Arrive New york in the afternoon. As the parking is very expensive in NY, we decided to take the train from our hotel to downtown. The subway is messy. hot and dirty. There is no air-con in the tunnel, so stuffy. And the signboards can only understand by new yorkers. After 15min of wondering what to do, we decided to buy a map, which we finally find out which track to take.
We arrived at Chinatown, nothing much, just a normal chinatown like San Frans. We walked down to the Brooklyn bridge (left picture), which connect Brooklyn and Manhanttan. Opposite there is a Manhanttan bridge, which also connect to Brooklyn, not too sure wy they need 2 bridges.
In the evening, we went to Time Square. We wanted to go up to the 86th storey of Empire building for night scenary, but is low visibility. Empire building is the tallest building now in NY after the collapse of WTC.
The next morning, we went to visit the Statue of Liberty. The queue is short but the security is tight. It is just like airport. We have to go through security check to scan our bags. After 45min, we finally managed to hop on to the ferry. We are able to catch the view of whole wall street from the ferry.
After 20min, we arrived at Ellis Island, where Statue of Liberty is. We can only tour around the island, going up into the Liberty museum has to make at least 1 month advance booking through Internet.
Next, we went to Wall Street. They are rebuilding the new WTC, drilling work is going on. We walked past the New York Stock Exchange, the Donald Trump builiding and of course the physical contact with the golden bull.
At night, we went to Empire Building for the night scenary. The queue looks like 30min, when it turns inside, is another 30min, after you get your tickets, is another 30min, finally when you see the lift, you thought finally… but when yo get out from the lift, you have to wait for another lift which will bring up to the 86th storey…so in total we have stand for at least 2 hrs…so so so tired. Is it worth it? well… i think Tokyo tower is better. NY night there is only yellow color, Tokyo is much more colorful.
After this NY trip, I think I really prefer those natural sights rather than city tour. New York is too crowded and dirty, people not as polite as those in Utah. But at least I have been to the city that never sleep.
your hair is sooo long!!!!
Well, i seriously agree with u that me 2 prefer those beautiful suburbs than the city. At suburbs, we can expect to see something unusual at least. So where r u targetting next? When r u actually coming back to S’pore? Seems that u hv been out there for a yr already leh.