today we finally made the hike out of manhattan. we took the 7 train and got off at 74th st - roosevelt ave, queens. this was jackson heights, biggest/most concentrated indian community outside india (yeah i read somewhere). we walked along 74th st and nothing really new and exciting because it was a lot like little india back home.

with my trusty print out guides on hand we decided to go to an argentinian restaurant for lunch. in true latin style, the food took its time and lunch turned into dunch (dinner/lunch- or linner if you like. haha).

after the meal we walked down roosevelt ave (most diverse road in the world so i hear- representing 100 or so nationalities) felt like maybe we were in colombia or equador or any other latin american country for that matter. all the signs and ads were in spanish, there were roadside hawkers selling churros and arepas from stolen supermarket carts and no white people. tacos velos was the local fast food chain and lots of botanica misticas which hang and i can't figure out means what. only 20 mins from manhattan, but it was truly a world away.

we bought the yummy dulce de leche wafer sandwich (don't know the authentic name- but i will find out) and decided we wanted more so we bought the "party pack" to take home.

well, today's excursion cures a little bit of that wanderlust.