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Originally Posted by Yaz AMG  Wow James. Very impressive pictures!!! New York City is a gorgeous city during the holidays, especially Christmas.
I'm glad you had a great time in my hometown. I just wish I were here in NYC when you came over. It would've been nice to meet up and show you around my neighborhood. |
Thank you Yaz!
As I pointed out before, I was quite disappointed I didn't see any snow while I was there. What's more frustrating is that when I finally left, it snowed the week after.
But yes, Christmas is great in NY, the feeling's simply magical and I loved it.
You know, I do remember sending you a PM asking about recommendations for NY's best places to visit...
I guess you were at the Middle East at that time.
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Originally Posted by Yaz AMG I see you came through the Lincoln Tunnel, I give birth (it’s a joke LOL) going through it every time I get out of New York. I’m surprised they didn’t in trouble for taking pictures in the tunnel. They would’ve locked my a** up for weeks (I’m an Arab after all). |
Haha yes the feeling of Lincoln tunnel is really a unique one... The place from which you enter it, and the place you reach leaving it, is worlds apart. It's like a tunnel into an entirely different place.
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Originally Posted by Yaz AMG I’m glad you took the subway, it’s a New York experience. It’s the only way to get around in Manhattan. A lot of people don’t know how to navigate the Subway system the first time they use it, but then it becomes easy after a while. Did you get lost or worst yet, robed (  )? |
The Subway's great, comparable to what we have in Singapore. We did have some minor problems finding out way but nothing too drastic, we get used to it after a while because we always cross the same stations to get to places! Nope, didn't get robbed, NY is safer than I thought it would be.
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Originally Posted by Yaz AMG Did you get to see Maybach’s and Phantoms in Midtown Manhattan? Did you visit the Mercedes show room on Park Avenue? It's across the street from the Ferrari/Maserati showroom. |
Yes, in fact I did see the Mercedes showroom! They had a baby blue/white Maybach 62 and a Maybach 57S parked there, plus the ML63 and the normal line of cars. I actually did take some pictures and posted it on the Spotted Today thread...
Yes, I also went to see the Ferrari/Maserati showroom. I watched the premiere video of the GranTurismo, it was taken at the same showroom where I stood! Pity I can't jump time or something...
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Originally Posted by Yaz AMG I see you were in Lower Manhattan. You would have LOVED the view from top of the WTC towers. Did you also visit China Town and Little Italy?
Did you get to go to other boroughs? Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, or the Bronx? There are many other sites to see out there. You should’ve taken a walk over the Brooklyn Bridge, very nice view of Manhattan from there, to Brooklyn Heights and Dumbo. |
Yeah, I wonder what it must have felt like standing up at the WTC...
Chinatown, yes, we walked around there abit, and Little Italy too! But not in great detail though, we were mainly focusing our time at Times Square.
I did pay Brooklyn a visit, it's a very different place from Manhattan, I felt! Anyway we took a wrong stop that's why we got there. After a while we took a train back to Manhattan. We also took a ferry at night to Staten Island, but stayed at the station. Basically, we only visited Manhattan...
I wanted to take a walk across Brooklyn Bridge, but my sis and dad were too tired!
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Originally Posted by Yaz AMG Overall, I think you seen most tourist destinations, but it would have been nice to see the ordinary neighborhoods. Maybe next time I’ll show you around |
Yeah dude, I'm actually considering going to NYU or Columbia. So it's a real possibility.
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Originally Posted by Yaz AMG Oh as for those NYC Taxies, it seems as though they're slowly replacing them big V8 Crown Vic’s with Hybrids. Mostly Toyotas Camrys/Prius/Highlanders/Lexus RX, but there are a few Fords and other manufacturers. |
Oh! But with the same colour schemes, right?
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Originally Posted by Yaz AMG PS
My guess is that you took this picture from the south side of the Empire State Building. If the picture was a little higher up, you could see my neighborhood …. |
Yup, you're right! You're so lucky to live right in the heart of one of the greatest cities in the world...
