The Lonesome Road

I’ve been in the US for around 8 months now, and I’m more or less used to the differences between this place and India. But the thing is, each time I go to the city (NYC), it makes me a tourist all over again.

Almost every visit to the city is unique. There is so much to see and do that every trip becomes a fresh-of-the-boat experience. Of course, it really helps if the person taking you around knows the city inside out - and really likes living in it. I am very fortunate that my NYC guide has these qualitites in spades.

Yesterday’s first snaps were at Columbis circle. Lots of people - and their dogs were loinging over there. Here is where the advantage of the wide angle lens came in. Took a lot of building photos and a couple of horizon wide screen shots there.

I wanted to see the new Apple store for quite some time. Yesterday, the fates were kind and I did manage to go see it. To be very honest, when they said all glass, I somehow thought it would be all above ground. Nope. Much of the store resides below the ground level. I also took some pics of the store and I’ll put them up on flickr later. The main problem with the store (for me) is that I wanted to buy everything that I saw. Oh man, when will I be able to buy a Macbook Pro. Apparently, the masses had the same idea as the checkout counter was full of people buying Apple hardware.

Next, we went to Central Park (it’s right next door to the Apple store). It’s like an oasis in the middle of the city. It’s green, clean and amazingly beautiful. I didn’t see too much of it, but the little I saw dictates that another trip is to be made to see more of the place in the near future. One of the best areas to go walk around in is the Rambing area (the name is close to my heart, for obvious reasons).Of course, I took snaps there as well. The place is so huge that it’s easy to get lost - but that’s not a bad thing. Keep walking around, sooner or later you will hit a main road.

What’s amazing to see in Central Park is the amount of wildlife. Well, I wouldn’t say they’re wild..but, oh forget it. There are songbirds, ducks, wading birds, robins, wrens, turtles and fish. Whew! Never realized that so many animal snaps could be taken in the middle of a bustling city. One more thing to notice is that the birds in the park are fat. No kidding. They are really fat. I guess free food an no exercise does affect wild animals as well.

All in all, yesterday was a fun day with lots of roaming and good food (Whole Foods) to finish it all.

Until next time - see more green!