7th June 2000 Wednesday
On the plane
Long and monotonous flight. I Had
another meal (erm.. egg noodle and steak).
After around 6 hour, I was awaked
for another meal (this time, egg and grilled chicken).
I felt like I am a chicken in an
industial poutry farm, doing nothing bet eat and sleep... maybe can
lay eggs too.
Heathrow Airport, London, England,
0715 hr London time
We dropped at terminal 4. Soon,
we headed for terminal 1 and we reached there by 8am.
Wanted to buy a single-day-travel-pass
(£4.7)
but it is insited that the ticket is available only after 9.30am. We waited.
Just an interesting observation.
Rubbish Bins are almost non-existance, but the place is unbelievably clean.
Creepy.. I wonder what happened to all the litters.
Anyway.. from this point onwards,
pictures will be littered all over the webpage.
I can't find a neat way to present
it without preserving the clarity of the image.
Bare with me, ok ? ok ? ok?
top right: This is me, carrying my
pack outside of the tube station.
right: Behind me is the terminal
1. I am just waiting... waiting... is it 9.30am yet? |
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| Right: The above is the travel card
that I have purchased and look at the tube map.
Bottom Right: Tube Map. it's ...
complicated. *slap forehead*
At king's Cross Station.
We have finally found our way to
the hostel. It is just situated opposite the British Library. However,
we are allowed to check in after 2pm. Anyway, we deposited our baggage
into the hostel's locker and we left to explore London.
Info : Locker
in the hostel: deposit £. Operates 1 between 7-10am.
Lost key will
cost £10 to the user, plus additional £5 for each baggage |
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At Waterloo Station
Got to settle out ride to Paris tomorrow.
So... we made a reservation.
Above is the reservation slip.
We had lunch at BK.
BK is similar to Singapore except
the drink is significantly smaller.
After Lunch, It's 2pm
2pm! Tour Begins
We've got a map. well.. It is helpful
somehow..
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| Inside Westminster Tube underground,
On our way to see the big ben and the parliament houses. |
Big Ben.
Hmm.. A clock tower. |
House of Parliament
Big crowd there, Tourist + people
on strike. Yes, it's a strike. For..."do not kill sheep" or things like
that. (?) |
We Passed St James Park to the Buckingham
Palace. The road was closed then. People are able to walk on the road.
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Top: fountain outside Buckingham
Palace.
left: closer view of the fountain. |
We walked to the Green Park.
Bel wanted to take a picture of
herself lying on the grass patch. It turned out bad. Well.. I am a lousy
photographer. Later, we went to Hard Rock Cafe. Things are really
expensive.
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| We took bus number 8 to Trafagar
Square. Lots of pigeons and lots of bird shit too, especially on the statues.
heh. |
nice paranomic view by CY. The national
gallery in just over the other side of the road. |
| Right: another nice paranomic view
by CY
Took tube to Tottenham
Shop at Sansbury Central Market
for some daily necessities.
Go to Soho (Bottom Right)
Chinatown area. Had dinner buffet
in a chinese restaurant (£4.95 + tea £1)
It's an coincident that we met some
NUS people there. (chong hao and gang) We took a group photo together.
See bottom. |
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| After a hearty meal, we took the
tube from Leister Square back to our hostel.
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