The Angle

NY Visit - Bronx Zoo 31 st December, 2005 the last day of the year. We went to the Bronx Zoo this day.

You can find a video of this creature here.

After seeing the bear we had to run for the subway train cause snow flakes started to fall. A video of the snow fall can be found here.

Misha reached NY that night. We went out for 31st night party in Time Square. But unfortunately the roads were closed there. So we could not reach the main event.

NY Visit - Empire State Building
This day we went to the Empire State building. We had a plan to visit the central park, but the long line for the empire state buildng visit made it impossible for us to go to the central park. However we enjoyed the beauty of NY city from the building.

Staten Island to Mahattan Ferry
I took some really good pictures of the city and the sea from the city.

In the city

From the Empire State Building
There was a simulated city tour inside the empire state building. We had gone through the tour and enjoyed it very much. After that at the end of a long queue we could get to the top of the Empire State Building.

NY Visit - Madame Tussaud's Museum

This day we woke up from bed even more late. So we decided to go to Madame Tussaud's Museum which is open late. That was really awesome experience. However the pictures are given below, enjoy...

The ricksaw - New York version...

A sports store featuring models of players near time square.

The Lion King show. You really have to wait to several days to get a ticket for the show.

This is the beginning of the Madam Tussaud's Museum.

This picture was taken by the official photographer of the museum and cost $14 to get a copy. :(
The legendary Van Helsing. See Tushi does not care him! :)

We in front of the open space inside the Museum.

Tushi and the city in the back.

HULK from the top.

I don't know who she is, but is a s*xy one for sure.

Characters from old movies.

Ozzy Osbourne

Bush and Tushi!

"Jhumma chumma de de..." :D

Before entering the House of Wax, a room with ghosts. Tushi shouted so loud inside that the ghosts themselves got scared. :))

"Chokh gaila dimu..." Tushi : Rock

"Thua dia naksa fatai dimu koilam" Suman : Rock.

"... from Palastain Yasser Arafat and from Bangladesh Tushi"

Gandhi and Tushi

"Bolto beta amar vurir mass e energy koto?"

Kon to dehi kar vuri boro?

Dummy American Idol program. Anyone can take part in it.

NY Visit - Metropolitan Museum of Art

It was Dec 28, 2005. We woke up late and decided to go to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. It closes at 5:30 pm each day, so we could not visit all of it, even we missed the vinci, misorian mommy etc. We had a plan to visit it second time, but could not accomodate another day for it. I hope visit it once again some other time.

On our way - Ferry and Battery Park
Tushi on the ferry

The eagle statue in the battery park.

From a billboard in front of the sculpture above -

For three decades, this sculpture stood in the plaza of the World Trade Center. Entitled "The Sphere," it was conceived by artist Fritz Koenig as a symbol of world peace. It was damaged during the tragic events of September 11, 2001, but endures as an icon of hope and the industructible spirit of this country. The Spehre was placed here on March 11, 2002 as a temporary memorial to all who lost their lives in the terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center.

This eternal flame was ignited on September 11, 2002 in honor of all those who were lost. Their spirit and sacrifice will never be forgotten.

In front of the National Museum of the American Indian

Metropolitan Museum of Art

At this point Tushi went on throwing coins of hope, I was there ready to take a video. Suddenly a boy fell into the water of the spring. :) I could take a video of that incident. Click here to watch the video (~9MB).

Throughing penny for hope.

At this point we were out of batteries and were hungry. So we went out and returned again.

We entered the museum again. But this time we went up to the second floor to see other arts. We could only visit the section of modern arts.

Tushi is kinda confused, is this a good thing to take a picture with? ;)

This is the Van Gogh, could you recognize it? I was amazed and very excited to stand in front of such works. Other images are given below.

Before returning Tushi got a limo to take snap with. :)

The museum from the outside.

NY Visit - Statue of Liberty
It was the third day, Dec 27, 2005, and we decided to go to the Statue of Liberty.

Tushi discussing with her aunti about how to get there in Statue of Liberty.

Me and Tushi in front of the uncles house Tushi.
And with chachi.

From the ferry
We got very nice view of the Manhattan city and Statue of Liberty from our way to the Manhattan city. We had to use the free ferry service to get there.

Although the day was sunny the river was little bit foggy and the weather was windy and cold, probably due to the rain previous night.

The verizonna bridge that connects Staten Island with Manhattan, from the ferry.

The magnificant Manhattan city from the ferry!

Manhattan city, a distant look.

The statue of liberty and a part of the Manhattan city.

The statue of liberty.

We in the South Ferry terminal.

Verizonna bridge from the ferry terminal.

Tushi in the south ferry terminal.

Me in the ferry terminal.

Battery Park
We discovered the Battery park right in front of the south ferri terminal, Manhattan. It was a beautiful sunny day and we took some pictures in the park.

In the battery park.

Suman in the battery park.
Tushi amazed at the beauty of the sea.
We in the battery park.

Tushi before boarding for the Statue of Liberty boat.

We before boarding

Tushi before boarding.

The Statue of Liberty
We had to stay a 1 hour long line to get to the boat to liberty island. We were fortunate to get tickets from a couple who bought the ticket but were not willing to go there at that time. This saved about an hour of waiting for the ticket. :)

The boat has started the journey.

Tushi and the Liberty from the boat

The Liberty from the boat.

Liberty back side from the boat.

Suman, before getting down to the liberty island.

Tushi in the restaurant.

The liberty...

The following pictures were taken in front of the liberty.

Manhattan city from the Liberty Island.

We returned from the Liberty in the last boat. We went to restaurant Angon, owned by her chachi in the 6th St.

Tushi in an Arabic shop (timbaktu).

We in Angon.
Tushi in Angon.

The Verizonna bridge from Staten Island.

We in front of the Verizonna bridge from Staten Island.

New York Visit - First Day

We reached New York in a glummy rainy day, Dec 25, 2005. Moutushi's uncle picked us up from the LaGuardia airport. We reached his home and had a nice dinner. We took rest for that day.

The next day we woke up at afternoon 1 o'clock. :) Imon bhai, Moutushi's cousin, took us to the Manhattan City and Jackson Heights.

This is the UN headquarter in the Manhattan city. I took the picture from the running car.

The picture at the right is the time square, shot from the car.

We near the Angon restaurant 6th St Manhattan.

We in the Jackson Heights. Look at the names of different shops in Bangla. We felt like we returned to Bangladesh while we were there.