Spent the night before weighing almost everything in my bag trying to understand why it is so heavy. Total weight is 21.1kg which will be a problem in India where the limit for internal flights is 20kg. The limit in the USA seems to be 23kg for all airlines. Took it relatively easy today. Went for a 90 minute architectural foundation boat cruise. Should have done this the first day. You here a lot of the same stuff on the hop on hop off bus but this guide is muc...

Lots of movies are made in Chicago. Dark Night, Transformers 3 werefilemd here. Oprah Winfrey's studios are here. NBC has studios with some TV shows filmed here. The tour guides are quite proud of this and tend to point out places where famous movies scenes were shot and where the famous actors live. Bruce Wayne's penthouse in Dark Night was filmed in the penthouse of the hotel I am staying in. Some of the Transformers 3 scenes were filmed across the road. One ...

Chicago is a beautiful city full of beautiful buildings and they are extremely proud of their architecture. The city was rebuilt from scratch almost after a massive fire in 1871. The temperature has been between 25 and 30 most days with some rain at night which made going out at night a bit of a problem for the first 2 nights. The other nights were clear. Millennium Park is a very cool central point. They have free concerts and show movies there amongst other ent...

Did not do too much in NYC on the last day. It was really hot as usual so I went back to the hotel early and sat in the club room and used the free wifi. Left the hotel shortly before 4pm and walked the 8 blocks to the airport shuttle pickup site. Got to the airport around 5.30pm. All the signs for the flight said it was on time and due to take off at 8.05. Boarding was punctual. When it was time to take off, we very slowly taxied to the runway but only took off...

Went to 911 Memorial, Statue of Liberty and Staten Island free ferry. Temperatures throughout the week have been between 35-40 Celsius and extremely humid. It is described on tv news as heat wave. 911 is quite touching and heavy police presence and security. Did not get to go up Statue of Liberty, it has a 3 month waiting list. Staten Island ferry is free and has awesome views. Went up 30 Rockefeller just before sunset. Highest observation deck is at floor 70. N...