we set off from queensboro plaza, and it takes about 20 mins to get to manhattan. however, we have decided to go catch the staten island ferry to see lady liberty. (add another 15 mins)
it was a new ferry terminal and i saw this interesting poster pasted at the terminal. FEED A PIGEON , BREED A RAT. Pigeon is equivalent of rat in NYC. they are a nuisance and their poo probably is toxic too. the ferry ride takes about an hour and the wind was very chilly.
took some blurry pic of lady liberty.
after that, we venture to canal street (the china town). there're rows of stalls selling trendy jewelleries by mainland chinese. after 2-3 stalls, you will realise that the stock are pretty much the same. the price is cut-throat for us. but the angmohs buy them like hotcake. suffice to say, those seller don't 'layan' people like me.
there're lots of cabs (yellow) around. just had to take a pic of the cab :) HEHE. Little Italy is just adjacent to Chinatown. there's lots of restaurants and interesting little shops. it was very christmasy too, since it's only 12 days to Christmas.
finally we went to Times Square, the famous landmark in NYC. Honestly I was expecting a huge clock somewhere but we couldn't find it. but it was very colorful and full of billboards.
the rockerfeller centre christmas tree again. throngs of people were trying to look at the tree. i was one of them.
the amazing St Patrick Cathedral. It was very beautiful and grand. It was so peaceful inside eventhough it was crowded.
we only explored NYC on our own for a day. there are still many places yet to be explored. maybe that gives me a valid reason to revisit NYC sometime in the near future *Grin
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