Yesterday I wrote all about the Roservelt Island cable tram that goes over the East River and today I want to share my favorite photo of it coming down to…
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Welcome to the Guiding Light cruising & travel blog
I love travel!!! Regardless if it is sailing the Guiding Light to new islands or grabbing a backpack and flying somewhere. The thing I like almost as much is sharing travel experiences. With that said, welcome to my cruising & travel blog where you will find information and entertainment in blogs, podcasts, photos of the day, travel videos, and fun videos. I would love if you make comments and join the discussion. 🙂
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Roosevelt Island is a small island in the East river between Manhattan and Queens and it is connected to the former by a cable car called the Roosevelt Island Tramway…
While I am not an expert on New York City I thought it would be fun to tell you the 12 places that are my favorites and is a good…
That is right. There is a great brass sculpture of Alice in Wonderland that sculptured in 1959 by José de Creeft. It sits just inside the park near East 74th…
Central Park in New York City is the most filmed location in the world, but until you actually walk off the loud and crowded Manhattan streets and start strolling along…
What I find the most amazing thing about Central Park in New York City is how it is the most featured film location in the world and yet when you…
In the movie Night At The Museum Ben Stiller is a night security guard when all the exhibits come to life. You may be wondering how it can all go…
While the displays at teh New York City Natural History Museum might seem a little dated now a days I was amazed how real life they were about to get…
During my visit to New York City last fall I ended up at the famous Macy’s store, which happens to be the location of the classic Christmas movie, Miracle on…
While I was looking down on the city for some of the buildings I visited I was mezmerized by how many wooden water tanks I saw. They are on every…
The next stop on my time in New York City last September is the New York Public Library, which is located on 5th Ave at E 41st Street and is…
Since I first saw the New York Public Library in the movie Ghostbusters I have been amazed at the beauty of the building. After visiting it I found the building…
I hope you have been enjoying reading about my week in New York City with Melek last September. Today I want to tell you about our adventure at Times Square…
Today’s photo of the day is a shot down the alley way to the courtyard and front of 30 Rock, the tallest building in the Rockefeller Center. Yesterday I wrote…
While the Empire State Building won the “Race into the Sky” during the early 1930’s (and it is an impressive building) I think the sheer size of the Rockefeller Center…
Nicholas Cage jumped from the deck of the USS Intrepid in the movie National Treasure, but the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum is worth sticking around and checking out….
Check out the deck of the USS Intrepid filled with historic military planes and helicopters. I have wanted to visit this air & space museum since my first trip to…
What an experience it was to walk across the Brooklyn Brige in New York City. To walk the same path that people have used for over 125 years. To view…
We are moving up Manhattan and talking about the Brooklyn Bridge today. This iconic bridge is an amazing structure to visit and a must do when in New York City….
While touring New York city last September I found an appropriate sized ice cream cone. 🙂 It was located in Little Italy outside Ferrarra Bakery. Now this is an ice…
Today I continue my five day trip to Manhattan by stopping at Trinity Church since it near so many of the other places I visited like the 9/11 Memorial, Staten…
Yesterday I wrote all about riding the Staten Island Ferry and how much fun I had. The main reason I originally rode the ferry is for the view of the…
If you are in the downtown area of New York City you should consider riding the Staten Island Ferry. Not only does it take you to Staten Island, which is…
Yesterday I finished writing about visiting every building in America that use to have the title of tallest in the world by writting about the World Trade Center memorial. What…
When I visited the Burj Khalifa in Dubia, the tallest building in the world, during my travels in 2014 I realized I had been in three of the last six…
Since the World Trade Center was once the tallest building in the world I visit the memorial site as part of my tour to see all the building in the…
If you are into visiting building and getting great views from observation decks, then there is none other than the Empire State Building in New York City. This is where…
You read that correctly. Today’s photo of the day is taken from the main observation deck at the top of building, but there is another one at the top of…
I continued to visit each building that once was the tallest in the world during my offseason road trip and on Sunday I wrote all about how the 40 Wall…
As we follow my quest to see all the buildings once labeled “tallest in the world” I visited 40 Wall Street, which is a 71-story neo-gothic skyscraper in downtown New…