This post is the fifth part of a series named “New York”, in which I talk about my trip to New York city in the first week of May 2011. These posts will be loaded with pictures, I took 1050 that week!
This post will be slightly different, as I’ll just show pictures and write hardly anything.
View all posts about New York 2011 or read all about day 4!
Tuesday, May 3rd
Alright, so like I said, this post will be different from the others as it will have more pictures than text. For 2 reasons: a) I don’t feel like writing much and b) we only did 3 ‘things’ so not much explanation needed. I’ll try to annotate the photos to give a little exta information if possibile.
Today was another normal weekday and once again New York was less touristy, we liked it!
We had planned to go to the USS Intrepid, which now is a museum, but we first, by accident really, came past the “Engine 54, ladder 4, battalion 9″ firehouse.
Engine 54, Ladder 4 - memorial
Engine 54, Ladder 4 - memorial plaque
We then entered the museum, with another metal detector!
USS Intrepid road sign
Plane below deck
The 'tower' on the USS Intrepid
AH-1 Cobra
"Huey"
Radar plane
AH-1 Cobra and Huey from another angle
"Blue Angels" stuntplane
AH-1J Sea Cobra
Fighter jet, not sure what type
AH-1J Sea Cobra cockpit
Sea Cobra in semi-profile
Old MIG?
Radio from 1941
More old radiostuff, however this looks somewhat less older
After this ‘museum’, which my little sisters didn’t enjoy as much as I did, we went for a boattour around NYC, we opted for the 3-hour one which circles the entire island. One of the best ideas this entire week and if you find yourself in NYC, make sure you do this. You get to see a lot! *TIP*
Some of the following photos have a lot of ‘heads’ in them, my apologies.
The NY skyline in my sisters maillot ;)
The Dutch flag waving proudly at the pier
Golf court thing?
Big tugboat
Blachhawk overhead
And if the Blackhawk wasn’t enough, somewhat later we saw this!
Old houses
Biggest clock in the world..
Old fort or stronghold kind of building
The Staten Island ferry, which is quite big but also free of charge
Atop the Brooklyn Bridge
Manhattan bridge
Helicopter landing, people already waiting to board
Brooklyn Bridge pier
Roosevelt Island cablecar
Queensboro bridge, one of the prettiest NYC bridges
By now, we’re entering the little ‘river’ that embraces the north east side of the Manhattan borough, which really, is a great place. A lot of ‘old’ things, but it’s these things that really have character and it allowed for some nice photographs.
The History Channel building and logo
Closest we got to the Yankee Stadium
Beautiful swing bridge; Macombs Dam Bridge
Old aquaduct
Loose lips, sink ships
Some may call it a bad photograph, others call it abstract.
The George Washington Bridge and Jeffrey Hook's Light
Or.. "The Little Red Lighthouse"
And finally back at home, at Times Square, my sisters were having fun with the giant Forever 21 tv-screen/interactive billboard.
My sisters found themselves in the spotlight
Tags: ah-1, bell, cobra, f-16, huey, mig, newyork2011, uss intrepid
