New York, October 1st 2014

New York October 1st and on.

What an amazing exciting place, our hotel was on 40th Street so just a 5 minute walk to Times Square. The hotel suite was very well equipped, huge TV, kitchen with hob and multifunction oven it even had a dishwasher, not that we intended to cook as there are so many places to eat very close by. The hotel 3 days a week has a social early evening which had free food and wine so that gave us chance to talk with other travellers for tips about New York and other places we intended to visit.

We did see a couple of shows, Les Miserable and Mamma Mia, had front row seats for Mamma Mia in fact so close we thought we may have the actors on our laps when they were dancing and sliding all over the stage.

Paid a visit to the 911 memorial museum it was very moving to say the least, solemn faces and it was very quiet. Horrifying images and stories from that terrible day. The museum is in the footprint of both the twin towers, most of it underground.

Above the twisted supports looks like a surreal sculpture as most of them do there

How the towers were before 911

Just one of the many wrecked firetrucks 

The last support to be removed was signed and so many pictures and notes to people that were lost

A memorial quilt

The stairs so many of the survivors managed to escape on

A description of the Vesey Street stairs

This radio / communication antenna that was at the top of the tower 

The new tower

A memorial Outside with the reflecting pool, covered in the names of those who have lost.

As this post is a little sad I am continuing this blog in a new post.

BFN.
Don and Glenys
Agua Therapy

Currently in Deshaies in Guadelupe

Washington DC road trip in September

September 27th - a very busy day in Washington DC 

Washington is an amazing place, so much to offer we took advantage of the Smithsonian museums, I know more museums but we only scratched the surface there are 19 museums, art galleries and a zoo, some were closed and now they are building more. Each one is free and funded by huge companies, thousands of items donated by families and various organisations.

We went into the American Indian Museum which has old and new exhibits, another place that tells very moving stories about the way the Indians were hounded murdered and robbed of their lands.

The building outside is very impressive.

The beaded detail must take a long time to do

Poor bird must have been bald after they took its feathers for this head dress

A peace pipe tomahawk  

Children's clothes

Walking in between the museums theres so much to see.

I'm afraid we had a major computer blip which wiped hundreds of photographs I had taken from the sd card on the camera, everything from Washington, New York and Nashville. Unfortunately the ones taken outside the White house have gone forever but I managed with some recovery software to recover most of them.

Big guy,  Abe not Don

Can you imagine all the discussions and debates going on in here 

Abraham Lincoln's home at the top with the memorials in the foreground, I'm afraid we lost those photographs too

The lost Parakeet outside a very old Smithsonian museum

Ok enough about Washington DC, such a shame we lost the photographs but at least we have the memories.

BFN
Don and Glenys on the USA road trip.
Next stop "The Big Apple" New York

Agua Therapy in Grenada sitting out the hurricane season

Washington September 27th more fun

It was a very busy day in Washington, you can spend so much time there, how we managed see what we did was amazing but maybe one day we will return to see more.

After the Indian museum we went to the Natural History and Science Museum too. There are 3 floors each divided into different exhibitions.

This poor elephant was shot for the exhibition a long time ago and "re built, its in the main hall.

What big teeth you have!

One of the areas is devoted to early transport, below are cars that did the original "route 66" across America from the East to the West coast.

An early caravan

A very early fire engine

This was "Googles" first "cork" server from 1999, not that long ago really

One of the damaged supports from the world trade centre

A mummified bull

A scene from the war they chose to hide in Vietnam 

The boy would have been a little snack for this shark





Yes he was alive, there were lots of live insects spiders and butterflies on display

The worlds oldest rock

The world most expensive rock, The Hope Diamond I thought it would have been much bigger.

The story goes that the Hope diamond was much bigger but it was stolen recut and disguised. Thought it was on quite a scruffy support, there was a one security guard in the room and wasn't really paying much attention. Then again it is in a glass case and think there maybe a sensor if it was lifted up from its support.   

BFN

Don and Glenys on the USA trip

Agua Therapy was in Grenada for the Hurricane season