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New York Skyscrapers & Architecture

Benedict Adam — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:06:27 +0000

Staying right in Midtown in Manhattan meant the skyscrapers of New York where on our door step. Its hard to explain the feeling you get as emerge from the subway and gaze up at the towering buildings for the first [...]

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Time Square, New York

Benedict Adam — Fri, 01 May 2009 22:35:09 +0000

I wasn’t expecting one of my highlights of New York to be Time Square, i had thought of it as touristy and cheesy which i guess in many ways it is. But when i first lay eyes on it I [...]

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Brooklyn Bridge, Walk, Eat Pizza and Ice Cream

Benedict Adam — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 23:07:37 +0000

One of the many highlights of our recent trip to New York was the stroll across Brooklyn Bridge, followed by Pizza at Grimaldi’s and a visit to the Brooklyn Ice Cream Factory, followed by a slightly slower walk back across [...]

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Public Assembly, Williamsburg, New York

Benedict Adam — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 20:31:03 +0000

I found about the Public Assembly in Brooklyn in an article about top live venues in the Guardian and if your looking for a Gig on your visit to New York its well worth checking it out here. The public [...]

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Off to NYC

Benedict Adam — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 17:25:45 +0000

Heading for New York tomorrow morning, hopefully report back some useful things! Off to NYC is a post from: Backpacker Ben Travel Blog

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Priceline – How we Grabbed a Cheap New York Hotel

Benedict Adam — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 12:17:44 +0000

New York City hotels are notoriously expensive, we were looking at paying $80-90 for a room with a shared bathroom in a hostel or cheap hotel which seemed pretty cheap by New York standards. After a little more research into [...]

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Off the beaten track in New York?

Benedict Adam — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 08:26:23 +0000

Woop wooh!! We’re off to New York for 5 days next month which we’re very very excited about! We bagged some pretty cheap flights and made a massive saving on a room by bidding for it through Priceline, this has left us [...]

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