St Paul Cathedral and Millenium Bridge in London

The actual name of St. Paul Cathedral is Cathedral churh of Paul the Apostle. I couldn't take the whole features of this church, it is a huge church with 158 m in lenght, 37 m in width and 75 m in width across transepts. The highest part of this building is approximately 108 m. I didn't have a chance to visit this place as I was there after 5pm. For more information about servicing hours and admission fees, please check out this website: http://www.stpauls.co.uk/









One of the towers.





One of the statues found at the square in front St. Paul Cathedral.










Cool huh this taxi?!

This is the view captured from Millenium Bridge.

Mellinium Bridge and St. Paul Cathedral is at the far end.

Millenium Bridge is also known as London Millenium Footbridge. It's another steel made suspension bridge that were build across River Thames. The total lenght of this bridge is about 1,214 feet and it is considered as a new bridge (opened in year 2000).

Tower Bridge, Here I Come Again! (29 May 07)

It was my second visit to Tower Bridge in London. Many people have mistaken it as London Bridge. In fact, London Bridge is just an ordinary simple bridge. It is not as attractive as this one.

Tower Bridge is a suspension bridge that cross over River Thames. The two towers on both sides are linked by two walked way. The total lenght of this bridge is approximately 801 feet. This bridge was officially opened since year 1894.

The bridge is designed as a bascule bridge, where it could be raised up in the middle to allow bigger ships and cruises to pass through. The system is pulled by hydraulic machine.

One of the towers. To know about the admission fees, please check http://www.towerbridge.org.uk/TowerBridge/English/AdmissionPrices/

River Thames is always so busy.

One of the fasinating architecture/buildings which was found near by Tower Bridge.

Look what has vandal did to the sign board? Sad to see this.

This is London Bridge, the one that you keep singing in nursery rhyme. This bridge is built across River Thames too.

We also went to a near by park/garden.

The huge iron-made thing that stands behind my hubby plays its function as the short hand of a clock. When sun is moving, the shadow that falls from the iron stuff will be able to tell the exact time. Fantastic isn't it?

This picture shows us that it was nearly 5 in the evening.

Buckingham Palace (29 May 07)

Buckinham Palace is serving for state occasions and royal hospitality. Today, it has become one of the tourist attraction in England.


One of the activities you should not miss when visiting this place is the changing of the Queen's Guard. It always take place in the forecourt of Buckingham Palace at around 11 in the morning.

Picadilly Circle, London (28 May 07)

Picadilly Circle in London is one of the busiest junctions. It is connected to lots of shopping street and China Town is not far away from here. Today, Picadilly Circle has become one of the tourist attractios, as it is well known for its' big display screen and huge neon advertising boards.

British Museum, London (28 May 07)

Britain has the largest and most comprehensive museum in the world. It collects more than 7 million objects from all continents. This musuem is really huge, I have been there twice but still couldn't finish visiting all sites. The overall built area is more than 75,000 m square.




British Museum from the front door.

This is the interior design of British Museum. Great Court is in the centre of British Museum, surrounding the reading room.

This museum is located in a 3 levels buildings, and each level contains several departments. Without a museum map, you will definately get loss some where. Lowest level contains 2 themes (Africa Gallery and Acient Greece & Rome Gallery) with 7 separate sections. While on level 1, there are all together 7 themes (Americas, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece and Rome, Asia, Middle East, Thmes & Exhibitions and Changing Display) with 29 sections overall. The highest floor has 8 themes (Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece and Rome, Asia (Japan), Europe, Middle East, Themes, Exhibition and Chaning Displays & Gallery Improvement) with 35 sections.

Hoa Hakananaia is exhibited in the centre of 'Africa Gallery'.




This woodcraft is also exhibited at the edge of 'Africa Gallery'.

Short video taken from 'Africa Gellery'.

Another short video taken from 'Africa Gellery'.

An estimation was done by scientist over the years: Each British residence is believed to take approximately 14,000 drug pills in a life time.

Mictlantecuhti is a symbol of dead among Mexican. This statue was found in 'Mexico Gallery'.

A short video taken from 'Mexico Gallery'.

Found under 'Asia' theme in 'India Gallery'.

You could also find all these Chinese acient coins in British Museum. Besides this, they have also collected painting, Buddhist statues and limestones, antiquities, bronze, various shape and quality of jades and other applied arts from mainland China.

This is one of the oldest Buddhist painting from China, it is more than thousand year old.

Guess what is this? Yes! It' the scissors used in Acient China. Cool right?

Here comes the mummy! This is kept in 'Egypt Gallery'.

This is not a replica, this is a real mummy! The hair, the teeth and even the eye lashes are still well preserved.

Egyptian kept their dead cat in this 'cat cofin'.

Some other Egyptian collections that worth seeing.

A short video taken from 'Egypt Gallery'.

A replica statue in the 'Greek Gallery'.

A short video taken from one of the 'Greek Gallery'.

Lewis Chessman.

Photo taken in 'Middle East Gallery'.