Sunday, August 19, 2007

Steakhouse!

OK TWO THINGS STARTING TO ANNOY ME...

1. There's no orange squash/cordial. And when you ask in supermarkets they don't have a clue what you are saying or what you want. How do these people live without Robinsons Fruit and Barley?

2. Queues!. Americans just don't cueue!!! It's just a mad charge, one man for himself and all that...

Ok rant over..!



Up early. Can't seem to wake up past 7.30am! Must be the hustle and bustle of NYC. Long walk down to Brooklyn Bridge - over a mile long, and once the worlds biggest suspension bridge. Some great photos.

We tried to find an internet cafe, searched for ages, but in a city of 19.2 million every internet cafe was shut! Like an English village on Sunday morning, New York...

On to World Financial Centre to see the plans for the Freedom Tower (to replace WTC). Fox News, CBS, all the television crews outside reporting on the dead firemen from yesterday.

To the Steakhouse for some food later on. Now listen. Carefully: 9 quid = 15oz steak, garlic bread, potato, chocolate fudge cake and a pepsi. Impressive.

Starting to rain. Heavy. So onto Facebook...

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First stop: Trek America

First stop: Trek America
64 days - 31 states! I start my travels from New York on the Trek America Trailblazer (http://www.trekamerica.co.uk/tours/tl.html). Can't wait!

Second Stop: Hawaii!

Second Stop: Hawaii!
Then 2 weeks in B-E-A-utiful Hawaii!

Third Stop: Kiritimati (Kiribati)

Third Stop: Kiritimati (Kiribati)
Kiritimati receives just one flight a week. The pacific atoll is only 138 square miles in area - but 70% of that is lagoons! It is 2,015 miles from Tarawa, capital of the Republic of Kiribati; 1,335 miles from Honolulu; 4,000 miles from Sydney, Australia, and 3,250 miles from San Francisco. It lies between longitude 157 degrees 10' west and 157 degrees 34' west and latitudes 1 degree 42' north and 2 degrees 3' north. It is 145 miles north of the equator.

Fourth Stop: Fiji

Fourth Stop: Fiji
Then a couple of weeks island hopping around Fiji...