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england trip - part one
so here i am back in dublin. surprisingly, i find this irish capital much colder than the cities i visited in england due to regular gale-force winds.
what you are about to read in the following paragraphs are my review of my trip to england last week with two of my friends, kimin of ucd and syed nabil of nui, galway.
but don't forget my other travel companion throughout the journey, dan brown's the da vinci code. i bought it at eason the day before take off and found it as an interesting read to keep me company while waiting in the victoria bus station for seven hours or during flight delays due to bad weather conditions. a senior recommended me this book and after hearing all the hype about it and seeing it on the bestseller's shelves in every bookstore i just got to get my hands on it. all in all, it's a great, suspense-filled thriller. it would make a great movie. the subject matter is pretty deep for me though, but good knowledge nevertheless.
so, we flew to bristol international from dublin airport at around noon on the 23rd of december. after touch down, we headed to the heart of bristol to reach aidi's on-campus accommodation in bristol university. the student's hostel was on top of a steep hill and what a workout we had. we only stayed there overnight because our bus to london was scheduled early the next morning.
one interesting incident happened that night. i'm not going to type about it here but it does involved four fire trucks and onion rings.
the next morning, after barely caught up with the coach, we headed for the capital city of england, london. arrived in victoria coach station around 10am, we went to the new malaysia hall at queensborough terrace via tube.
first thing we did after checking in? went to the cafeteria of course for some nasi lemak and teh tarik (ahh...the first nasi lemak in four months that was not self-made. :p).
after that, we went to london central mosque near regent's park.
then we checked out picaddily circus and surveyed oxford street and we went to chinatown.
to be continued... check out the pictures of bristol and london here.
next on [are we there yet?] - no tube on christmas day, so what to do?
so here i am back in dublin. surprisingly, i find this irish capital much colder than the cities i visited in england due to regular gale-force winds.
what you are about to read in the following paragraphs are my review of my trip to england last week with two of my friends, kimin of ucd and syed nabil of nui, galway.
but don't forget my other travel companion throughout the journey, dan brown's the da vinci code. i bought it at eason the day before take off and found it as an interesting read to keep me company while waiting in the victoria bus station for seven hours or during flight delays due to bad weather conditions. a senior recommended me this book and after hearing all the hype about it and seeing it on the bestseller's shelves in every bookstore i just got to get my hands on it. all in all, it's a great, suspense-filled thriller. it would make a great movie. the subject matter is pretty deep for me though, but good knowledge nevertheless.
so, we flew to bristol international from dublin airport at around noon on the 23rd of december. after touch down, we headed to the heart of bristol to reach aidi's on-campus accommodation in bristol university. the student's hostel was on top of a steep hill and what a workout we had. we only stayed there overnight because our bus to london was scheduled early the next morning.
one interesting incident happened that night. i'm not going to type about it here but it does involved four fire trucks and onion rings.
the next morning, after barely caught up with the coach, we headed for the capital city of england, london. arrived in victoria coach station around 10am, we went to the new malaysia hall at queensborough terrace via tube.
first thing we did after checking in? went to the cafeteria of course for some nasi lemak and teh tarik (ahh...the first nasi lemak in four months that was not self-made. :p).
after that, we went to london central mosque near regent's park.
then we checked out picaddily circus and surveyed oxford street and we went to chinatown.
to be continued... check out the pictures of bristol and london here.
next on [are we there yet?] - no tube on christmas day, so what to do?
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