I have been to 6 states by following the tour. The only reason I join the tour, so that I could travel to most places in shortest time. And my experience upholds the reason, I travelled to New York City, Princeton, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington DC, Niagara Falls and Boston.
One day for New York City is definitely not enough. Times Square itself probably has taken one day, not to mention the museums, central park and Liberty Statue.
The tour guide brought us to Wall Street and New York Stock Exchange as our first stop of the day. But I personally don’t think it is worthwhile to go to Wall Street and NYSE. There nothing much you can do in Wall Street, you are not allowed to enter NYSE building. The only thing you can do is cam-whoring. Haha
Empire State building is a MUST-GO if you want to have a bird-view of Manhattan. I wish the sky was clearer on that day, but it wasn’t as bad as the time in San Francisco. Manhattan is a really big city. There are thousands of yellow cabs “crawling” on the road. It is so convenience to get a cab in NYC, unlike in LA, you need to call and get charged.
I didn’t go to Liberty Statue but I went near Statue of Liberty when I took the cruise. It is pointless to visit to Statue of Liberty as it will be too tall for photo taking. Taking a cruise will be a better choice but you really need to be fast enough to catch the good angle. However, I heard from the news that Statue of Liberty’s crown is reopened to the crowd again after terrorists’ attack in year 2001. It will be another good spot to view Manhattan Skyline.
Another way to enjoy skyline view of Manhattan is to take a cruise from any seaport in New York City. I feel it is quite worthwhile to take the cruise as the cruise will pass through Manhattan Bridge, Brooklyn Bridge and Statue of Liberty. Meanwhile, you can also enjoy the scenery along the bay.
Times Square is also a MUST-GO place. The is more than shopping that you can do at Times Square. Visit to Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum and take photos with the celebrities. But if you have been to other Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museums, you can opt not to visit this one. I think all Madame Tussaud’s Museums are the same. Get a ‘I heart NY’ shirt from the souvenir shops, there are several souvenir shops at Time Square, so you can compare the price before you made the purchase. Besides, there is one really GOOD pizza house near Times Square. Pizza is the MUST-TRY food in New York. Pizza in the US always come in big slide, normally people will try the plain one like cheese pizza. O ya, you shouldn’t miss Hershey Chocolate World and M&M’s World if you are a chocolate lover!!!
Museums, I don’t know how many museums are there in NYC, but if you want to visit one or two, I shall recommend you The Metropolitan Museum of Art located in Uptown Manhattan and American Museum of Natural History located at Central Park. The first museum is my favorite museum of all the museums that I have visited in the US. Because it is a art museum, I get to see one of my favorite paintings, 'Venus and Adonis' and Van Gogh’s masterpiece. The second museum located at Central Park, which is also the museum in Night at Museum 1. I didn’t visit to that museum but I am sure it will be nice too.
Central Park is a really good place for recreation. I love the atmosphere there, it was so relaxing. Young people jogging, children playing, old folks sitting at the benches, everything harmonizes with the nature. I only spend 2 hours at Central Park. Actually the tour didn’t bring us to Central Park, but my friends and I decided to extend another day at the end of our tour so that we could have time to revisit to the places we love in NYC. So for the extra day I have, I went to Grand Central Station, Columbia University, Central Park and Times Square.
Basically I think NYC is the city that you will never feel bored. Imagine having an evening walk in Central Park, (window) shopping at Times Square or Fifth Avenue, visiting museums, dinning at Pizza house etc. There are thousands of activities to do in NYC, 2 days for me is seriously not enough. >.<
*I hear NY*
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