Park 40.717411, -74.01077140°43’3” N 74°0’39” W
Final Evening in NYC
July 29, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
My final evening in NYC (for now) I spent around the WTC and then watched the sunset on the west shores of Manhattan. This meant I'd walked from 103rd street way past the end of 1st street. It was a lovely evening and a pleasant way to round of 4 nights in New York!Read more
TravelerThat is some walk 😫
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Day 13
Tuesday, July 30, 2024 at 8:34 AM
☁️ 25 °C
Altitude: 14 m
United States Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Research Library 42.352272, -71.05497342°21’8” N 71°3’18” W
NYC > Boston
July 30, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C
After 4 busy days in NYC it was time for probably the first proper travel day in a while, with a 4.5 hours bus in the middle of the day to Boston!

First however it was time to wave goodbye to my bug rucksack as I leave it in storage until I return to NYC at the end of my trip! I took the smallest storage unit they had (4 ft x 4 ft) which my bag nowhere near filled up! For £40 for the month in Manhattan you could definitely sleep in this space if you curled up a bit! Follow for more bargain New York tips!

The journey to Boston was very smooth and I used some of the time to plan what I would be doing once I arrived.Read more
TravelerWe have loved 🥰 the NYC journey, so many pics and so informative. Your big bag looks lost in that storage locker but please dont get in it yourself !!! 😳😩🤣 Safe Journey. Bring on Boston . 🇺🇸
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TravelerLove the pic of you. You are looking well. x
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TravelerObviously you knew I'd ask, "are you going to a tea party" while you are there? 🫖☕️
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Day 13
Tuesday, July 30, 2024 at 5:03 PM
☁️ 30 °C
Altitude: 9 m
United States City Point 42.335498, -71.0236442°20’8” N 71°1’25” W
South Boston
July 30, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C
My first stop this evening was a stroll around the beach stroke bay stroke fort in east Boston. One of the many places where the Americans battled the British during their war for independence. I wandered around listening to a podcast about the latest in the upcoming US election.Read more
TravelerNice beach 🏖️
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Day 13
Tuesday, July 30, 2024 at 6:12 PM
☁️ 30 °C
Altitude: 14 m
United States Children's Museum Resource Center 42.351992, -71.05012542°21’7” N 71°3’0” W
Fort Point Channel
July 30, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C
Next up I headed towards the centre of town to the Fort Point Channel with great views over to central Boston! This area is also home to the Boston Tea Party Museum, commemorating when the Americans hijacked a British shipment of tea and dumped it all into the river, which is what really kickstarted the war for independence.

Also close to here was of course a PwC!Read more
TravelerAlways a PWC !!
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Day 13
Tuesday, July 30, 2024 at 7:18 PM
☁️ 28 °C
Altitude: 10 m
United States Camp Hill 42.364924, -71.04125642°21’54” N 71°2’29” W
East Boston
July 30, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 28 °C
To finish the evening I headed across the river to east Boston where I found this lovely food, drinks and games area with amazing views of the sunset and the city!
TravelerVery nice 👍
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TravelerLooks lovely
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Day 14
Wednesday, July 31, 2024 at 11:54 AM
☁️ 27 °C
Altitude: 16 m
United States Harvard Yard 42.374674, -71.1182942°22’29” N 71°7’6” W
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Harvard University
July 31, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C
First of all this morning I wandered into town to pick up some breakfast before jumping on the metro to Harvard University! The University is not in Boston itself but just across the river in the neighbouring town of Cambridge.

Alumni of the university include Barack Obama, JFK, Matt Damon, George Bush, Mark Zuckerberg, Al Gore and Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

When I arrived it was hammering down with rain and this continued on and off for a while. Nevertheless I enjoyed wandering the red brick campus and was surprised to find a 'Lesley University' literally across the road.Read more
Traveler Auntie Lesley will be well pleased her name is there in the famous HARVARD institution 🧑‍🎓
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Day 14
Wednesday, July 31, 2024 at 1:02 PM
☁️ 28 °C
Altitude: 17 m
United States Kendall Square 42.361406, -71.08563342°21’41” N 71°5’8” W
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
July 31, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 28 °C
As I headed back towards Boston, but still in Cambridge, I stopped of at another world renowned university, MIT, which sits on the river overlooking Boston.

Alumni of here include Buzz Aldrin, Charles Koch and even Benjamin Netanyahu!

It was another lovely campus and this time I was able to enjoy it in the sun!Read more
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Day 14
Wednesday, July 31, 2024 at 2:13 PM
☁️ 29 °C
Altitude: 14 m
United States Brewer Fountain 42.356362, -71.06298242°21’23” N 71°3’47” W
Boston Common
July 31, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C
I returned to central Boston to grab some lunch and had a look around the start of the 'Freedom Trail' beginning at Boston Common, the US' oldest public park. The first few stopes were the state house, a church and a cemetary where lie 3 signers of the Declaration of Independence.Read more
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