The tour of New York on a rainy day!!

After a day's stay in Chicago, we have travelled to New York and landed in the John F Kennedy International Airport on 02nd May 2009. This time I was well prepared with Google Maps route for the hotel we have stayed. 

I have avoided all the 'taxi mediators' approached me before I came out of the airport and got a 'Yellow Cab' (the City run cabs!). The guy who drove the taxi was not familiar with the exact place of the hotel. But we have been given an estimate at the airport itself about the approximate cost for the cab travel to the hotel. Once the meter reached the particular cost the driver put off the meter and drove the remaining distance without collecting any extra money!!

The hotel (Fairfield Inn Marriott) we have stayed was really a good one. We have been provided the shuttle service to the nearest subway station. Here also I have bought MTA's One day fun pass MetroCard for each of the two days I have stayed in New York.

I have started my tour of New York from Time Square, the ever busy place of Manhattan area of New York. I did a walking tour around the streets of Time Square and returned to the room on the first day. As it was the evening the streets were flooded with hundreds of thousands of lights mega giant display systems.

The next was a very challenging one. I have started the day with rain. But I have decided not to give up! I bought a combo boat ticket to the Liberty Statue and Ellis Island.

Though it was raining and the wind was blowing like a tornado, my curiosity kept me standing on top of the boat to take pictures of the statue!

You would have seen the pictures of the statue taken from the front side, but for a change I have taken a picture of the statue to show how it looks like from the back side! 

I didn't even prefer to buy an umbrella for two reasons, 1. I have to through it out at the end of the day as I didn't had place for it in my luggage, 2. I was running out of time. 

All the way walked around the Manhattan area to see the other places even it was raining. I have walked through Broadway to reach the world economy's most important place, the Wall Street (New York Stock Exchange)!

Next I have quickly walked to the famous Brooklyn Bridge! It is said to be the world's longest suspension bridge.

Next I have been to the sight where world's one of the most tearful tragedy happened, the WTC site!!. 

After that I have been to Empire State Building and returned! The onething I still feel sorry, though I have planned to visit, I have missed the UN office!!

The next morning we have started little earlier than planned to the LaGuardia Airport to fly to Atlanta and from there to back home!!

And . . . this is how my US Trip came to an end . . .