Daily Archives: July 17, 2013

By Vladimir Brezina

We are constantly racking our brains trying to come up with new things for people who visit us in NYC to do.

Empire State Building? They’ve been there. Statue of Liberty? They’ve done that.

But how about… a round-Manhattan paddle!

Here are some photos from last Saturday’s Manhattan circumnavigation on which we took our friend R.

And I think she got all the excitement, as well as the unexpected quiet beauty, that she could have wished for.

(click on any photo to start slideshow)

Launching at Pier 40

We paddle down to the Battery

The Freedom Tower towers above…

Off North Cove

The Statue, as always, across the harbor

We wait for the Staten Island Ferry to depart

Goodbye!

Now it’s safe to go on…

In the East River

East River traffic

In sync

In sync, too

We pass South Street Seaport

Downtown skyline

We leave Downtown behind

Williamsburg Bridge

Having fun!

Coming up to Midtown

One tower…

Two towers…

Traffic…

… safely met

Roosevelt Island tram overhead

WTF??!

It’s the Staten Island Ferry!!

An apparition in the East River… (photo by Johna)

But the wake is real

On top of the wave

We bounce up and down

Synchronized diving

The wakes slosh…

… back and forth

At Mill Rock, in the domain of the gulls

They REALLY want us to leave

Mulberries

Spuyten Duyvil

Under the George Washington Bridge

Paddling to Manhattan

Somber sky

Hello to Midtown

Intrepid with Concorde

The Beast

BIG traffic

We pass Chelsea Piers

… with the Empire State Building behind

Goal in sight

The Statue once more

Back at Pier 40 before sunset

Freedom Tower

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