New York New York!

So, Its 7am in the morning and i'm getting rorted as we speak, paying $1US for 10 minutes of internet time.

The flight was long, but not unbearably so, and it has really beed great so far.

Funny Stories:
Alby's Dad almost gets the information desk to page him at Sydney Airport.

I dont recognise my own bag at LAX, and tell the flight attendent its lost, only to realise that the bag we saw going around which looks strangely like mine is actually mine. Stuggle.

First impressions of New York:

The moment we collected our bags from JFK, we were approached by a guy of middle eastern appearance offering us a cab into manhattan. We followed for about 5 metres, realised he wasnt a yellow cab driver, and went back to teh cab queue.
It was pretty dodgy i spose, we were approached about 5 times by different people offering us rides to the city, the problem is, we had no idea if they were legit or not.

In the end, we ended up in the cab line behind a couple of other young aussies and was approached by a jamaican driving a limo offering us a ride for $110 US, which would work out cheaper than the yellow cabs. Seeing as there were 7 of us, we all piled into a WHITE STRETCH LIMO, and were dropped off at the door of our hostel.

To be honest, I was quite intimidated by New York. All these people approaching us, and really, it seemed like we were in a movie. You see people dressed like full homie style, baggy pants, the hats with the flat rims, so many african americans and latinos. We met up with my cousin Kitty and her husband Tat, and they took us out for dinner at a nice italian place and we went to see the big tree at the rockefeller centre, which is apparently a new york tradition to see.

They left us soon after, and we went around down 5th, saw trump tower and the playboy enterprises building and had some cheesecake for dessert.

Anyway thats all for now, running outta time. Will prolly blog more than email as this seems easier. Please let everyone know that i am blogging instead of emailing.