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when we just arrived
Sunday, January 10, 2010
After 16 hours of sitting in china cushion, we finally arrived at where i saw on TV, NEW YORK CITY!! Tim said we were staying in hilton so i intially thought oh, Paris Hilton, hilton hotel @ Times square. ZZZ so actually its hilton garden inn. Not too bad actually. REALLY comfortable and i would recommend any budget traveler to stay there. Its 200 a night for 2 queen bed bedroom, complimentary neutrogena toiletries. And you only have to tip them US$2 a day for housekeeping. Oh, and they have complimentary pantry with a awesome hot chocolate on the go before you head out to the cold. The hotel is also middle town and super near the Macy's store. So when you get lost, just look out for the huge red box. :)
I thought the first meal here would be definitely western but Gek Teng suggested we eat at Korean St. BCD tofu house, Gek claimed that last year when she was here she went back 3 times. Its just so so for me lar. 20 odd US dollar for a decent hot asian cuisine. I think its ZAGAT recommended though.
First day, we went to woodbury premium outlets. www.premiumoutlets.com Anything with ---bury is a bad sign, later you will find out why. Boston has a newbury street; very bad as well. I swear the stores in the something bury places has moving mannequins that wave at you and ask you to buy them. It was pretty bad cuz we spent next day there as well. The bus ticket there is US$42 somemore! But the prada bags there are like up to 40% off retail price.WARNING: DO NOT VISIT IF ON VERY TIGHT BUDGET
Having done major damage to our wallets, we hop on the New York Pass and citysight bus to be excited tourists. The New York Pass plus 3 days of free bus pass to hop on and off. Sounds very convenient and super worth it. WRONG! The new york pass might be quite worth it if you rush like mad from museums to museums because museums and attractions close at 5-6pm. And we end up cabbing because the bus took damn bloody long to arrive and one actually missed us and just drove pass. BOO. Still, you can purchase the New York Pass if you plan your routes properly but i wouldn't recommend the bus cuz its crap. www.newyorkpass.com
First stop we went to museum of SEX. YES, they have a museum of all things related to sex. Its all damn adult and graphic, complete with artistic porn photos, videos all categorised, toys, history and sexy souvenirs. Well, you look closely top right is a penis vase, top left are vibrators and bottom left is a life size sex doll with a real ahem below. HAHA. To me, its a tastefully done porn shop, nothing too educational about it but definitely eye opener. I bet if Singapore has one, they would only be using bananas and barbie dolls to portray anything sexual.Anyway, its so late now. I will blog more tml. I will try to be detailed because you seriously dont need a tour guide for new york! read up abit and you are ready to go
Don't get so worked up~ Its just me