We took a day tour to see Windsor Castle, Bath, and Stonehenge. They were all in the same direction. The tour bus (or coach as the Londoners call it) started near Victoria station. We were expected to arrive there at 7:45. So […]
No visit to London is complete without a ride on the London Eye, the world’s tallest cantilevered (anchored on one side only) wheel which takes you 135 meters above the ground and gives you a 360-degree view of the city. But getting […]
What is common between Buckingham Palace, Trafalgar Square, and the National Gallery? Answer: Crowds. Alright, there were crowds everywhere I have been so far. At the London Tower, at Borough Markets, and at St Paul’s Cathedral. But they were nothing compared to […]
The first few days in a new place are fascinating. You are enchanted by everything – a bookstore, a flower shop, a street sign, a tree, a flower – anything slightly different, and you are mesmerized. A writer’s curiosity takes over, and […]
After a twelve-hour flight from Singapore, I got my first glimpse of London from the oval window of the plane. I liked what I saw. The beautiful coastline, rectangular pastures, ships entering the open mouth of a river, rows of houses, lines […]
As soon as I stepped inside the Canberra airport I was in a different mindset. Airports are big cheery buildings when you are going on holidays, not so much when you are travelling for work. They could be quite annoying when travelling […]