New York

Off the plane after some seriously desperate running between airports and arguements with security staff ( just the thing to keep a low profile in America) regarding the size of my carry-on lugggage. Discovered that as long as I have 2 pieces and not massive - its carry-on. I got to NY. thanksfully the qantas flight was an international, so back to the videos and the inflight movies. 1 hr late so ...The last quiet. Airtrain,Subway 1 hr,Black, races , graffetti, slums, blasters, hats on backwards,dark outside. 59 th street station, 57 st exit, 1291 swiss, canyons, lights, cars horns, heads, clothes, colors, bright, stop signs the big red hand, look the right way, safety of the hostel. travel to appartment, 2 streets, 55th 3 rd flr, 3A, 6 people, 3 Aussies!!!, dump and out, streets, no map, no info booth, no where, then Broadway, Times square., Billboard lights falling Betty Boop(russian female tennis player) fights machine gun monster with tennis balls firing from a mini gun 20 strories and 4 buildings of action, navratilova and the robot, cola, news corp, info centre, traffic, people people people, keepto the right, circle the roads, moving down the steet, smoke from the stacks in the street like chimneys of fog, horns horns horns, fire trucks red buses, street signs, music,smells, no rubbish, height of buildings colour glass florescents, subway grates, roaring rushing trains, loonys and the beggars, beer in the russians bar, Tatianafrom siberia kemerovo region has a love story and will marry the Jew,has not met mum yet, pastic pint glass, incongruity, sleep sleep sleep, the harlem end, get on the bus white boy this is 169 th street and its dark, drink beer with Frederick from England and Perth, Irish bars, drunk irish offers of work , dont worry its all cash, sleep sleep, what is the dawn like in New York, met the croat Andjelko with the renevated fathers house an the four children , sweeps outside the hotel, still goes to Croatia evrey year, hates the New York but loves the town, yellow taxis, Osama the refugee working the 56 th and 5 th hot dog stand, the best HEML halal tunisian chicken, boss says stop talking and work, no individual tips, cabbies stopping, hookers walking, call me "money"and frederick is in lust, morning food banana and yogurt, pluss baggle baggle and cream chees, lousy coffee again, nutter hitting everyone on the street, dawnwalk down 8th to the financial district, moving markets, geet Milli snakeskins to make a purse, haitian food, lots of seriously overweight poeople,Chat with the Greek in the Broadway delishop, what is the matter why doesnt he stop ,loves my life sty, he has to run the shop, the wife , teh daughters but hes never been to greece so why is it so good, he just says so, Wall Street, the BULL! the testicals! the security, the monuments the freee ferrys to Stratten Island, the ques for the Statue, theWashington Square Park in Greenwich Village, the laid back style, pink joggers at 95 years old, Pug dog poos in the middle of the concertthe Blues in the Park the labour day blues, twin trumpet with the ol blues man, circus, newyok out to have fun, the twins dancing for money with the dual speek, the drummers rythym, the auction of the last money giver, Isreal give "fi" dollars so what do you say Palestine!! wholl be the last to give to the twins before the death defying helicopter spin on the brothers head, taking the dogs out , no shit, lots of water lots of music in the park just join in and sing, who cares, circus goes again,bagman boogies to the purples stilts walkers, the Promenade of the people as the sun sets, take the stroll, walk the dog, dodgge the taxis, yell at the cars, seek some solitude, dinner at the 5th again, UN and the East River, Tudor City thats the place to live, get to 80th after the park, see the awsome PARK on a bike $20 for the 5 hrs and a sprint to the end down 8th Ave in the peak hour what fun, dodge the dogs, see the resevoirs, slip past the ball parks, watch the yachts on the pond, no kids here dads helping a lot, no toilets, thanks Starbucks, do the show, what is it i dunno, take in the lights walk to the times square crowd and feel the heat, sleep, sleep sleep, Brooklyn and the bridges, down the subway, find the stop get the taxis , what taxis none in brooklyn, ask the concierge , only stop atthe big hotels, the gentleman laughs, Stop in Brooklyn- im from New York! what cruise terminal , what a boat ship stupid not a boat, why does everyone know this?take the boarding call check the luggage walk up the plank, take a moment NEw YOrk New YOrk. Whao