Escape from to New York, Part II
As you may have guessed, I wrote Part I in the back of Nguyen's cab, somewhere around the entrance to the Queens-Midtown Tunnel, mooching off WiFi from a nearby building. After I lost signal, I continued writing.
A cabbie and a woman in a red Taurus got into a screaming match approaching the tunnel. A car in front of me and one behind me are trading honks like mating insects in opposite ends of a tree. Honking may not get you anywhere, but it feels good.
The tunnel itself wasn't too bad, since the inbound lanes had been shaved from two down to one for the evening rush and the mess caused by drivers constantly changing lanes is the cause of a lot of the traffic.
I suppose that there comes a time, as is the case with popular nightclubs, that nobody new can come in until someone has left. At least you don't have to be female to enter Manhattan.
I popped out in Manhattan a little over two hours after I left the airport. First Avenue was an unholy mess, so I decided to leave Nguyen and the owners manual to his new cab and walk the rest of the way home, about three-quarters of a mile, with all of my luggage. It wasn't pleasant, but it could have been worse.
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rj3 | 9:50 PM |
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How much did the cab fare end up being?
It was at about $40 when I got out to walk the remaining distance. I have no idea why it was so low, since the last time I cabbed it in from the airport, it was $27 with no traffic.
I'm flying into LGA on 12/24 at 1PM, any suggestions? Should I attempt a limo service over a cab?
The limo service isn't going to get you there any faster. Depending on where you're coming from, I'd take the LIRR to Jamaica and then get a gypsy cab from there.
