New York, New York, New York

The bus will drop you off in Chinatown.

Empire State building, as seen from the street.

"Proof of life" from the 88th floor observatory of Empire State.

The view south from the observatory.

This is a public service announcement. When you buy tickets at Empire State Building, you will be offered to go to the 102nd floor observatory for another $14. This is what you will get. A submarine-like room with dirty windows. As the life operator said: "It's stopid. Nuthin' disastrous, juss' stopid." Stay on the 88th floor and save your money.

Park street.

Statue of Alice in Wonderland in Central Park.

The Turtle Pond in Central Park.

View of The Lake in Central Park.

Ground Zero - this is where the World Trade Center used to be.

The World Trade Center Cross[a], a cross-shaped remnant of the exterior wall of WTC.

Flowers at Ground Zero.

A view of the rebuilding effort.

Inside the Winter Garden at World Financial Center, the complex right next to WTC.

Battery Park City.

Battery Park.

Battery Park. The slabs list dead US sailors.

The statue of liberty. The vertical smudge to the right in the image is caused by lens damage.

A curch near battery park.

Statue outside the US Customs building.

The subway.

The Almighty Buck starts and stops here.

NYSE.

Of all streets in NY, I think Wall Street is the only one where I've really felt the high-rise buildings on the sides of the street really give the area a claustrophobic feel.

A picture of the Manhattan skyline as the bus leaves for Boston.