Showing posts with label London Bridge. Show all posts
Showing posts with label London Bridge. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 20, 2018

London Bridge, The Shard, Hyde Park, Buckingham Palace, Harrods, NFL @ London 2018

Before I start off today's set of visited locations, here's the goodies that we'll be bringing back home...
And yes, Little One enjoyed that massive Chocolate biscuit...
The forecast was for rainy and gloomy weather; all day long. Well, not much we can do except to prepare for it as best as we can... First stop: London Bridge. And in the distance... Tower Bridge.
A passerby was kind enough to help us take a family photo of the three of us... Thank You...!
A panaromic shot across the Thames.
Hmmmm... what can this be?
NFL in London??? In front of The Barrowboy & Banker.
Southwark Cathedral
Borough Market Hall which was closed...
Unfortunately, selfie camera wasn't 'wide' enough...
Next stop: Green Park. Why here?
Looks familiar?
The long row of trees ... makes for a very nice perspective shot.
Buckingham Palace
Unfortunately, light showers were in the order of the day... and so, we had to cut short the visit.
So we left and eventually, made our way to... yup, Harrods.
And it's huge... that whole building across the street is Harrods!
Well, we got hungry and left Harrods. In our attempt to look for a more peaceful and serene location for lunch, we stumbled across this small park... unfortunately, it's marked as private property...
And hideyholes?
Well, Little One is hungry...
And eventually would find ourselves at Hyde Park. Or rather, some part of it...
And it's huge.
And have Little One and Missus enjoying the fallen maple leaves of Autumn.
Heading back, we would find out that about 80,000 people would be at Wembley for the NFL game.
Can you spot my family???
Who's the fan of which team??? :P
Now, that's a true fan!

The End.

Friday, December 3, 2010

Grean Ocean Road (12 Apostles, Loch Ard Gorge & London Bridge)

2 months after visiting, here are the photos. Unfortunately, shooting at 2pm onwards isn't very conducive and helpful to a photographer, but one can't complain right?

So here is it. The grand entrance and the official start of it!

And along the way, this fella showed up...
So did this little birdie... Guess it must have been really jealous over the attention that the koala was getting.
Along the way, you have scenic lookouts that gives you all kinds of view as the road hugs the terrain and make it's way...
A little secluded beach.
The main event of GOR as it's commonly called: 12 Apostles; representing the rocks that are still standing tall.

The other side of the 12 Apostles.

Still standing tall.


From there, we headed on to Loch Ard Gorge. There's a story behind it and it's best read from this image.




View of the gorge from the top.

Imagine swimming your way into this gorge...

The opposite view.
Swimming and battling against those waves that would want to bash you against that cliff face...
And finally, one more main "event".
London Bridge... Well, it used to be connected, but back in the 1990, it broke apart leaving a gap in between the mainland and ... the rock. Well, that's the power of the wind, waves and sand for you.

We used the services of Go West Tours. Great commentary, driving and music. They have this "leave your comments book" and this is what my wife drew and wrote. Cute huh?

One thing is certain about this trip: GO before the mother nature destroy the rest of what's left!!!

The End.

Gyeongbokgung Palace, National Palace Museum of Korea & Going Home

Just before heading home, we visited this site: Gyeongbokgung Palace. Unfortunately, while it looks nice and sunny, it isn't! It...