Day 3 - NYC

We met Forry & Kerry who coincidentally were staying just a few blocks from us in West Manhatten. A quick subway journey took us downtown to Ground Zero - unnerving and eerie to say the least, the empty space where the twin towers used to be. The black slender building to the right is the Hilton Tower (40 odd storey's high) and is half the size of the old Twin Towers that should be in the void to the left.

We had booked a helicopter flight a weeks prior to arriving and were nervous about the crappy weather but, Forry tells me he had a word with the guy up statirs and we were greeted with a glorious sunny day pefect for viewing out of the flimsy chopper. 12-15 minutes is all we got but it was well worth the trip as it gave us an idea of the true vast size of the city. Central park is about the size of Cape Town!

A picnic to Central park was next: We met up with Kerry's friend Ali and her other half Kaven. The park added to our positive opinion - it's huge, beautiful, loads of fitness fanatic running, cycling, families picnicking and generally soaking up the sun Forry had kindly arranged. After a long day we settled for a few Margharita's and Mexican - Yanks do not to do small! the food portions are like the cars - LARGE!