London trip part 2

Gambar building yg pertama diambil atas bas.
Hard Rock Cafe yang pertama di dunia. Kat bawah tu haa.
Kitorang tak pergi tengok dekat-dekat pun. I remember last time masa study dulu,
pergi hard rock cafe cuma pergi dia punya store dan beli baju Hard Rock Cafe version City. Takde apa yang menarik pun kat dalam



Ini kerja arkitek dulu-dulu. Design bangunan bertingkat mesti pakai tingkap yang makin lama makin kecik ke atas. Nak bagi nampak tinggi la kira. Langit memang cantik hari tu. Cerah dan biru tapi sejuk.


Madame Tussuads punya kubah.


Nak masuk ke?


Tak payahlah! hari-hari tengok kat TV diorang ni. Apa faedahnya..tapi kalau ambik gambar diorang pun menarik gak..Tapi kitorang ingat, kamera memang prohibited sebab ada nampak mamat ni keluar bawak photo siap dgn frame warna merah keluar dari building tu. Sekali lagi, tak payahlah, tiket pun mahal.

Kitorang snap poster kat luar tu je. Ha, cuba teka hasil kerja wax diorang ni. Ada yang nampak sebijik, tapi dua kali pandang macam action figure thaqif.





Yang ni obvious lah..




Lepas tu, kitorang naik bas lain pergi ke destinasi seterusnya.


Gambar ni sebab warna gold tu timbul.hah takde yang special tapi mengingatkan saya ada kerja dulu cat kubah masjid pakai warna gold ni. Cat dia satu tin kecik dekat RM50.


Kitorang masuk Hamley - Gedung Mainan terbesar kat London. Kitorang turun kat sini sebab bas tu ter langgar side mirror sebiji 4-wheel drive. Driver dia cool je keluar..kalau kat Malaysia dah siap maki kot.Tak pun dok buat pegang kepala buat-buat sakit sambil pegang handphone.


Tingkat bawah banyak bear and soft stuff.


Tak payahla Qif! benda-benda mekanikal dan bateri ni tahan satu hari je kat kau. Pastu ntah ke mana.


Bagi jelah dia main.


Kat Giant ada nampak si Ameng tu demo benda terbang ni. Pelik gak benda kecik boleh terbang setinggi tu. Oh..kitorang di tingkat paling atas sekali sebab diapers thaqif dah penuh.


Off we go to next destination. Si Paul ni boss dia suruh main kat luar. berliak-liak kat dalam store tu sebab dia punya pasal.

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London trip part 1

Sebagai pembuka bicara, saya tunjuk gambar yang saya ambik kat Hamley's. Gedung mainan budak yang tak hingat punya. Banyak made in China product.
Dari kiri ke kanan, Eye of London,Madam Tussuad, Tower Bridge & Big Ben

Kitorang pegi naik bas dari Manchester. Cheap, efficient & fast.
Seawal 6 pagi kitorang dah kat Terminal bas Manchester. Memang takde orang, tapi tempat ni selamat dan terang. Kitorang datang awal takut terlepas bas.

Ada jugak yg terlalok menunggu bas

Memang tepat 6.30 pagi, bas bertolak dari Manchester. Ada few companies yang run bus travel ni. Kitorang ambik Megabus, £18 return ticket per person. Condition bas sama macam bas ekspress Malaysia tapi speed limit memang tak penah langgar. Tu yang sampai 5 jam ke London.

Sampai London Victoria Coach Station, kitorang bergerak ke Victoria Station.
Sign ni memang banyak kat UK sebab diorang suka berjalan ke mana-mana..of course tunduk kepala.

Kitorang makan fries kat Victoria Station. Haha, barulah tau apa sebenarnya Restaurant Victoria Station yg dok kirotang pegi dulu. Kat sini takde Steak pun.

Pagi Jumaat..tak sesibuk selalu agaknya

Kalau takde Stroller, memang patah pinggang la jawabnya bawak Thaqif. Alhamdulillah dia tak byk meragam sepanjang trip. Memang tahan lasak. Victoria Station adalah Train Station utama London. Sayang, Train nak pegi Manchester bukan kat sini.

Kitorang plan ambik Tour Bus tu aje. Valid 48hours, boleh pegi semua attraction naik bas aje. Bas tingkat atas tak berbumbung senang nak ushar ke luar sambil dengar live commentaries. Kita boleh turun mana-mana dia berhenti. Beli tiket dia senang je..carik pekerja diorang yang pakai baju London Bus tour, diorang akan settlekan. Canggih! ada online card reader. £22 pound sorang.

Orait, posing dlm bas dulu..:)

Lepak kat Atas memang sejuk ah! Tapi, Aiman tak kisah.

Ok..kita sambung lagi lepas ni.

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Thanks to Syam and Family

We slept over at Syam's place in London. Really great to see him after 10 years. He lives at very modern apartment overlooking the River Thame. Not to mention the yummy dinner from her wife. I miss the ikan bilis goreng very much!

OK Syam, nanti aku hanta poster ni kat hang. Sorry to let you to have portraiture outside the cold windy breeze, I just couldn't get enough of the beautiful view outside.

p/s..sungai tu nampak je kecik..kapal perang pun boleh parking

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The worst snow hit UK for 18 years

We were in London and then back to Manchester when it happened.
The freezing cold drained the battery fast as well as my creativeness.
I should capture more of this in London. Here are some. Watch this space for our little journey in London and some guide if you happen to visit next time.

Now all the picture of London that I saw make sense to me now.

Ok..back to snow

Intial view from Victoria Coach Station (Stesen Bas)





Before we enter the coach station, thaqif started to cry. I couldn't press that shutter properly. It's numb.
Just outside Victoria Coach Station when the snow stop to fall. A minute later, it started to pour again.Brr..

I slept through the whole journey. Well, we stop at Birmingham to transit. A lot of bus services interrupted that night, we are the lucky one to be on schedule.

Here in Manchester...


Our neighbour built a mini snow man. He seemed couldn't bare the cold and started to fall down.

I brought some of the ice inside. .Look at his expressionlah

He wanted to give some to Uncle Anol.

Bukan ais kacang nak oii!

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