the awesome experience: day 1

the long awaited back packing trip to east coast and canada has finally arrived. finally get to travel as a civilian after 2 yrs. spend the past couple of weeks doing up planning and itinerary for this trip. hopefully, this would be the best getaway i would ever get. went to the airport early to check-in today. bro and parents came as well. mum is pretty worried bout me traveling alone. boarded the 25hrs, SQ26 flight to JFK with a stopover at frankfurt. the flight was pretty decent, i requested for the seats at the emergency exit, so there was much more leg rest. reached jfk in the noon. thanks to CR invaluable travel guides and tips in getting around NYC, i managed to plan out all my itinerary for the first 3 days in nyc. took the air train in JFK to Jamaica station before transferring to E line of the subway to jackson hts and than 7 line to main streets, queens. everything turn out well as plan, thankfully. save up like 50usd if i would to take a cab to flushing instead. reach mains streets after 1.5hrs of travelling arn the subway. the subway system in ny pretty messy and confusing if travelling for the first time, but well, i guess if you really pay attention to the local and express services, it would be easy. i got lost once i arrived at main street. ask the cops and people there for directions to flushing grand motel and it took me another 25mins before i reach the motel. a sense of relief when i reach the motel. the motel was pretty decent and kind of worth it for the money i paid. accommodation in NYC is really expensive. learnt later that the most exp rental apartment in manhattan costs 20k/mth. flushing was also a chinatown as well as korean town. plenty of nice chi and korean food around. dropped my backpack and settle for lunch in burger king. took 7 line to lexington avn immediately and walk from there to central park. the park was just magnificent. nice view, green acres and a great park for cyclist and strollers. always wanted to visit central park and here i am, really excited. i stroll in the park for 3hrs, took lotta of pics and later made my way to metropolitan museum of the arts, which was situated in the center of central park. paid 15usd for entry and roam about the museum for 2hrs. the museum is huge with like two million objects and collections. i really like some of the gothic pieces in it. took lotta of pics in it as well. about 7pm when i finish the tour in the museum. really exhausted after the flight and all these travelling. took 7 line back to flushing. had burgers for dinner again. trying to save on food so that i can have the extra cash to travel around and sight see. reach the motel at around 2130 and knock out. really happy that everything turn out well as plan. looking forward to tomorrow's traveling.