New Years in New York City...

MYVYSS · 05-01-2008, 11:02 AM

OK as the folks where here for Xmas and the new year, it allowed Lara, My Sister and I the opportunity to head to NY for NYE, all I can say really was I had a ball.....it was so nice a place and I loved the atmosphere.

Here are a heap of pics

Rockafella Centre the day before..

Times Square the day before..

NYE was sponsored by Pontiac and the new G8

MYVYSS · 05-01-2008, 11:03 AM

Plaza Hotel - Home Alone 2

NYE

MYVYSS · 05-01-2008, 11:04 AM

Day After

THE BULL FTW!!!

Very Sombre at and around Ground Zero

Have heaps more photos will upload at a later date...

gtfpv · 05-01-2008, 11:30 AM

thanks for the pics mate. gives me an idea of what it is like over there .
couldn't help thinking . no wonder it's hard to get the US to sign the KYOTO agreement when to stop global warming when it is 2 degrees c over there .

boink · 05-01-2008, 02:59 PM

superb shots! very professional!

**gregaust** · 05-01-2008, 03:34 PM

Awesome mate . I read all your posts with great interest.. Thanks for taking the time to share with us....

MYVYSS · 05-01-2008, 03:50 PM

your all welcome, was an amazing night, over 1 million people in Time Square...was cold yet somehow so exciting..was also the 100th Anniversary of the ball drop..

Any questions please fire away..I could write a million page post on it..but dont know where to begin..

sgt_doofey · 06-01-2008, 09:39 AM

That's not ground zero mate, that sculpture is down at battery park.

This is ground zero

New York is absolutely amazing place. Times Square is just so busy at night!
What did you think of the NY attitude?

MYVYSS · 06-01-2008, 11:21 AM

yeah I didnt take many pictures of Ground Zero, I was too upset to actually take them, and YES it was in Battery park... I didnt mind the NY attitude at all, I am a big bloke and they took to me quite well... I had one smart walk straight into me...but he was put in his place pretty quickly...apart from that it was an excellent adventure

rodderz · 06-01-2008, 07:16 PM

Looks good Craig, would be good to see more NY pics you can put up, maybe another thread for it in the photography section, or in this thread?

MYVYSS · 07-01-2008, 07:21 AM

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Originally Posted by rodderz

Looks good Craig, would be good to see more NY pics you can put up, maybe another thread for it in the photography section, or in this thread?

Try here mate...there are over 1200 photos of our time here including Seattle and Vancouver

http://s5.photobucket.com/albums/y179/myvyss/

Let me know if you can access it.. I will be adding to the uploads in the next couple of days.

sgt_doofey · 07-01-2008, 11:03 AM

How long did you spend in Central Park? Did you get to see much of it?
We spent 2 and half hours there and only saw about a third of it.
Also, in Fao Schwarz, did you stop at the cafe there? Happen to see the Volcano dessert they offer?

MYVYSS · 07-01-2008, 03:38 PM

yeah we spent about 2-3 hours in central park and it was bloody cold, so we seen about the same, we wen thru till the conservatory and that was about it, and YES I seen the Volcano in FAO Schwarz what a lovely shop, we played the foot piano as well the one as seen in BIG...we are planning on either going back to NYC for a couple of weeks or a Caribean Cruise to Jamaica in March not sure which one yet, but will probably be our last travelling for a little while as our DAUGHTER (yes its a girl) is due in June.

Grechie · 07-01-2008, 07:11 PM

Very nice craig, id love to travel to NY

TE50 027 · 07-01-2008, 09:45 PM

Great photos. My sister-in-law who's working in San Francisco ATM also headed to NY for new years. Said it's a lovely city. Would love to see it for myself.

Martyvan · 07-01-2008, 10:31 PM

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Originally Posted by MYVYSS

was an amazing night, over 1 million people in Time Square...was cold yet somehow so exciting..was also the 100th Anniversary of the ball drop..

My wife and I went to NYC for NYE 1999/2000... It was absolutely AWESOME. We got in our 'Pig Pen' about 2 blocks back from the 'ball drop' so we had a perfect view of the proceedings... The only problem was, having flown almost directly to NYC from Brisbane we didnt have anywhere near the warmth of clothing as was required so after waiting in the line for 4 hours, we bailed, went back to hotel, had shower, sat in the nice warm hotel and watched proceedings on TV , then about 11:30pm went to the back of the line (Maybe 10 blocks?).... Still was an awesome night... we just sat back with about 4 cop cars... and we felt safe with them

How on earth can it be THAT cold when the sun is out though, beats me!!!!

Glad you enjoyed, and great photos. One of my wife and I's treasured photos is one of both of us from Statue of liberty looking back towards manhattan and the WTC......

mattl · 08-01-2008, 01:09 PM

I'm actually currently travelling back and fourth between US and Australia. Driving in NY and not sparking road rage is ridiculously hard!! It is that busy and hectic (compared to lil ol' Adelaide anyway :P) that everywhere you turn there is someone beeping at a car..felt very intimidated driving on NY roads! But lovely place and cant wait to get back to the US in a week or so!!

Glad you had a wild trip, and lovely pictures mate, cheers for sharing!!