more abt that long weekend
Final day of our long weekend was the most hectic one. Actually after searching through the net, I found out a wonderful way of sightseeing in New York and saving some money too. New York Pass gave us free admissions to most sought-after sights in NY and around and was quite affordable at USD 54 for a day. A 2 day pass might have been better but didn’t have so much time so we tried to manage most in 1 day and were fairly successful. The first thing we hit that day was Madame Tussaud's wax museum. It was good and had statues of many well known people from Mahatma Gandhi to Donald Trump and from Lance Armstrong to Charlie Chaplin to Merlyn Munroe. Inside the museum, the statues were so life-like that many a time we were confused between them and real people. And you know what, Britney was even breathing :O
Then it was the time for the most famous tourist spot of America, yes you got it right, it was Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island Museum(from where almost 80% of Americas initial immigrants entered and have there names registered and displayed). Statue is on an island close to New Jersey and can be reached both from NY and NJ by a ferry. The green statue looks great and if many of you like me dint know that it was originally made of copper(golden-yellow) and turned green because of chemical rxns with water. Previously you could go up to the top of torch that the green lady holds but it was stopped because of various threats. Even the way up to the throne was closed after 9/11. Ellis island also holds historical importance as many Americans can go there and check-out the names of their grand-fathers and great grand-fathers if they entered through Ellis island.
A semi-circular, 2 hour, Harbor lights cruise was our next adventure where we clicked a lot of pictures. Our boat captain was very good and kept telling us about all the attractions that we were passing/gazing through and included charming Brooklyn bridge, steely Manhattan Bridge, Chrysler Tower, Empire State Building(lit in American colors-blue,white,red), and newly constructed International Trump Tower. We got thrilled when the captain asked for our attention to show us the famed F.R.I.E.N.D.S. building where Monica, Chandler,Rachel,Phoebe,Ross and my fav Joe used to stay :)
It was a beautiful sight as sun was slowly settling down and till we caught the shore again it was night all around. Lit up buildings of NYC were welcoming us again and we went straight to the highest one-The Empire State Building. You can see 5 US states from the observatory situated at 86th floor and that was the highest that I have ever gone above earth without taking-off. The view was amazing and it was all lights all around. We also went for a simulation ride in ESB called New York Sky Ride which was another way of seeing all of New York in 10 minutes.
At the end we were so tired that we headed back to home and slept off the last night of our long weekend. That was an amazing weekend and I enjoyed it so much that next day while traveling in NYC to my office, I was feeling that I am done with US, now go back to India. But Uncle Sam always has some surprises to offer which I felt afterwards.
Then it was the time for the most famous tourist spot of America, yes you got it right, it was Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island Museum(from where almost 80% of Americas initial immigrants entered and have there names registered and displayed). Statue is on an island close to New Jersey and can be reached both from NY and NJ by a ferry. The green statue looks great and if many of you like me dint know that it was originally made of copper(golden-yellow) and turned green because of chemical rxns with water. Previously you could go up to the top of torch that the green lady holds but it was stopped because of various threats. Even the way up to the throne was closed after 9/11. Ellis island also holds historical importance as many Americans can go there and check-out the names of their grand-fathers and great grand-fathers if they entered through Ellis island.
A semi-circular, 2 hour, Harbor lights cruise was our next adventure where we clicked a lot of pictures. Our boat captain was very good and kept telling us about all the attractions that we were passing/gazing through and included charming Brooklyn bridge, steely Manhattan Bridge, Chrysler Tower, Empire State Building(lit in American colors-blue,white,red), and newly constructed International Trump Tower. We got thrilled when the captain asked for our attention to show us the famed F.R.I.E.N.D.S. building where Monica, Chandler,Rachel,Phoebe,Ross and my fav Joe used to stay :)
It was a beautiful sight as sun was slowly settling down and till we caught the shore again it was night all around. Lit up buildings of NYC were welcoming us again and we went straight to the highest one-The Empire State Building. You can see 5 US states from the observatory situated at 86th floor and that was the highest that I have ever gone above earth without taking-off. The view was amazing and it was all lights all around. We also went for a simulation ride in ESB called New York Sky Ride which was another way of seeing all of New York in 10 minutes.At the end we were so tired that we headed back to home and slept off the last night of our long weekend. That was an amazing weekend and I enjoyed it so much that next day while traveling in NYC to my office, I was feeling that I am done with US, now go back to India. But Uncle Sam always has some surprises to offer which I felt afterwards.
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