Author: MikeDiazTheFirst

Mike was born in Queen, New York to a blue collar family. An avid self educator, artist, and traveler he’s traveled around the globe three times while immersing himself in the culture of 48 different countries and counting.  Read about his journeys and musings here.
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Day 13

This post is part of a series called Manhattan – Astoria The motel put us on the second floor with no elevator. At the end of yesterday I was so excited for a shower I couldn’t care less. This morning we had to carry our bikes down the stairs before we rode anywhere. I used…

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Day 12

This post is part of a series called Manhattan – Astoria We woke up early and headed to the ferry. There was no real markings and we were kind of half asleep still, so we headed to the line with all the cars. Jerry waited there while I ran inside to ask if we were…

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Day 11

This post is part of a series called Manhattan – Astoria No breakfast at the motel so it was a quick getting ready to hit the road. Just about a mile down the road we found a dinner. We parked the bikes and I apparently set my GoPro to take about 900 photos of the…

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Day 10

This post is part of a series called Manhattan – Astoria We had a nice dinner last night. It was an odd place, like the nice date night spot for the college, but with live music. More importantly they had pasta and salads. I think our server told the bar tender what we were up…

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Day 9

This post is part of a series called Manhattan – Astoria The dorms were comfortable but cold. When my alarm went off I found Jerry in a sheet cocoon. The “breakfast” started at 6:30 but when we got there at 7 nothing was out yet. When they did put stuff out, it was only apples…

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Day 8

This post is part of a series called Manhattan – Astoria Today started like most days; breakfast of waffles and juice, maybe a little cereal or toast and some coffee. A woman asking if I was going to use this table. Which I found odd, that I clearly just put my coffee on the table…

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Day 7

This post is part of a series called Manhattan – Astoria We wake up just before the alarm. Could be just because, could be from the good meal, could be the excitement of completing our first week. What ever it is we head down to the lobby for breakfast. When we checked in we were…

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Day 6

This post is part of a series called Manhattan – Astoria We woke up in not the greatest shape or mood. The shared bed was not big enough for two start men. The AC was blowing on us, or not making us cool. We stayed up too late watching Green Lantern. I know it wasn’t…

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Day 5

This post is part of a series called Manhattan – Astoria We were happy to find a good waffle machine and a nice breakfast set up at large. After we ate we headed back to our room to get ready. This is where it get strange. I don’t know exactly why or…  While Jerry was…

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Day 4

This post is part of a series called Manhattan – Astoria We left at a good time. Our hotel wasn’t the best, the AC didn’t work, there were people setting off fire works right out side our window, the cleanliness of the room wasn’t great but I could have forgiven but with the first two… …

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