That brief interlude was soon behind them. Qin Guan and Cong Nianwei merged into the city in high spirits.
Taking their kettles, backpacks, spare change and a city map with them, they entered the noisy city.
The sunlight was blocked by enormous mansions. People there saw no sun rays in 2002. The US was completely dejected.
New York was still a beautiful city though. There were trees everywhere as well as free public museums.
They travelled from south to north by bus, getting a panoramic view of Manhattan. They saw the financial district, the New York stock exchange and the Federal Reserve Bank.
In Chinatown, on the Lower East Side, they felt right at home.
The New York University had no walls around its campus. A visitor might think that those were just a few ordinary buildings.
Broadway was clustered by dozens of theatres. Looking ahead, they saw luxurious Chelsea and the solemn Supreme Judicial Court of New York.
