The Trip begins!

Well arrived in New York in one piece! but not before i got the usual grilling from Customs, Where are you going, what are you doing there, when are you leaving. Once he saw the arabic stamps from Morroco then he was like woooah.. then i mentioned mexico.. and it was like step this way! take seat over there and i will be back. so i get called in by another one. What is your profession.. its seems the yankees just love money.. how much money you bringing to the US? .. then well all was ok! what can i say. money talks!!So arrived in New York and went to Kathleen's (my cousin) office, Its a government building, so there are metal detectors on the doors,and scanners like at the airport. so here i am putting my bags through when this horrid look comes over the girls face.. "you have at least three band items in that bag!!" She was taking exception to my swiss knife, my shovel/pic axe, my pliers, and the scissors... apparantly i was a security threat.. hahaha mmmmm killings some fat government official.. good start i say! So that was that, off to a cafe with Tim Pat Coogan and the Irish dispora to keep me company for the next hour. Did you know that an Irish guy by the name of Wall used to be prime minister of spain?.. anyway So meet up with Kathleen and had shelter from the mad thunder storm we had last night. SO was really shattered.. think it was like 4 am irish time before i went to bed. So now have to finalise the insurance docs for the bike, have a look at a few art galeries and wait for the bike to arrive wednesday.