Day 1 - Singapore - Dubai - London
Midnight flight to transit at Dubai by Emirates
Midnight flight to transit at Dubai by Emirates
Cute stickers to be place on seats if you u fall asleep
Dinner on board - Fish with mashed potato
2nd Meal on board - Mushroom omelette breakfast
Reach Dubai finally after more than 8 hours flight
A380 from Dubai to London, we were lucky to have seats in the 1st carriage though its not 1st class haha.. first class is upstairs!
New plane smells and feels different!
Very nice arabian breakfast with thumbs up crossaint.. yummy! Great breakfast to start afresh!
2nd meal on board, chose Chicken Briyani! Nice!
Coke in Arabian Text
This is not cloud k....Cannot believe we are above The Alps! How cool! Omg, Alps in bird eye view!
Here we are, London! Bought oyster card for travelling on tube, underground at 20pounds with 5 pounds deposit...
Took tube to Feon's friend, Celia's house at Leyton station, which is quite far from town, took us about an hour to reach.
This is overground train near her place, which we took daily to transfer other tube trains to town.
Mark & Spencer there is like 7-Eleven.. located all over UK even petrol kiosk...
Celia's place
Our first stop is to Leichester Square and Euston train station to purchase our Edinburgh train tickets and Billy Eillot Musical tickets..
Chinatown is just around the corner
Buses there are all double decker in red.. an improvise version of the old red london bus...
Harrods is massive!
Bought Eco bag and bus with cab miniature to add on my collection. Also bought biaojie another eco bag and a table cloth for her bday...
Dinner at a Japanese fast food chain call Itsu... tried the so call Miso Udon but actual fact, no udon but glass noodle.... miso soup with thai spice taste.. wierd.... my whole meal include a coke was SGD8 plus.. consider cheap!
Paid about SGD80 for the Musical... was full house and the show was brilliant! Although me and Feon did fall asleep in between! Its not boring at all but we are just too tired after almost 20 hours of journey + jetlag..... :(Day 2 - Windsor Castle - Stonehenge - Bath
Morning along street outside Celia's place
Morning along street outside Celia's place
We went Marble Arch early next morning to join a one day tour.. we had chose a hotel near there for pick up by the tour...
Grab some coffee and muffin from mcdonalds
We all were given a ear piece to listen to the tour guide's introduction... they are place inside a "really useful box".. haha.. funny tagline of the box...
On the way to Windsor Castle which is about an hour away from London
Windsor Castle is the oldest and largest occupied castle in the world and the Official Residence of Her Majesty The Queen. Its rich history spans almost 1000 years. The Castle covers an area of about 5 hectares (13 acres) and contains
· Magnificent State Apartments furnished with treasures from the Royal Collection
· St George's Chapel (one of the most beautiful ecclesiastical buildings in England and the burial place of 10 monarchs)
· Queen Mary's Dolls House, a masterpiece in miniature
· The Drawings Gallery featuring an exhibition
We manage to catch the changing guards ceremony
Our lunch - Chicken pie and apple crumble
All trees still botak now, can see the bird's nests! Haha...
Stonehenge is another few hours from Windsor Castle...
Stonehenge is surely Britain's greatest national icon. Its original purpose is unclear, but some have speculated that it was a temple made for the worship of ancient earth deities. It has been called an astronomical observatory for marking significant events on the prehistoric calendar. Others claim that it was a sacred site for the burial of high-ranking citizens from the societies of long ago.
Yeah.. the white dots are sheeps.... haha...
On the way to Bath...
Bath is really beautiful...
The buildings in Bath is all in this yellowish tone and architecture is different from London..
We visited the Roman bath museum
Streets of Bath
Beautiful park
How we wish we could lie down the grass the whole day...
Bought from souveniers from the Roman Bath Museum...
Went to catch Big Ben at nite scene after our one day tour..
London Eye nite view...
Dinner at Chinatown, Crispy duck!
Bought some cute badges and magnetsDay 3 - London
Flowers bloom on trees along Celia's house stretch.. its spring!
Buckingham Palace to watch the changing of guards ceremony... its was damn crowded with tourists! Policeman rides horses to control the crowd...
Buckingham Palace
Saw this group of people wanna go in the palace.. wander are they gonna see the queen?
Here they are...we waited for an hour...
Nice relax St James Park next to the palace...
We walk our way up to the Big Ben again since its near..
Big Ben & London Eye, day view...
Food and drinks are allowed in train.. so good...
Next stop is Victoria & Albert Museum... The Museum is huge and gorgeous!
Wow... can relax under the sun with a cuppa... shoik...
Manage to catch Yohji Yamamoto's exhibition there! Paid 7pounds for it.. definately worth it!
The library is so beautiful... very classic just like what's in Harry Potter!
Lunch at a pretty cafe opposite the museum.. of cos we go for rice instead of bread man!
Proceed to Dover Street Market after that but it was closed! Argh... cos its a Sunday... alamak our comme de garcons...
Went to Primark at Marble Arch and bought 2 tops at 8pounds each... the cheapest store in London..
Dinner at Euston Train Station, had BK at 6pounds per meal.. so ex.. :(
We took an overnight sleeper train to Edinburgh, Scotland that nite...It was freezing outside, we shiver our way up to the train and felt so shoik with warm heater on.. BUT!..after hours and hours, the heater is like sauna!!! Freaking hot! The passengers all complaint to the staff and they manage to off the heater.. well, think its really cold, without the heater, we feel the coldness slowly... haha.. then we had to wear back all our jackets and endure until we reach! What an unforgettable ride!
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