Day 3 - NYC

Last night I managed to stumble upon a free Jazz concert (hosted by a certain soft drinks company who were giving out product samples) and then it was time for another early night. Hopefully I will start to adjust to the time difference and stay awake past 9pm.

Having been up and east yesterday. Today I will head down and west - hoping to get right to the tip of Manhattan and see the Statue of Liberty across the water.

I'm not sure why, but in the corner of the hostel common room is a pile of Guides to HIV/AIDS prodcued by Catholic Church Missionaries. They contain some good factual information (and are particularly targetted to working with HIV positive people in India) but the section which says they do not condone the use of condoms by HIV positive people 'because we are trying to help them get closer to God' is a little concerning. I don't believe that exclusively abstinence promotion is an effective way to combat the spread of HIV - there needs to be some training in barrier methods to prevent transmission as well.