New York

New York skyline with Twin Towers

Macy’s department store

Statue of Liberty

Staten Island Ferry

Chinatown

Natural History Museum

Empire State Building

Mahatma Gandhi, Union Square

George Washington, Federal Hall, Manhattan

Pablo Picasso ‘She-Goat’ (1950), Sculpture Garden; MoMA

Elie Nadelman ‘Man in the Open Air’ (c.1915)

New Orleans

New Orleans streetcar

Horsedrawn carriage in the French Quarter

St Louis Cathedral

Steamboat Natchez on the Mississippi

Las Vegas

Flamingo Hilton

Los Angeles

The Art Deco style Los Angeles City Hall

The Postmodern style ‘Westin Bonaventure Hotel’

Hollywood Bowl

Ralphs Liquors welcomes Pope John Paul II

Grauman’s Chinese Theater, Hollywood Boulevard

Entrance to the 1932 Los Angeles Olympic Coliseum

Plaques commemorating 1932 Olympic champions

Memorial cross for Filipe De Neve, founder of Los Angeles

Plaque commemorating ‘Los Pobladores’ – the 44 founders of Los Angeles

Mexico (I know it isn’t in the USA, but I couldn’t resist travelling through southern California to visit the town of Tijuana)

Oahu, Hawai’i

My tour of the USA ended with a trip to the island of Oahu in Hawai’i. There was lots of time for resting on Waikiki Beach, exploring the island and visiting the Polynesian Cultural Centre as well as the Bishop Museum, designated the Hawaiʻi State Museum of Natural and Cultural History.

Waikiki Beach

Byodo-In Buddhist Temple

The Amida Buddha

Polynesian Cultural Centre