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United
States |
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New
York City - 30/12/03 till 3/01/04 |
(Click on any of the thumbnails for a larger image)
First morning I arrived in NY - went to visit the Guggenheim Museum - interior... |
...exterior |
Metropolitan Museum - ridiculous crowds of people |
Looking towards Rockefeller Centre... |
...christmas tree and ice rink at the Rockefeller Centre |
Times Square... |
...again |
Diner dinner |
One of the more 'expressive' cab drivers... |
...from Pakistan I think |
Central Park |
Natural History Museum - nothing compared to the one in London. |
My hotel on 34 Street looking towards Empire State Building |
...chasing the elusive dollar and the American Dream! |
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This board updates literaly every second - fascinating! |
On a boat trip round Manhattan, looking at the USS Intrepid (aircraft carrier now a museum) and one of the Concordes, now to be a permanent display next to the carrier |
View of Manhattan skyline including the New Yorker Hotel and Empire State |
...obligatory photo... |
...and another, Brooklyn Bridge... |
...I think this is the Manhattan Bridge (?) east of Manhattan and the Brooklyn Bridge again from boat... |
...Wall Street... |
...crammed skyline minus the Twin Towers... |
After boat trip I visited the USS Growler, the first American submarine to carry nuclear weapons... |
...Regulus nuclear weapon on launch pad on top of sub... |
Some interior shots of sub to follow... |
...radio room... |
..sleeping quarters - 3 to a bunk, 'hotbunking'... |
...engine room... |
 ...officers galley... |
...missile control room - only the Captain and 3 missile 'technicians' allowed in here. None of the other crew knew what was in here, let alone that they had Nuclear weapons on board... |
 ...rear torpedo room with 3 bunks for 9 crew in total. |
Main deck on USS Intrepid aircraft carrier... |
...Harrier on deck... |
...flight deck... |
...I forget what this one is called... |
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...Bridge of the USS Intrepid... |
View of Manhattan from top of Empire State Building... |
...Time's Square glowing in the distance... |
..seasonal colours for top of the Empire State Building tower. |
Just for a laugh, Hummer limo... |
Time's Square
at night NOTE: You can only view as a Quicktme movie. File is also quite big, aprox. 10MB Download Quicktime here |