Jalan-Jalan selama 14 Hari ke Amerika

JALAN-JALAN selama 14 hari ke Amerika menjadi cara seorang kawan menghabiskan libur Natal dan Tahun Baru. Selama 14 hari jalan-jalan, mengunjungi empat kota, yakni Chicago, Boston, New York dan Washington sebelum pulang ke Tanah Air. Kota Chicago terletak di wilayah timur laut Illinois, tepi barat daya Danau Michigan.Ini salah satu pusat di seluruh dunia (Worldwide Centers) yang paling penting di bidang komersial dan perdagangan.

Banyak tempat menarik yang bisa ditemukan di Chicago, atau sering juga disebut Kota Berangin.  Di sini anda dapat menemukan restoran, toko-toko, dan banyak hiburan di Navy Pier, ikon dari kota Chicago sejak 1916. Lalu, Boston, ibu kota dan kota terbesar di Massachusetts. Kota ini salah satu kota tertua dan terkaya di Amerika, dengan ekonomi berbasis di pendidikan, perawatan kesehatan, keuangan, dan teknologi tinggi.

New York adalah kota terpadat. Sebuah kota global terdepan, memberi pengaruh besar terhadap perdagangan, keuangan, media, budaya, seni, mode, riset, penelitian dan hiburan dunia. Tempat markas PBB. Biasa disebut New York City (NYC) untuk membedakannya dari negara bagian New York, tempat kota ini berada.

Washington merupakan sebuah negara bagian Amerika Serikat. Washington, DC secara formal bernama Distrik Columbia dan umumnya disebut Washington, “the District”, atau D.C. dan merupakan ibu kota Negara Amerika. Washington DC memiliki 176 kedutaan besar asing serta kantor pusat Bank Dunia, Dana Moneter Internasional (IMF), Organisasi Negara-Negara Amerika (OAS), Inter American Development Bank, dan Pan American Health Organization (PAHO).

Rute jalan-jalan selama 14 Hari ke Amerika, dimulai dari Bandara Soekarno-Hatta (CGK). Pesawat kemudian transit di Jepang, dan mendarat di Chicago. Dari sini melanjutkan perjalanan dengan jalur darat, kecuali Chicago-Boston, menggunakan moda transportasi bus. 

Kalau admin mo-trans cek, tiket busnya berkisar 85 dolar AS sampai 98 dolar AS. Begitu tiba di rute kota terakhir, Washington, teman ini kembali ke Chicago dengan pesawat. Lalu melanjutkan perjalanan ke Haneda Airport, Jepang, sebelum mendarat dengan riang gembira di Bandara Soekarno-Hatta.

Itinerary Jalan-Jalan selama 14 Hari ke Amerika

Day 1 = Indonesia
Bandara Soekarno-Hatta (CGK) 06.24
Narita Airport 15.45
Narita Airport 17.05
Penginapan : ANA NH836

Day 2 = Chicago
Tiba di Chicago 13.45
CI hotel
Walking around hotel/river walk/FO
Chicago Cultural Centre
Christkindlmarket Chicago

Penginapan :
Hampton Inn, Chicago Downtown/N Loop/Michigan
68 East Wacker Place, Chicago Loop, Chicago, IL 60601, USA
+1 312 914 9014

Kuliner :
Garrett Popcorn
Giordano’s Pizza
Portillo’s Hot Dog
Shake Shack
Buy some foods & milk for night

Day 3 = Chicago
Chicago University
Museum Science and Industry
Hop On Hop Off Tour
Start Fort Dearborn
Chicago Theater
The Willis Tower & Skydeck Chicago

Millenium park & Palmer House
Art Institute of Chicago
The Hilton Chicago & Grant park
Adler Planetarium
Shedd Aquarium
Navy Pier
The water tower
The John Hancock Centre & 360 Chicago

Kuliner :
Gus world famous fried chicken
Mariano’s pizza
Yolk South Loop brunch
Shake Shack
Buy some foods for night & christmast

Day 4 = Chicago
Riverwalk
Du Sable Bridge
Milenium Park
The cloud gate/
The Bean
Bridge Michigan avenue

Kuliner :
Halal Guy
Falafel island

Day 5 = Chicago to Boston
07:10 – 10:31 Fly American Airlines, ORD Terminal 3 to BOS Terminal B
MIT
Harvard University /Cambridge
Senin-sabtu : 10.00-16.00
Tur www.harvard.edu
Walking around the hotel

Penginapan :
Revere Hotel Boston Common
200 Stuart Street Theatre District, Boston, MA 02116, USA
+1 617 457 2683

Kuliner :
Garden halal meat
Chicken and Rice guys
Shawarma Falafel
The Halal Guys
Black Seed grill
The Chicken & Rice Guys

Day 6 = Boston
Downtown Copley Square
Trinity Church
Boston Public Library (09.00–21.00)
Freedom Trail
State House of Massachusetts
Common Park
Boston Massacre Site
The Tea Party Site
Boston Harbour
Quincy Market

Day 7 = Boston to New York City
To NYC by bus. Bisa cek di sini.  (Sentuh ‘Buses’, pilih atau klik ‘Buses in United States’)
FO Woodbury
Ice Skating
Rockefeller Centre/
Top of the Rock (08.00 – 24.00, $32, kids $26)
see christmas tree
Times Square
Walking around hotel

Penginapan :
Broadway at Times Square Hotel
129 West 46th St. New York, NY 10036, USA
+1 212 790 2710

Kuliner :
The Halal Guy
Shake Shack

Day 8 = New York City
Liberty statue, ato ambil paket The Statue of Liberty Harbour Cruise
Ground Zero & 9/11 Museum ($24, kids $15).
Free : selasa (17.00, antrian start 16.00)
Wall Street
Federal Hall
Columbia University

United Nation Headquarters
(10.00 – 16.30. $22, kids $15, foto aja didepannya)
Grand Central Terminal
Union Market (08.00-18.00)
Museum of Modern Arts
(free Friday nights : 16 – 20, lokasi antrian di pintu masuk 54 st)

Day 9 = New York City
HighLine (free tour 10.00)
Interpid Sea, Air & Space Museum
City Hall

Public Library (free, 10.00 -18.00, Main Rose Reading Book)
Met museum of Art
Museum of Nat History
(08.00 – 02.00 (lift hanya sampai jam 01.30), $22, kids $13)

Kuliner :
Royal Grill Halal Food, gyros/kebab
Adel’s Famous Halal Food
Antalia NYC, turkish & mediteranean dining
Pizza & Pita halal food

Day 10 = New York City
Grand Central Terminal
Try Magnolia Bakery & cheesecake
Empire State Building ($52, kids $46)
Times Square
5th Avenue
Central Park/ice skating/strawberry fields
To Hotel waiting for NYE

Penginapan :
Hilton Garden Inn Central Park South
237 West 54th Street, Midtown West, New York, NY 10019, USA
+1 646 699 5822
(The street maybe will be closed early due to NYE, make sure to confirm few days before)

Kuliner :
Magnolia bakery
Try cheeseecake

Day 11 = New York City
HAPPY NEW YEAR !!
Roosevelt Island Tramway cable car station
Dumbo
Broklyn Bridge

Bryant park (09.00 – 22.00)
NY Yankees (Derek Jeter)/dekat Columbia University
Madison Square ( NBA NY Knicks : magic johnson & kareem abdul jabaar) & (NY Rangers ice hockey)
Flatiron Building

Day 12 = New York City to Washington
To Washington by bus. Bisa cek di sini. Sentuh ‘Buses’, pilih atau klik ‘Buses in United States’.
Money Printing Tour/US Bureau of Engraving and Printing (free : 09.00-14.00, 14.45-18.00, setiap 15 menit)
Smithsonian Museum :

– National Air and Space Museum (10.00-17.30)
– National Museum of American History (10.00-17.30)
– Museum of Natural History (10.00-17.30)

Penginapan :
Residence Inn Washington DC/Downtown
1199 Vermont Avenue Northwest, Northwest Washington DC 20005, USA
+1 202 898 1100

Day 13 = Washington
Hop On Hop Off Tour
The Capitol Hill
Ford’s Theater
White house

Smithsonian Castle
Thomas Jefferson memorial
Lincoln memorial
Marthin Luther King memorial
Pentagon

Arlington National Cemetery
Vietnam veterans
Constitution gardens
World War II memorial
Georgetown Inn & shopping

Day 14 = Washington to Chicago
7:45 – 08:50 Fly United Airline DCA Terminal B to ORD Terminal 1

Day 15 = Chicago to Japan
16.15 Fly Back by ANA
ANA NH 871 (ORD–Haneda)
788 (Haneda–CGK)