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Collection of 88 travel stories from New York, United States. Written by your friends on the road.

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Picture from story Camera Eye

Camera Eye
2008-05-26, New York, United States. By: supernova

Grim-faced and forbidding, Their faces closed tight, An angular mass of new yorkers Pacing in rhythm, Race the oncoming night, They chase through the streets of manhattan. Supernova recently r...

 
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Welcome to the Big City – NY
1999-07-14, new york, United States. By: tichan

It was a very long plane ride from LA to NY. When I got to NY, the first impression that I got: dirty & unsafe. It’s 180 degrees compare to LA, I think. In LA there are a lot of spare spaces, not too ...

 
Traveler christykai

High School Grad trip
1999-07-02, New York, United States. By: christykai

What could be better than going to NYC with your friends for 4th of July? Actually it was July of '95. Suzanne, Camisa, Erin, and I had just graduated from high school. We were so excited. I am st...

 
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New York New York
2007-09-16, New York, United States. By: tjtunes

A place I've wanted to go for the longest time to check out the sites and spend my nights in the famous jazz clubs in awe at the fantastic music rolling off the stage and entertaining my ears. Unfort...

 
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Urug-why?
2007-09-16, New York, United States. By: sauntering

I have grown weary... continuously answering the question of "Why Uruguay?" That is, of course, when people don't confuse this tiny nation in South America with Paraguay. Or Uganda or South Africa. ...

 
Traveler tjtunes

Crossing The Atlantic
2007-09-09, New York, United States. By: tjtunes

It's the first day at sea crossing the Atlantic and all is calm so far... I can see land as I write this, we've been going for 17 hours, what place is this!?! Maybe we've been going round in a circl...

 
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new photos uploaded
2007-08-28, New York, United States. By: julsm

hi all, just got around to uploading photos before heading to Spain this afternoon. will upload more once we return to London Hope everyone is well xoxo Juls and co

 
Picture from story New York, New York

New York, New York
2007-08-31, New York, United States. By: cmciver

After a quiet night in Connecticut we once again crossed into New York state, destination New York City. We made it to our car hire return with little trouble and on route caught our first glimpse of ...

 
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The Big Apple
2007-08-27, New York, United States. By: julsm

Hi all, have just landed in London last night travelling from New York yesterday so are still pretty knackered but nice to be staying with Kate and Sam. The flight to the states went pretty wel...

 
Traveler ch_travels

The City That Never Sleeps...
2007-08-14, New York, United States. By: ch_travels

Why? Because everyone here is in such a hurry that there's no time to even slow down, let alone sleep. Even people who have extra time get swept up in the frenetic energy that fills this city with a p...

 
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Start Spreading the News
2007-07-02, New York, United States. By: samkateb

Kate and I have covered a few miles since our last messages. From Rome, we headed direct to NYC. I guess we were a bit tentative when we arrived there, but quickly we felt pretty comfortable and exc...

 
Traveler adsdan

Empire State Building
2007-07-05, New York, United States. By: adsdan

Today we headed to the famous Empire State Building. After long queues & more long queues, we made it to the top. Due to the weather the view was quite hazy, nevertheless we could see the major attrac...

 
Traveler adsdan

4th of July
2007-07-04, New York, United States. By: adsdan

Today is July 4th public holiday and Macys puts on fireworks over the Hudson River. They were spectacular, although the drizzly weather slightly dampened the occasion a little. It was great to see the...

 
Traveler adsdan

Statue of Liberty...
2007-07-03, New York, United States. By: adsdan

Today was a big day. We boarded the bus & headed for Battery Park at the southern tip of Manhattan, where we took the ferry to Liberty & Ellis Islands. The only problem was the number of people & larg...

 
Traveler adsdan

Harlem & Museum Mile
2007-07-02, New York, United States. By: adsdan

Today we boarded the Hop on Hop Off tourist bus. There are three routes, 1. Central Park/Harlem 2. Lower Manhattan/Financial District & 3. Brooklyn. The ticket is valid for 48hrs, so today we did Cen...

 
Traveler adsdan

Central Park
2007-07-01, New York, United States. By: adsdan

Today we ventured to Central Park. This man made park measures 1.6klms wide by 3.2klms long. There is a zoo within the park, numerous lakes, sports fields & running tracks. Turtle lake was a favourite...

 
Traveler adsdan

NYC - The Big Apple - Manhattan
2007-06-30, New York, United States. By: adsdan

Finally we have reached the much anticipated New York City or as it is referred to 'The Big Apple' after a great time in Canada. Our flight was delayed in Toronto as the US have gone a-wall concerning...

 
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The most amazing city I've ever visited!
2006-10-14, New York, United States. By: lindsaylin

I spent just under a week discovering the most incredible place, often on my own equipped with just a simple street map. And at the age of 17! I got some great photos, and even better memories.

 
Traveler ezza

NO to NY
2007-06-02, New York, United States. By: ezza

Hi again! So my Trek America tour is now over and I am currently hanging out with Danica, Megs (Aussie) and Soes – Also known as Patsy from Absolutely Fabulous (Danish). The 21 day tour flew past so...

 
Traveler jimi

Musical in New York
2006-12-07, New York, United States. By: jimi

On December I went to New York, which was as amazing destination I thought it would be. Woodbury Premium outlets were place to be :). Sights in the city were nice, but maybe the most impressive part w...

 
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Day 2
2007-04-14, New York, United States. By: janinemo

Not only are the rooms cosy, but the mattresses are incredibly comfortable! I had such a good night's sleep and woke up feeling a thousand times better than yesterday. I have finally stopped feeling...

 
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Day 1
2007-04-13, New York, United States. By: janinemo

Thanks to the fact that the ISDA AGM is in Boston this year, I am in New York. After an 18 hour flight, I finally arrived at JFK airport, exhausted and desperately wanting a shower. Managed to navig...

 
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New York
2006-05-31, New York, United States. By: Lischen

I love New York. What can I say more? It was the sixth time I´ve been to New York and it is just my favorit city in the world!

 
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NYC
2004-10-28, New York, United States. By: diogenes

Mihaela and I decided to sample New York's live music scene. We decide some element of class is required. So, Mihaela buys some new shoes ($40), I buy a new shirt ($15). We looked up a promising bar i...

 
Traveler m3ng89

Sweet Smell of...People
2000-01-01, New York, United States. By: m3ng89

New York...another place I used to live and now visit frequently. I lived on the very edge of Harlem (W 112 St.) as well as (the poor part) of a wealthy neighborhood (Riverdale, Bronx) so the experien...

 
Traveler deldib

I heart NY
2003-08-01, New York, United States. By: deldib

...umm not really...i HATE this city...it's to busy and the people are horrible. You could literally be knocked over and fall to the ground and people would just walk all over you. On the upside thoug...

 
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Baubles and Tramps?!?!?!
2006-12-10, New York, United States. By: cherryloo

We have survived our first night in the depths of Harlem!! We are sharing our 8 bed room with 3 Germans and a Londoner. Woke up to the sound of Lauries alarm at 3 o'clock this morning, German ladies w...

 
Traveler cherryloo

The flight...
2006-12-09, New York, United States. By: cherryloo

After a sad farewell, we walked through Departures to buy some munchies for the long flight ahead (ha ha!!). When we got to the gate, we were told that we had been UPGRADED...First Class baby...woo ho...

 
Traveler sauntering

Epilogue
2006-12-10, New York, United States. By: sauntering

One sunny, late autumn day in a small New York apartment, Sasha received a most interesting email. Oprah had taken interest in her blog, and was ready to set up an interview. Yeah right! No, I'...

 
Picture from story These vagabond shoes (New York)

These vagabond shoes (New York)
2006-11-03, New York, United States. By: hrd1977

Flying through the night was really beginning to get to us - no sooner have we taken off, been served a beverage, patiently waited to be served the customary meal and then rejected the duty free troll...

 
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I return to a whole new world
2004-01-22, New York, United States. By: nutanp

Happy New Year! A new year has begun, as I search for a way to adapt to a resumed life back in California. It's so wierd returning from Australia- you think you know exactly what you want when you g...

 
Traveler Julia

We fell in Love with conneticut
2006-10-28, New York, United States. By: Julia

Maybe its the name.... New England is quite cool and we really like it, we are even thinking of tradingor small appartment in Manhattan to a big house there. Though the communte will be stressfull. Bu...

 
Traveler lomotravel

New York.. The Crown Of America
2006-11-02, New York, United States. By: lomotravel

Rolling into Brooklyn brought back memories. It filled me with expectation. Warsaw was an incredible venue, full of character and atmosphere. The duties were done, we headed upstairs and ate of the ta...

 
Traveler lomotravel

The Tour Begins
2006-10-06, New York, United States. By: lomotravel

Spent a dismissive amount of time on the train from Derby surrounded by idiot 17 year old girls discussing shoes and boys. Switched on my laptop and watched the film DOLLS by Kitano, absolutely mindnu...

 
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New York.Apple Store
2006-10-06, New York, United States. By: lotta

Okey, so here we are. New York!! We came here wednesday evening. Around 10pm New York time...4am 'home-time'. Kind of tired!! Yesterday we just walked around. Times square (ofcoarse) and then down to ...

 
Traveler Julia

Just a little update
2006-09-30, New York, United States. By: Julia

I am now officially legal in this country and I am just waiting for my work permit, which I am desperate for. :) I am prcticing my skills a house wife and are getting pretty good in potato gratin ...

 
Traveler kellandlar

Week 1
2006-09-13, New York, United States. By: kellandlar

[b]Day 1 - Wednesday 13th September 2006[/b] [b]New York City ~ Washington DC (265 mile drive)[/b] Meeting up with our trek leader, Ian, and the other 10 people on our trek we loaded our luggage i...

 
Picture from story From New York to Boston

From New York to Boston
2006-08-21, New York, United States. By: kellandlar

Arriving in New York on Monday we checked into our hostel. After setting down our ridiculously heavy backpacks we met up with the others from camp and went to explore. Our first night was spent in Lit...

 

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