Okay, let’s get this trip report finished before the next Easter.



The next day again started with breakfast at the St. Regis.






As we had a helicopter tour planned which departed from the downtown Manhattan heliport, we decided to head downtown today.



We started out at ground zero, with the memorial and museum.

The lines to enter the museum were huge, and not having booked tickets before, we feared we wouldn’t have the time to wait in line for an hour in order to enter.

Luckily we discovered the members entrance, where members of the museum/foundation can enter at all times without any wait. And the good news is that you could by a membership for a year on the spot. As a result I am now a member supporting the 9/11 foundation.








After visiting the museum, we headed to Wall Street an its environments.








As we were still a bit too early for our heli tour, we decided to take an uber over to Brooklyn for some iconic pics.









After this, we ubered back to the downtown Manhattan Heliport.

We had booked a tour with HeliNY, which came recommended on the internet. We opted for their longest ‘deluxe’ tour of 30 minutes, which headed out to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island all the way to Coney Island, before going all the way up to George Washington bridge.



Upon arrival at the heliport we were given a safety instruction and life vest, before guided into the waiting tour and into a helicopter. Unfortunately places are allocated based on weight (I was hoping on the seat next to the pilot), and I ended up in the middle seat in the back.

Anyway, views were still good and certainly a fun way to see NY.












After the heli tour, we walked around Chinatown and Little Italy which were fun neighbourhoods, and then headed for the closes 7 for all mankind store, to stock up on new jeans, before heading back to the St. Regis.