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Europe » United Kingdom » England » Greater London » Surrey Quays March 23rd 2007

After 2 months of travelling around Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and Thailand, Nicola arrived back in the country and came down to see me. It was great to see her and catch up on all her stories and adventures. What wasn't so great was that I felt like an albino next to her, seeing as she had a good tan and I haven't seen any sun since ... I can't remember, it's been that long. Saturday night we went out to China Town with the crew - Lisa, Andre, Jenny and Jess & Eddie (Lisa and Andre's mates who are dossing with us at the mo). We wolfed down a good feed before finding a walkabout bar in Covent Garden to watch some cricket. Well the boys watched while the girls knattered. Sunday was daylight savings so ... read more

Daylight Savings BBQ - Action eating shot

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Europe » United Kingdom » England » Greater London » Surrey Quays December 2nd 2006

Harrods - Fish Bar

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Seeing Nicolas favourite pastime is shopping I thought I would take her to Harrods. It is an impressive place especially the food hall, but around this time of year it is absolutely packed with people. Afterwards we walked to and around Hyde Park and went and saw Buckingham Palace for a bit. After plenty of walking we got back and had a siesta before getting into the festivities. All of the flatties plus a group of our mates had a bit of a shindig at our flat, Nicola was the odd one out seeing the rest were kiwis so she was getting a bit of stick, especially when we found out that MacGyver wasn’t shown in the UK and the teenage mutant ninja turtles were called the hero turtles because ninja has bad connotations (what a ... read more

Alright Governor

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Greater London » Surrey Quays November 30th 2006

Local Pub - The Fitchetts

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Thursday I decided to have a walk around my local area, Surrey Quays. I found out that the Greenland dock near my flat is called so because it was used by the whaling ships which operated principally in the North Atlantic around Greenland. It was used to refit whaling ships and as a location for the boiling of blubber to produce oil. A few of the pubs in the area are named after this fact too, such as the Moby Dick and the Ship and Whale. I actually found quite a few pubs in the area, that’s one thing in England you can’t go 100 metres without finding. I also found out that the Greenland Dock was used for the timber trade during the 19th century and suffered greatly during World War II, when many of ... read more

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