USA Trip Day 23 - 26 Sep 2014 - Touristy NYC (3)

Today is the second day of our NY Pass and these are the attractions we visited today. We actually scheduled NY Skyride for Day 1 but it was closed by the time we reached yesterday so we added it to today.  However, I wouldn't recommend NY Skyride as it was utterly underwhelming.

Day 2 Overview

1/ Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island Immigration Museum

2/ 9-11 Memorial & Tribute Centre

3/ Madison Square Garden All Access Tour

4/ American Museum of Natural History

5/ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

6/ NY Skyride

USA Trip Day 22 - 25 Sep 2014 - Touristy NYC (2)

It was 2:15pm. The drizzling rain has taken a break. The elusive Sun was taking a sneak peak into our world. We took a short bus ride towards the southern tip of Manhattan.  

An hour later, we found ourselves in front of this massive ship

USA Trip Day 22 - 25 Sep 2014 - Touristy NYC (1)

We bought 2-day unlimited use New York Pass for US$ 129.99 and today would be our first day of use. New York Pass allows you to see as many attractions as you like from the list of over 80 eligible places during 2 days. If you are not into partaking in activities meant for tourists and are more of a "explore local neighborhoods and people-watch" kind of person, this pass is not for you.

https://www.newyorkpass.com/En/new-york-attractions/

Of course, we gotta factor in all the travel time so we had to prioritize the few attractions we would see with our two-day pass. We visited 12 places in total. I honestly think the pass is an amazing deal though. We had already recovered our pass cost of US$ 129.99 on our first day alone!

Day 1 Overview

1/ Top Of The Rock 

2/ Rockefeller Centre Tour

3/ Radio City Music Hall Tour

4/ The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum

5/ Circle Line: Harbor Lights Sunset Cruise (2 hours)

6/ Empire State Building Observation Deck

USA Trip Day 21 - 24 Sep 2014 - Free and Easy in the Big Apple

My kind friend is bringing us around the Big Apple today and highlight was food :D

We first started off with Dim Sum brunch in Elmhurst, Queens  area before ending up in Central Park around 1pm.  The funny thing was I needed to use the toilet urgently and the first thing we looked for was huge shopping malls like in Singapore. But my friend was like there was no such thing in NYC as many stores were stand-alone! Plaza Hotel saved me from embarrassing myself though hahaha Also, the hotel's basement has food court in case you are looking for one in the area.   

Charismatic horse carriages at your service to make you feel like a princess! 

USA Trip Day 20 - 23 Sep 2014 - NYC's Broadway

Today, we are taking a 9:30am Amtrak train from Boston to the Big Apple! So, around 8:30am, we headed out of our Airbnb, walked for about 10 minutes to the Tufts Medical Center Station to take SL4 for 2 stops to the South Station. 

Time Check: 9am at the Boston South Station 

USA Trip Day 19 - 22 Sep 2014 - Harvard Area

From TD Garden, we took Orange T to Downtown Cross, transferred to Red T and ended up at the Harvard Station.

First Parish in Cambridge with 400 years of history 
Its congregation honors the spiritual diversity in the Unitarian Universalist tradition.

USA Trip Day 19 - 22 Sep 2014 - Delving into the history of USA (Freedom Trail)

Such a long day ahead of us!  Filled with places to be, things to do, yummy food to eat :D  But first thing first - BREAKFAST!  Remember how we had to skip Paramount Restaurant the day before due to limited space? Today is the day we gotta try their famous breakfast.