Blogs from New York, United States, North America - page 478

May 15th 2005 - I land in JFK Airport slightly wiery after a 7 hour flight, to enter a nightmare queue through customs and an even bigger nightmare taking the cab into New York. The cab driver was a rude and it was raining. Our first hostel is a dump of epic proportions, the Bowerys Whitehouse hostel in New York would have been classed as third class quarters on a sailing ship. But never mind I am in New York New York After months of hype, planning, counter-planning, checking, triple checking - my first hours in New York were always going to be disappointing. Even though our first day experiences were tainted there were still little things that had already astounded me. Firstly, as we flew into New York, unsurprisingly nowhere near Manhatten you start ... read more

NY Day 2-3 After we got down from the Liberty Ferry, it was a short walk to the Financial District nearby. After countless case studies/history lessons abt this place in classes since sec sch, Wall Street...here i come.... read more

NY Day 1-3 We popped by the Museum of Sex, wanting to check out how much 'sex' they have in store...much to the anticipation and multiple requests from jinwei. :p The door of the building leads us right into the souvenir store of the museum. The ticket counter at the side said we got to pay abt $14 i think to view the museum. So while considering, we took a walk ard the shop first. On sale were books on sex, sexual issues, sex toys..blah. Not much actually, but quite a handful of 'educational' books. Then suddenly, the guy mending the entrance to the museum walked up to me and said: "You girls want to go into the museum?" "Erm maybe, just looking around first." And he replied, "Don't go in. It's not worth your money. ... read more

NY Day 1-5 One of the tallest standing buildings in midtown Manhattan, the Empire State Bldg is really hard to miss. And it's only abt 10min walk from our hostel! So we made this the last stop for the day. When we stepped into the door of the bldg, there was already a queue formed from don't know where. And the waiting time stated was 40min. Wahh...and rem i said how shaq we were from the museum walk already? Seriously, no one could truly understd the fatigue we felt except for the 4 of us. Besides, to go up to the viewing gallery at the top of the Empire State Bldg will cost $21. So we decided to give it a miss this time... After which we dragged ourselves back to the hostel and concussed flat ... read more

NY Day 1-1 Our first stop in the cool breeze morning of Manhattan was to go Columbia University. Yunru's canoeing teammate studies there and she has arranged to meet him when she comes NY. Columbia Uni is located at uptown Manhattan near Harlem (where most of the blacks are i was told aka HEI REN QU). But we didnt exactly go into Harlem, so i didnt get a feel of the 'black neighborhood' as yet. The uni was bigg... and it feels real good to walk ard the vast school campus, while enjoying the sun rays on yr face in the slightly cold morning. All ard us, students were moving out of their hostels...loading all their barangs into mini vans as their exams just ended the day before and it's the start of summer hols! Certain ... read more