First stop New York

So one of the biggest things so far that has happened to me in 2013 was one of the things in my bucket list which was to be able to travel across America. Instead of a debut for my 18th which is a huge filipino tradition, I decided to spend my money on traveling to America. The 4 places I visited were New York, Washington, Chicago and Los Angeles. It was absolutely amazing.

First stop New York

The flight from Australia was painful. It was a 14 hour flight to LA for a stop over and 5 more hours to head to New York. I always have a hard time sleeping in planes and the food was horrid but other than that the excitement got my hyped. 

We arrived at our hotel around 12 am and we were extremely exhausted but we were also hungry. We went outside a found a pizza shop that sold $1 which were huge compared to Australia :( Our tummies were happy haha 

On the first day we visited Times Square, it was packed full of people. There were so much lights, mascots, commercials, and shops everywhere. It was busy but it was a sight to see. There was so many things I wanted to do but so little time. Immediately we went shopping, forever 21 got my dizzy from all the stuff and all I got was ear rings and rings. The pricing of the clothes compared to Australia was almost the same and that's why I didn't buy as much as I wanted to but the make up compared to Australia is shockingly lower. It was almost about 50% lower and that's when we went crazy shopping for makeup.  At night we went on a beautiful cruise on the Hudson River. It was breath taking. 

 

The next few days we visited places such as Central Park, the graffiti in Queens, NBC Studios, and we watched the musicals that I've always wanted to see which was 'Wicked' ---> it was wicked.

On our last day in New York, I tried to conquer my fear of heights by experiencing a helicopter ride. My cousin tricked me into going on the front seat of the helicopter. At first I was so scared but as we took of I couldn't help but be blown away by the view of New York. I'm so glad I did it.

 

Then our next stop was washington... xx