Bicycle Touring The World: in New York City, USA
My latest bicycle touring around the world update, cycling across the USA, in New York City on Wednesday, the 4th July. It’s American Independence Day. Linda and Eva arrived late yesterday, and after they’d checked in, we went out for something to eat. Then we went on the Staten Island ferry, which gave us a good view of the Manhattan skyline at night. I’m surprised they wanted to do anything after their five-hour flight. But I wasn’t complaining.
It seemed to take forever to get moving this morning, but then that’s the joys of playing the tourist with a couple of women. What do they do that takes so long? Once they’d arrived, we went to the Brooklyn Bridge and walked across it. A bit of a shame that it was all covered in scaffolding. But hey, at least I sort of saw it.
We walked around Wall Street, which, as you can imagine, was completely deserted, being a national holiday. After Wall Street, we made our way to the World Trade Centre from Wall Street and saw the new building they were putting up to replace the twin towers. We also booked some tickets for tomorrow to go and see Ground Zero.
And tonight, we went on a boat on the Hudson River to watch the Fourth of July fireworks. Not that we could really see them, but it was still good, my second night of seeing the Manhattan skyline at night. The Empire State Building was lit in the colours of the American flag: red, white and blue. We finished the evening off by going to Times Square, which was buzzing with people and had a good atmosphere.
Tour Information
It’s been years since I took this ride, but the memories (and the data) are all archived:
- Photos: See my photos on Flickr
- The route: View my journey around the world
- Videos: Check out my YouTube videos
- Tour page: Ride overview
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