Hell’s Noodles
Monday 23rd September 2013 - Part 2RANT ALERT!!Today involved a LOT of scooting around on the New York Subway system.When I was here back in the summer of 1999 (to…
Graham’s Ghostbusters Tour of New York
Monday 23rd September 2013 - Part 1Today I paid homage to the most New York of all New York films: Ghostbusters. The timeless story of four schlubby pest control operatives…
The High Life
I walked through Greenwich Village, imbibing the sights and sounds and all the crap that travel memoirists are supposed to bang on about. New York is pretty much the place it is in all the movies and needs little in the way of introduction. Everyone you meet is from another corner of the world, which is fun for me – I can say I’ve been to that particular corner and it was great! Although one day I’ll meet somebody from Greenland or Pitcairn Island and the wheels will come off that particular parade.
New York, New York
Arriving at JFK around 8pm local time, I was greeted at the airport, for the first time in my life, by a guy holding a sign with my name on it. Well, almost – he’d missed the second ‘h’ in Hughes. But it’s the thought that counts. Yes indeedy, your humble narrator here got Lincoln'd all the way to Manhattan, courtesy of CBS.
The Big Smoke
Yesterday was a long day and didn’t end until around 2am. Today started at 5am as I was booked on the 6am Megabus down to London… I have a plane to catch!!!
The Lone and Level Sands
I also received some terrible news from my friend Kendra in Egypt. A few days ago she posted a news article on her Facebook feed about a Frenchman who had been arrested in Cairo for breaking curfew. He was beaten to death in the jail cell by his fellow inmates. We worked out today that the victim was Eric, the crazy Frenchman we went out drinking with back in January 2010.
“Google Me”
And so I found myself the only person to have visited every country in the world without flying, flat broke, living with my parents (at the grand old age of 34, that’s how cool I am!) and slowly losing the will to travel, inspire and entertain… instead I contemplated giving up and becoming a teacher, because you know, money.