So I evacuated from Gustav on that sunday and then spent 5 days in NYC. Due to the intermintence of internet connections i took notes each day and would then type up my entry. below is the copy/paste of my first entry.

Firstly, I want to thank my parents for everything they’ve done for me. They are the reason I am prepared, capable, and brave enough to take on an adventure like this.

I love you and I miss you terribly.


Please bear with me and my writing style. I’m going to test different methods of posting information to see which is the most efficient and palatable for my audience.

The internet here is patchy at best. I’m going to attempt to upload photos in the future. I haven’t had much luck so far. (for a country who exports so many microchips, you would think they’d be fast than 10K/s)

I also wish to say thank you to my Deb Baber and Andrew Lindsey. She is the loving aunt who provided me with free lodging during my stay in New York. Drew has always been a perfect travel buddy. I could not have seen everything and enjoyed it without his incredible ability to get things done. He doesn’t go on trips; he goes on adventures.

I have spent a total of five days in New York City. Three of those days were sight seeing days. Two were chill days. Drew believes in doing as much as possible on the first day of a trip. That way, as self initiative decreases, there are less reasons to get up so early.

Here’s the complete list of what I saw or did in New York City.

Day 1
Statue of Liberty
Ellis Island
Wall St.
Ground Zero
China Town
Little Italy- Lombardi’s “Original” New York Pizzaria
Biked Central Park
David Letterman---> Nicholas Cage
To Dai---amazing 200ft sushi bar; all you can eat
Madison Square Park
Flat Iron Building
McSorely’s—oldest pub in New York; only serve two kinds of beer: Light and Dark
Some Random Night Club—wasn’t paying attention at that point

Day 2
Walked Brooklyn Bridge
Toured United Nations-very cool
Spamelot on Broadway-swallows and coconuts
McDonalds at Time Square—not very exciting but we we’re hungry after the play.

Day 3
Empire State Building
Grand Central Station
Here are some pictures of what we did.