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Hey Everyone,
Well I am now at the airport and about to fly to Miami and then onto Rio. The great news is that I am actually getting to go to carnival as my visa for Brazil was sorted in New York in just 24hours (unlike the 10days it was taking in London).
New York was awesome and managed to catch up with Kerrie, Helen and Damo for a number of amber beverages. The sheer height of New York is hard to describe and a definite highlight of the trip was the helicopter flight around downtown New York. Unfortunately it was a little bit wet but the actually helicopter flight was a blast. In true american style also consumed burgers and fries to the point of now been burgered and beefed up and ready for some salads. We also went up to the 'Top of the Rock', which was at around the 47th floor of the Rockafella center, and then the top of the empire state building. We had some lovely fine weather here for a first two days and the views of the city from the ferry ride to Staton Island were also pretty spectacular. This also took us pretty close to the statue of liberty (as did the helicopter flight). Other than that just kicked back for a bit of the time and walked around Time Square, Wall Street area and ground zero which is still a pretty sad area. A big thank you to Kerrie for taking care of us in New York.
At the moment dont have access to put my photos on the internet but hopefully in Rio I should have a bit of spare time to upload some photos.
Hope everyone is well. Cheers
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