Hey all.. so me and b.rock made it to New York, we found our hotel and weve had a stonking first day here. The hotel is defo seriously below standards, but so far humans are the only living things we have seen in the hotel so im ok with that. We hit New York HARD today, we got off the plane, got a bus into town found our hotel then set off for lunch/breakfast/ our first meal in 21 hours! Found a great little italian pizza place and gouged on delightfull pizzary goodness. We then hopped on the metro and headed for ground Zero, had a mooch, walked dwn to the water and decided to take a boat tour out, so it went round under brooklyn bridge, back out to the statue the up the west side of manhattan and back. It was great and we got some really nice pics etc. We then got back on the metro and headed for china town. Brendan was blown away with all the cheap sunglasses and cologne but he managed to avoid buying any.. even tho we got chased down the street (literaly 2 blocks) with some chinese guy shouting "buy it, buy it" at us. It was hilare. We then got back on the metro, got massivly lost for about an hour then managed to find our way back to the hotel. Weve both popped in for an internet and restroom break and now we are about to head out up 5th to check out the NBA shop. The hotel is literaly 100 yards from times square so it couldnt get alot better for location, and im sure we will get over the stains on the walls, and the bottles under the bed, and the hairs on the soap, and the lack of power cables on the TV, and the lack of english speaking people working here... its a delight. No but really, it has its charm, in a kind of "i really hope i dont catch anything from this place" kinda way. Anyways the Big Apple is calling us.. as is Boston on Wednesday, which should be amazing. Lots of love to you all... xxxxxxxxxx