Day 14: So, it turns out I'm really good at golf: Today is our last full day in NY. We didn;t have a packed full day - just relaxed. Wwe went down to Chelsea Piers - this is where the titanic should have docked. Now it is used for Hudson river cruise boats and they have turned the rest of it into a massive sports centre. You can do pretty much any sport there from baseball to ice hockey. We went to the golf driving range. You pay $25 and get 150 balls to wack. ...

Day 13: An oasis in the city.... Today was the last day we had a ticket for the hop-on-hop-off bus, so we used it to go on the uptown loop. this took us round the outskirts of central park and up into Harlem. Harlem is actually a pretty nice place. This is where we nearly stayed in a hostel. I am glad we didn't but only because it is so far from everything. it really seemed like real NY. Away from all the tourists - apart from us all on the bus of course lol. Th...

Day 12: Musical Birthday: What an amazing place to spend my birthday. Not being with all my family and friends really did suck, but I still feel really lucky to have been here on my birthday. We spent the morning having breakfast and then went to the area of NY called St mark Square. This is the alternative area where that tattooists are and the skate shops. I was looking for a new pair of trainners because after the insane rain, lots of sweat and them not bein...

Day 12: Musical Birthday: What an amazing place to spend my birthday. Not being with all my family and friends really did suck, but I still feel really lucky to have been here on my birthday. We spent the morning having breakfast and then went to the area of NY called St mark Square. This is the alternative area where that tattooists are and the skate shops. I was looking for a new pair of trainners because after the insane rain, lots of sweat and them not bein...

Day 11: Un-Birthday As I write this, I am officially 24. It really doesn't seem like my birthday - hope it will do when I wake up in the morning. Today has been very long. We bought a bus pass that stops at all the sites and you can get on and off as you like. The first place we stopped at was Empire State bulding. We got there at just before 9am to avoid the queues, and even though there were still a lot of people there, it would have been a lot busier. So we ...