USA & Canada (East Coast) May/June 2019 D-1 New York, USA

Day 1 - Tuesday 14th May 2019 New York, USA 

Hostel Accommodation (3 nights): NY Moore Hostel, New York (US$50.22 per pax - 3 beds room) 

China Eastern Airlines Kuala Lumpur>New York transit in Shanghai (02.10>07.40; 11.30>14.25 Rm2,856 return)

1) Taking an airport shuttle bus (20.00) from KL Sentral to KLIA (Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Sepang) - Bus ticket Rm8 (Senior)

2) Arriving at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA), Sepang

3) Boarding my Shanghai Airlines (affiliated to China Eastern Airlines) transit flight from Kuala Lumpur > Pudong International Airport, Shanghai (02.10>07.40) 

4) Inflight meal (breakfast) provided by Shanghai Airlines

5) Arriving early morning (07.40) at the Pudong International Airport, Shanghai 

6) Boarding China Eastern Airlines flight from Shanghai > New York (11.30>14.25 time difference 15 hrs)

7) Inflight meals on board the China Eastern Airlines; I picked Shanghai noodles with shredded pork & fried rice with pork for dinner & breakfast for this leg of 15 hrs flight ! 

8) Arriving at John F Kennedy Airport, New York in Terminal 1 & taking AirTrain (US$5) to Howard Beach subway station and bought a metro card (US$2.75 per ride) for our subway rides ie taking an A Line (blue) to Broadway Junction and then to L Line (grey) to Morgan Avenue, the closest subway station to NY Moore hostel for check in. 

9) My first 3 nights stay in NY Moore Hostel, Brooklyn, New York (US$50.22 per pax dorm bed)

10) Brooklyn - the most populous borough of New York City with an estimated population of 2.7 million. Named after the Dutch village of Breukelen. Our group chose a hostel in Brooklyn due to the convenience of taking a subway from airport to Brooklyn & Brooklyn to Manhattan and also the economic factor in hostel accommodation !  Our group's 4 nights stay in Brooklyn was a pleasant one !