Trip to Newyork

New York...the place almost everyone has heard of ....and a lot have seen ...the financial headquarters of the entire world...the other day, out of the blue we planned to visit the great city, now i have been there pretty often but that hadnt actually seen much of it....the first thing that strikes u about this place is the energy there, and the positive kind of it...in a country like US when you are not used to seeing many people on the road , walking new york is a welcome change...its like our very own mumbai....the subways and the paths...and lots of people walking at unbelievable pace, the city is always moving ....almost everyone is in a hurry t o reach somewhere...trade shares...shape the economy of the world...i mean if u are caught in the trains during the rush hours....u wont even get a place to sit down...u keep standing on the train and there are even people who wud push and move right across...the personal space thats so guarded here is let loose completely..you cant dream of it...and thats not where the similarity ends...you wud find a lot of roadside eateries serving all kinds of cuisines...now this is the place to be if u r a foodie....talk about any cuisine in the world and you cant beat newyork in the variety and the sheer number of places...I havent seen a place more diverse...i mean you get on a train and you wud see people from all corners of the world...every place u can think of.....and everyone has a identity here....new yorker is a different identity in itself.....a walk down the times square , first time in ur life...is a experience in itself...i mean you see everything u have heard of and cudnt quite understand the novelty of...you have madame tussaud and Ripley's believe it or not ...and the one thing i found quite fascinating...NASDAQ ..now just have many times do u hear about it...i had almost every time i watched news on TV.....and the lights there are nearly blinding ...there is glitter everywhere and its the same everyday in the year...its like the life thats inherent in the place....before just walking across the time square, you can go and take a ferry ride, which takes you all across the hudson , thru all the islands in NY..four of them to be precise.......its a experience to see all the great buildings in the universe...even the place where the twin towers stood and are no longer there...there are lovely bridges across the river...that looks like the ones you see in the picture books....as u stand on the deck with the wind across your hair....and see ...the empire state building from afar...its like it is definitely the empire state......Money makes this place thrive and the hard work that goes behind it is also evident...how often do u see people getting to office at 7 in the morning and coming back at 3 - 4 in the night...for new york it is just routine ...the ferry that takes u across , gets close to the Statue of Liberty as well..and thats when u realize the core element of this society....I mean if u see just the architecture of the statue, there are 100 more beautiful places in the world ..i mean every country has some of them...but not many countries build something that goes beyond the symbolism of the race ...thats for mankind as a whole...that thinks about the whole human race ...i mean the idea behind it is great , thats what makes it worth...i mean it isn't something that cant be built......it is something that has character and character is tougher to embody than a mere piece of art or architecture...so thats new york as i see it ...on a very selfish note, thats one place i can see people and coming from a densely populated country ..it comforts me to see ...them ...it feels a lot closer to home ...and a lot like it sometimes...and it doesnt have the walmarts;-)) , atleast not one i have scene , which gives it a identity which i always missed in us cities......as i wud have said it in the advertisement world way...It is different...