DAY OUT IN CHINA TOWN

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Now that the Chinese New Year has just began (Happy New Year).....here are my pictures from the weekend I popped into London (albeit on the wrong day) hoping to catch the parade. I still came out of there with a few pictures......

So with wasting blog space....

Hippodrome (Leicester Sq. Station)

The China Town archway (as I entered)

Another archway at the end of the street on my exit.

Through these glass doors walk the movie stars during Premiers in London.

You will find this in Leicester Sq. (of the people I have taken there, they didnt even know it was there).

Later, my pals and I went to get something to eat. Yep, we had chinese food. There is this restaurant that an old friend introduced me to and every time I am in London and feel for chinese, this is the place I go to. The service on the day was crap, but we still went ahead and enjoyed our meal. At least the food made up for the shitty service. I also introduced them to the house drink, Ice Pearls. They are lovely. Just don't drink them before your meal, as it is a meal in itself.

One of my pals had noodles and a Cocopine Ice Pearl

I had a Beef Curry with potatoes and boiled rice and a MangoStrawberry Ice Pearl

Across the table, my other pal had fried duck with rice.

After our meal, we went sightseeing and inside the Trocadero, we came across this stand selling Chinese art and jewellery.

Want anything written in Chinese on site?

You could even ask for some artwork of Dragons, etc drawn as you wait. Usually done within minutes as these pictures depict.

Later we moved on to a sweet shop. Word of warning: LOOK AWAY NOW IF YOU HAVE A WEAKNESS FOR SWEETS.

A selection of sweets

Jumbo sized sweets....I dare you!!!

How thick are those marshmellows?

A huge bowl of 'cricket ball' size Gobstoppers.

We later left the mall (Trocadero) and walked around abit where I took several pictures to sum-up the day.

I just love how this pic came out. Catching all that light of bouncing off the buildings in London

Picadilly Circus - Everytime I see this building with the Sanyo on it, it reminds me of the radio ad in Nai 'Sanyo iko juu, Sanyo iko top, top.' LOL! Yep, I am that old.

Virgin Music store in Picadilly Circus - I like the way the light of the 'Sanyo building' illuminates this building.

LONDON EYE AND BIG BEN (extras too)

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Sorry they are late.......

I went to London over the weekend and this is what I was up to most of the time. The sun came out, but by evening it was getting very cold. Enjoy the pics though!!!

Just as I stepped out of the station....across the river Thames I was greeted with this view.

Some directions to interesting sites in the area

Big Ben and the sun setting behind it

A sculpture depicting the Battle of Britain.

Capturing the London Eye and Aquarium from across the river

Centre point shot with zoom

I had to go a long way round to the other side, but it was worth it as I got some stunning shots from this bridge

A shot from the bridge....stunning!!!

Zoomed in on the 'eye'

Tried to capture the sunset and the sun emerged from the clouds causing too much glare. Makes a good pic though!

Used a setting to reduce the sun's glare and give the skyline look like a silhoutte

This shot was a mistake, but it looks good. Too much light, yet it looks like its the sun

The name of the bridge where it all happened

On top of the stairs...see how bare the trees are during winter.

Zooming in on one of the London Eye pods

A shot taken near the boarding gate

Dali Art....one of many along the river bank

Another one

Kill two birds with one stone.....London Eye and Aquarium in the same vicinity

Nothing beats a random shot of a piece of wood floating by in the Thames




Parting shot of the eye

Now this is over exposure when I was playing around the manual settings....

.....I finally cracked it and got a better setting to take a picture (after a few tries though)

At sunset, Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament are illuminated

As I headed back to the tube station.....

This the station you need for those sites.....

At the platform...its blurry as I took it in a hurry

For Wembley Stadium...you will need this stop

That's all folks.

p.s. The pics are in their original state.....how I took them.