Sunday, May 11, 2008
New York
May 6 - Tue
Left home at 6.30 am for NY together with Sam's parents! We drove via the Kingston way. Was held up briefly at custom and had too pay US$6 to get the special card. Stopped along the way for meals. Glad that we went in an MPV as we have lots of space for our bags and to get comfortable. Arrived in New Jersey at around 5.30 pm but took us some time to find accommodation as we did not plan for it. Ended up in Best Western at Fort Lee on Route 4 after 2 hrs. Rates are really expensive in NY and NJ area. Had to share a room.
SGaw came by to pick us up and went for dinner at Soft Tofu Rstnt in Fort Lee, NJ. Fort Lee's a little Korean town. After dinner, he took us for a night view of Manhattan at Hamilton Park. The view was awesome.
May 7 - Wed
Had a good breakfast at the hotel. Left for NYC at 9am+. We took a cab to the bus-stop at Fort Lee, took a bus across George Washington Bridge and a subway downtown. The day pass cost us US$7 each. There is a toll of $8 to drive into NYC via the GWB, and parking is a headache. Our first destination was the Financial district at Wall St. Then it was to the harbour to view the liberty statue. Afterwhich we had 'Subway' for lunch and then walked to ground zero. Visited Century 21 mall as well.
Later, we took a bus to see the Empire State Bldg and did a little shopping at 5th Ave. There are no taxes on clothings in NYC. We then walked to Times Square which has transformed alot since our last visit. We went to the big Toys R Us, M&Ms and Hershey stores. After that it was to the Rockefella centre before we met up with SGaw at the Apple store on 5th Ave & 59th St neighbouring Central Park.
Had dinner at a Mexican chain restnt. Then took a subway to SGaw's place at Bronx. Nice cosy apt. Then it was back to NJ and our farewell to SGaw.
May 8 - Thu
Checked out of the hotel at 9+am. Went to view Manhattan again at the park for some daytime shots. We later headed for Woodbury Outlet Mall at Central Valley. Huge factory outlet with many stores and spent hours there purchasing lots of stuff. Unfortunately due to time constraint, we only managed to check out a few stores. Then we drove north to Binghampton at 6+pm and checked into a EconoLodge at 9+pm.
May 9 -Fri
Checked out early and headed for Corning. Visited the Corning Glass Centre before going north along Senecca Lake at Finger Lakes. Stopped over for wine tasting. Droved to Ontario and arrived at Niagara at 7+ pm. Had dinner at Niagara. Arrived home at midnight.
Thank God for a safe trip.
Left home at 6.30 am for NY together with Sam's parents! We drove via the Kingston way. Was held up briefly at custom and had too pay US$6 to get the special card. Stopped along the way for meals. Glad that we went in an MPV as we have lots of space for our bags and to get comfortable. Arrived in New Jersey at around 5.30 pm but took us some time to find accommodation as we did not plan for it. Ended up in Best Western at Fort Lee on Route 4 after 2 hrs. Rates are really expensive in NY and NJ area. Had to share a room.
SGaw came by to pick us up and went for dinner at Soft Tofu Rstnt in Fort Lee, NJ. Fort Lee's a little Korean town. After dinner, he took us for a night view of Manhattan at Hamilton Park. The view was awesome.
May 7 - Wed
Had a good breakfast at the hotel. Left for NYC at 9am+. We took a cab to the bus-stop at Fort Lee, took a bus across George Washington Bridge and a subway downtown. The day pass cost us US$7 each. There is a toll of $8 to drive into NYC via the GWB, and parking is a headache. Our first destination was the Financial district at Wall St. Then it was to the harbour to view the liberty statue. Afterwhich we had 'Subway' for lunch and then walked to ground zero. Visited Century 21 mall as well.
Later, we took a bus to see the Empire State Bldg and did a little shopping at 5th Ave. There are no taxes on clothings in NYC. We then walked to Times Square which has transformed alot since our last visit. We went to the big Toys R Us, M&Ms and Hershey stores. After that it was to the Rockefella centre before we met up with SGaw at the Apple store on 5th Ave & 59th St neighbouring Central Park.
Had dinner at a Mexican chain restnt. Then took a subway to SGaw's place at Bronx. Nice cosy apt. Then it was back to NJ and our farewell to SGaw.
May 8 - Thu
Checked out of the hotel at 9+am. Went to view Manhattan again at the park for some daytime shots. We later headed for Woodbury Outlet Mall at Central Valley. Huge factory outlet with many stores and spent hours there purchasing lots of stuff. Unfortunately due to time constraint, we only managed to check out a few stores. Then we drove north to Binghampton at 6+pm and checked into a EconoLodge at 9+pm.
May 9 -Fri
Checked out early and headed for Corning. Visited the Corning Glass Centre before going north along Senecca Lake at Finger Lakes. Stopped over for wine tasting. Droved to Ontario and arrived at Niagara at 7+ pm. Had dinner at Niagara. Arrived home at midnight.
Thank God for a safe trip.
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