November 2005
London, United Kingdom
From 18 to 20 November 2005 we went London with Easyjet, Easybus and Easyhotel. We saw Ewan McGregor in Guys and Dolls, and visited the British Museum and Natural History Museum.
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1/16 In the morning of Friday 18 November we arrived at Luton Airport where we took this easyBus into the city.
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2/16 Here we are in a double decker bus with a prime seat by the top window.
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3/16 In the afternoon we walked from Round Pond (pictured here) in Kensington Gardens to the Diana Memorial in Hyde Park and along the Serpentine.
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4/16 For a late lunch we went to Hard Rock Cafe close to Hyde Park Corner.
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5/16 From Hyde Park we walked along Oxford Street where we saw the Christmas lights. This photo is on Regent Street.
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6/16 In the evening we saw the play Guys and Dolls with Ewan McGregor at Piccadilly Theatre. We waited at the stage door afterwards to see Ewan, but he had already left out the front.
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7/16 On Saturday morning we left our 'Tiny Room' at the easyHotel at around 8:30.
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8/16 Our nearest underground station to the hotel was Earl's Court.
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9/16 On Saturday we went to the British Museum where we first saw these Indian sculptures in Room 33: China, South & South-east Asia.
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10/16 This is a 1000-year-old moai statue from Orongo, Easter Island named Hoa Hakananai'a. It was collected by the crew of the English ship HMS Topaze, under the command of Richard Ashmore Powell, on their visit to Easter Island in 1868 to carry out surveying work.
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11/16 We thought this was a cute-looking thing; it is a late 19th/early 20th century Hohao, or spirit board, from the Gulf of Papua. The figure on this carved and painted board depicts a forest spirit known to the Elema people, who live on the long coast of Orokolo Bay in southern Papua New Guinea. (Room 24, Living and Dying)
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12/16 In the evening we saw the play High Society at Shaftesbury Theatre.
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14/16 At the museum we looked around the Birds halls at the Life Galleries.
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15/16 We had lunch at Tattersalls Tavern near Knightsbridge where we had a traditional pub lunch. It was really good.
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16/16 We had left our luggage at the Natural History Museum (because easyHotel wouldn't store it for us) so we went back there to pick it up. This is the ice rink by the museum with the beautiful museum in the background.
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