FROM : BALAJI YOGESH, NYC, NY

Prabu,

What you said was exactly right. I went to JFK on Sunday evening. By mistakeI took a deviation at I-80 towards Lincoln Tunnel. I planned my trip trhu G.Washington Bridge. But that mistake gave me the experience of driving right through the citysmost exciting place Manhattan and then Queens.

Driving through Lincoln Tunnel was a great experience. It was likewatching a Bruce Willis Action Movie. Once at Manhattan, it was like Ranganathan street exceptthat people here wore a different attire. I asked a NYC Cop directions to Manhattan, and he told: "If you can take a turn here, go down to 34th street and make a right and proceed to Midtown tunnel. " The cop was not sure how the pedestrian traffic would be. Fortunately I make a right went down on 34st stree

I caught Midtown tunnel and then I was onto Queens. Again I made my way to I-678 by aksing directions at toll booth. And then whole damn 678 was moving at 5mph. There were 2 cop cars and 1 cop motorcyle who were finding very difficult to wade across that mess. Their sirens and lights were ofno use. Finally I reached JFK. Return trip was cool as I drove thru freeways and reached my place Morris Plains at NJ. Those who plan for NYC allow atleast 2 to 3 hrs for traffic congestion and plan yourtrips accordingly.

regards,balaji.

FROM : GEETHA, NYC, NY

NYC is great, yesterday one shld have been there to watch the firewrks... it was awesome...the opsail 2000 was great too...
driving in NYC is fun... i love it, parking isexpensive thgh... food is another great thing in NYC, u get all kinds and all variety in all rates...

two great places for food, one is PONGAL for south indian food... it is on lexington av. betwn 27th28th... and another is French-Indian resturant called PONDICHERY, it is very cosy 3 or 4 course meals...

most of the cab drivers r indian/paki/bangladeshi

urs friendly

NYC fangeetha FROM : PRABHU, AUTHOR, LE

Geetha ! NYC is the best city i have seen so far and you are so lucky to live there ! Tell more about the places around as u are there for a long time. I might have missed many things. Please try to tell more about the places i have missed. I am very eager to know about.

FROM : GEETHA, NYC, NY

I used to live in forest hills... close to mahavallabha ganapathi temple... very nice temple...
http://www.indianet.com/ganesh/now i live in Edison, NJ...
but yes, i can talk abt NY a lot...

you have pretty much covered all the spots of thecity... Broadway shows are great!!!staten island is a nice place to live... other than subways, many who reside at staten island commute thru' the ferry, which is cheap... just 2 quaters orso... verrezona bridge is one of lovliest and most expensive toll among the bridges i have travelled in the US... 7

bucks... i believe the most expensive toll is in japan, arnd 25 dollars... lately have u guys noticed.... on yahoo.com, new yahooIndia...

FROM : BALA, New York

Dear Prabhu,
YOur article on New York was great. kudos to you for bringing your parents and driving them thru NYC. I know how great your parents would have felt. All the best for a great future.

Regards
Bala