Monday, 17 October 2011

October 16, 2011 - Start of our Cruise to South America.

With our tight schedule today we had no problem in getting on our ship in New York. We left our place at 7 am got to the Detroit Airport ahead of time and our plane left on time. We arrived in New York 20 minutes ahead of schedule and were met by the Holland American representative. We were on board the ship in our cabin by 1 PM. Not bad with the tight schedule we had and all the connections we had to make.

We left New York on time at 4.45 PM and had a beautiful trip down the Hudson out to sea. We got some great pictures of downtown New York but because of the problems I am having with this computer, I am not going to try again to upload them at this time. We have a very nice cabin and last night we had a great sleep as the ship rocked us to sleep.

Our cruise ship, the Veendam at dock in New York

Dorothy and Con on the 14th floor deck in New York waiting for undocking.

Undocking on the west side of New York and east side of Hudson River

Former US aircraft carrier is now a museum

The tall and famous Empire State Building

Building under construction to replace the former Twin Towers

The southern part of Manhattan near Wall Street

Statue of Liberty

Verrazano-Narrows Bridge between Staten Island and New York

Beautiful sunset on the first day

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