After seeing how hurricane
Sandy had devastated Atlantic city,
I had the urge to go see for myself what it looks like now, since I had seen ads
saying they were again open for business. Although I am too much of a cheap
stake to gamble, the fact that the casinos give back a large proportion of the greyhound
bus fare in cash in the hope passengers will gamble in their hotel, spurred me
even more to take the two hour trip.
I was pleasantly surprised to see how normal the place
looked, no sign of the devastation less than a year ago. It seems to me too that they have
brought in a whole pile of white sand, (the sand looked grey the last time I
was there) probably from Guyana which has an over- abundance of white sand
which they export to as far as South Africa.
What was really great too was seeing Red Stripe beer billboards on the along the boardwalk, although the
signs made no mention of Jamaica
anywhere.
Anyway, the rest of
the world does not seem to be aware that they are back in business as the
numbers were really low with the majority seeming to be older retired folk many with walking sticks and other walking aids.
But I guess that is normal as it was a Tuesday when most younger people would
be at work.
The casinos and hotels are really fabulous and because Donald
Trump is such a prig, I hate to admit it but the Trump hotel complex was really
the nicest.
So they are back in business but it still remains a secret!
On the return to New York I had to go to Times Square as it
is really one of my favorite places in the world and although I know everything goes in New York, I really
was not prepared for this.
Two black lesbians in the middle of the street topless and feeling up each other.
Ugh, disgusting and all this while young kids and families were around in abundance.
3 comments:
Joan I read the three new items and am very happy for you. Just take the ups and the downs of going abroad in your stride as adventures.
I try but sometimes the culture shock is too much
If you think that the NY Culture Shock was eye opening - then you should try New Orleans or Key West
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