NewJersey, NewYork, NewEngland, Tennessee, Virginia, WashingtonDC, Florida-USA

My second visit to USA was in 1996 when I was posted to New Jersey for a one year training at AT&T Office.

It was the first time for the family. We left Malaysia on one Friday afternoon and reach New Jersay Sunday, some 36 hours later. It was very tiring even thouh we took business class for the journey. Me and my family of 5 children lived in Red Bank exit 109 of Garden State Parkway.

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The house was a double storey townhouse in the countryside in New Jersey. It is one hour drive to New York City.
     
Three of our kids go to the local school. The yellow bus and food served at school are free in US. Bought a second hand Ford for US2,500. It was still in good condition until we sold it at the end of our stay. I only had to change the battery once.

Our weekly routine was garage sale souvenoir hunting. We bought used but still good items for souvenoirs. Most household items and toys are at bargain prices. At the end of our stay, we brought home to Malaysia a container (20 footer) full of these stuffs.

During the stay we normally spent weekend with friends from the embassy, bankers in New York City. Sometime they come over to stay the weekend at our house. In summer, they used to organize overnight camping trip. We spend camping in New England, Hershey and New York upstate.

While in US we took opportunity to travel to Disneyland Florida, Niagara Falls in Canada, Boston in New England, Delaware, Washington DC, Virginia, Tennessee and New York City. In most of the trip, we put up tent at the camping ground so that the kids can run around.

In one of a separate trip in Dec, we rented a van and drove all the way south to Tennessee to meet up with friends and then convoy to Disneyland Florida. Spent 3 days there visiting all the 3 theme park of Disneyland.

Washington DC

Niagara Falls