The London Eye

Mind The Gap

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September 10th 2009
My first day of the adventure started by boarding a plane in Halifax bound for London last night. Edgar Samson and myself had a few drinks at his brother's to toast our adventure and then we were chaufuured to the airport by Michel. Five hours after we took off we landed in London Heathrow. We decided to spend the day in London as our flight to Nairobi only left that evening. London is a gr ... read more

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Great Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the ear... ... read more