USA Trip Day 25 - 28 Sep 2014 - Founding Story of the USA

We woke up in the wee hours and took subway towards the 34th St - Penn Station.  While our Bolt bus departure is 815am and google map route indicated trip duration to be around 1 hour, we set aside almost 2 hours just to be sure.  It was barely after 6am on Sunday, so the train frequency might not be what we were used to in Singapore. We didn't want to take any chance of missing our bus :D

It was good that we left our friend's place around 630am, as we had to take 2 train services and the bus afterwards (I think it was M34, 5 stops). There were only 15 minutes to spare by the time we reached Bolt bus! Phew

USA Trip Day 24 - 27 Sep 2014 - Outlet Mall Shopping in New York

Now that I look back on our two days with New York Pass, it was crazily packed!  We squeezed in several sights in those two short days but we didn't regret it one bit though. It's such an exciting city. But after 4 days of sightseeing, we wanted something different so we boarded the bus to Woodbury Common Premium Outlet.  

https://woodburybybus.com/Woodbury/Home

It is located just an hour drive from NYC Port Authority and return bus ticket cost us US$37 each. There were a huge assortment of shops ranging from Adidas, Burberry, Coach, DKNY, Gap, Kate Spade, MK, NIke, Nine West to Tory Burch. I honestly don't think you would regret it if your bucket list of the United States holiday include a shopping spree.  

Plus points
1) Great assortment of brands
2) Better designs
3) Beautiful surrounding
4) Easy to get there from NYC

You should go if you won't get a chance to visit other outlet malls.

Downside

The bargains are not as great as in Vegas or Palm Springs.  If you are visiting those places and are hunting for the best deals, then skip this Woodbury Common. 

USA Trip Day 23 - 26 Sep 2014 - Touristy NYC (4)

We reached Madison Square Garden and decided to check with the ticket counter on tour timings. They asked us to quickly join the group as 2:30pm tour had just started 5 minutes ago! Lucky us didn't have to wait for another departure.  We were nonetheless praying for our tummies to behave and not to embarrass us with rumbling sounds though :D 

It was intriguing to learn the milestones this iconic venue has witnessed such as Marilyn Monroe singing Happy Birthday to the then-President Kennedy. 

Not a single pillar in sight