Day 12: New York

2 more days including today and we would be saying goodbye to the US already. As for today, we didn't had any plans to go out early but nevertheless, when we were done with our free breakfast, it was only around 9.45am. And if any of you guys realise, today was suppose to be the finals of the US Open, and so Winson suggested that we pay the Flushing Meadows (where the finals will be held) a visit (but the match wouldn't start until it's evening). It took us a few subway transits and around 30 minutes (which we went around asking for directions again) to reach there (the Willet Point Shea Stadium station). The grand tennis court itself wasn't really far from the station (as it was already within sight while we were in the train on the way to the station) and we had a walk around the area of the grand tennis court.


The grand tennis court in Flushing Meadows


The welcoming arch of the US open


Me & an enormous globe in Flushing Meadows which I don't really know what it symbolises


The Shea Stadium while we were on our way back to the subway station

After the 'US Open' adventure, we then took a subway ride to the Grand Central Terminal of New York City (which is the main station of NYC's subway system). The station really lived up to it's name as it looked grand and pretty inside.


The main lobby of the Grand Central Terminal

We exited the station at 42nd street as soon as we were satisfied with our picture taking and started to roam the streets again. Of course, we came across a few famous land marks of New York and here are a pictures of them.


The Grand Central Terminal with the Chrysler Building at it's backdrop


The Chrysler Building


The Rockefeller Building (which we wanted to go up but we didn't because the entrance pass would have cost us USD 20)


St Patrick Cathedral (a better view compared to the last one)


The World of Disney in New York


Abercrombie and Fitch in New York (which has 4 floors if I'm not wrong)


Trump Tower (Donald Trump again)


The biggest Apple Store in the world (the store was located underground)


Columbus Circle (outside Central Park) with a few coaches around it


I have no idea what building was this but it looked fascinating to me

After much walking, we had a stop at Mc Donald's for our lunch (a very late one). And as soon as we were done eating, we then continued on our roaming again. The next place that we headed to was the 7th Avenue of 42nd Street area and this time, it was Times Square under bright daylight. Below are a few pictures of the Times Square area.











The Times Square tower itself

After hundreds of pictures of the Times Square area (nah, just joking, but we still had a lot of pictures), we then continued towards the Empire State Building. It was just unbelievable that we could see this very famous building with our own eyes, and again, we wanted to go up the Empire State Building, but again, the USD 19 price was a deterrent and we felt that it just wasn't worth it.


The Empire State Building

Next was the Flatiron Building which just down the street. Along the way, we spotted shops selling 'I Love NY' T-shirts at a even lower price then we bought yesterday in Chinatown. Our sense of curiosity led us to drop by one of the shops and guess what, the guy selling the shirt was a Malaysian from Melaka! Of course, we had a chat with him and also got some stuff before we headed to the Flatiron Building.


The Flatiron Building

After the Flatiron Building, at first, we wanted to head to the Central Park again but due to some complications at the subway (which we entered the wrong subway station and our tickets cannot be used so soon again), we decided to cover further parts of the downtown are by foot. Below are a few pictures of interest.


The Korea Street in New York


The Empire State Building lighted up


Madison Square Garden

It was around 7.30pm that we decided to call it a day and return to our hotel because we needed pack our luggage as we will be checking out early from our hotel tomorrow. It was again a long subway journey back, and on our walk back to our hotel, we decided to drop by KFC (which happens to be the first time since we were in the US) to have our dinner. And soon after we were done satisfying out stomachs, we headed back to our hotel and did what we were suppose to do...