Tour around Central London

Day One: We took a bus to meet up with an elderly couple

who invited us to lunch @ chinatown. Here are some shots

of the roads/buildings while we travelled on the double decker

bus. Public buses charge a flat rate of 1 pound no matter which

station you alight at, whereas trains charge based on the number

of zones you cross.

There are plenty of starbucks around in london, the

streets are full of fast food places too like Macs, BK,

KFC, etc...

We were caught in a jam, here you can see the famous

red double deckers that are so prominent on london 

streets. Got down e bus and decided to travel on foot to

chinatown instead.

Walked past Oxford street (their orchard road), think

of it as something like bugis junction except the air-con

is natural, free-flow of wind... there are no tall, 5-6 storey

mega malls unlike singapore, but they're around 2-3 stories high

and the whole stretch of road is lined with shops.

Laksa and Nasi Lemak... missing such food since i left

singapore. We had lunch at a singapore-malaysia restaurant

at chinatown, it was a treat by uncle peter and aunty hazel.

Here they are =) wonder if you've seen them appear in

commercials before? well, they are retired but their part-time

job gives them the opportunity to appear in tv ads or even in films.

here's a group photo, pastor lim is the one on the

right-most of the picture. i'm currently staying with

him at New Life BP London and he'll be leaving for s'pore

next wednesday.

Chinatown =) lots of asian shops, thai, jap, korean,

chinese, etc... plenty of supermarkets too selling imported

stuff that can't be found in normal supermarts. 

Leicester Square

The National Gallery - just one of the famous galleries

here in london, there are plenty for us to visit

Shot of the streets

Trafalgar Square, remember playing Monopoly?

Daniel and the Lion

climbing up there was quite tricky though...

Right thru those gates you'll find buckingham palace

One of the guards on horses. Those boots they wear

never touch the ground, they're not for walking on,

but for riding onli

Haha, reliving my childhood days, i think i had a photo

with one of these guys when i was 6-yrs old

Cute Squirrel =) Haha it was too busy snacking and

i managed to take this picture without zooming.

Buckingham palace and the guards on duty

The gates with its lion and unicorn crest

Westminister's Abbey

Westminister's Cathedral

The Big Ben 

well, i always thought big ben was the tower/clock, 

actually its refering to the bell...

 

Does this look familiar?

Singapore flyer + fullerton anyone?

Now you know where we "koped" the idea from...

Thats the London Eye and the aquarium/entertainment

centre just beside it.

The big ben on the opposite side of the River Thames

Can't remember what's the name of this bridge

A maserati on the streets, a shot of london's nightlife.

It was 10.30 but it was still full of people

Catched a musical with pastor lim at Queen's theatre.

Its "Les Miserables" and it was really amazing! My first 

time in a real musical, a fantastic experience for onli 20pounds.