US here we come

Hi,

Just a quick note to add some comments to my last post called New York New York. We’ve been looking around town some more and have found (from my point of view) that as with Hollywood there is a sharp divide between uptown and downtown. And when I say Downtown I mean loads of everyday working people who look like they probably don’t have much money in the bank or assets to speak of. There are similarities between here and south america in that on most corners there are a series of stalls that are selling hats, tourist things, and various cheap items (that I’ve not seen many people buying) that are serviced by generally black americans or latinos. The classes are mixed up on the street along with the thousands of tourists who are focused on the landmarks, but the buildings they pull in to clearly mark the social divides. Like I said when we went to Queens the differences were marked and now that we’ve looked around here a little more these differences are becoming apparent. The island of manhattan is really long and we haven’t been from the north to the south, as yet, but there is obviously a lot more to it than fabulous to capture something of the experience. I think, for the moment, I’d better leave it at that and we’ll get out there and see what we can find. Unfortunately, in the night when we get back generally Barry and I are exhausted and can hardly get ourselves to the computer let alone write out our thoughts. Rembering that now we are sleeping in the same room it is more difficult for us to get up through the night and get to it – if you know what I mean.

take care and love from us, JBHJ

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