Rush Hour (Tourist Edition) Part II: Round the Cities of Cities and onwards Liberty

After a week of job hunting, commencements and photo shoots, I finally have time to finish up my USA blog posts. So here's part II of our tale in the Big Apple which includes the famous Circle Line Cruise, the iconic Statue of Liberty, the magnificent Intrepid Air, Sea and Space museum and King Kong's Empire State Building.

New York City

The Circle Line Cruise


Usually, I'm not a fan of tour buses or city cruises. I always believe that they are huge tourist traps and seldom give you a good enough in-depth view of the city/town. However, this circle line cruise might just have turned my view around. We took this tour as it was included in our 3-day pass and it looked like a really good deal - a 3-hour long cruise around the whole of New York City worth USD$38.

Circle Line Tour

 I can't claim that this cruise will literally take you around the entire New York City, but due to the city's size, this cruise does just enough. The 3-hour long cruise could be tiring at some point (having to stand up in order to take nice photographs and withstand the wind ) and a longer cruise would have been an overkill.

The tour brings you through several boroughs of New York City, including Manhattan, Brooklyn, The Bronx and Queens which was pretty comprehensive (by my standards). Notable sites include Statue of Liberty (you can't get off the cruise ship), Ellis Island, The Yankee Stadium, Harlem... etc.
A little tip: Make sure you stand on the right side of the boat (they don't do a 180 degrees turn), so basically right side of the boat before liberty and left side of the boat after liberty.

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