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Lot’s of travelling today – especially for my girlfriend Lauren! She travelled half way across the world to meet me for the east coast part of this trip/tour and here’s a shot of her just as she got off the 12 hour flight from Sydney.

Only to immediately jump on another plane with me to New York – New York. There were a few issues getting her booked on the same flight as me, our travel agent had the brilliant idea of Lauren arriving at 12:00 and leaving to NYNY at 13:00 – it takes 45 minutes to check in on a -good- time! Lots of rushing and running and we get to the gate to find that the flight had been postponed till 14:45 – agh well, at least Lauren has had a little excitement in the States!

The 5 hour flight to NYNY was quick enough, Lauren and I caught up on various stuff and slept a little. When we finally did arrive in JFK airport we retrieved everyone’s bag and headed to a get a cab. After a little hustling and talking we were able to get a taxi able to fit 5 people with bags to manhattan. Lets just say that the cab driver was… game. I think he spent more time in between lanes then he did inside the lanes as he drove us – let alone spending the whole time on the mobile phone. Anyhow, we got the hotel fine at midnight and checked in. The room is nice and clean though a little on the small size, we have a suite with three beds (two queen and one single) and one shower/toilet. It’s pretty nice – though I hope the boys don’t play too many pranks as there is no door between bedrooms.

So we’re in NYNY and everyone is fine. I gotta admit looking outside looks pretty scary, it’s very dirty and grimy. We’ll see how we go tomorrow!