Hyde Park is one of the largest parks in central London, England.The park is divided in two by the Serpentine Lake. The park is contiguous with Kensington Gardens; although often still assumed to be part of Hyde Park, Kensington Gardens has been technically separate since 1728, when Queen Caroline made a division between the two. Hyde Park is 350 acres (140 hectare/1.4 km²) and Kensington Gardens is 275 acres (110 ha/1.1 km²) giving an overall area of 625 acres (250 ha/2.5 km²), making this park larger than the Principality of Monaco (1.96 square kilometres or 485 acres), but still smaller than Central Park (3.41 square kilometres or 843 acres). To the southeast (but outside of the park) is Hyde Park Corner. Although, during daylight, the two parks merge seamlessly into each other, Kensington Gardens closes at dusk but Hyde Park remains open throughout the year from 5 am until midnight.

The park was the site of The Great Exhibition of 1851, for which the Crystal Palace was designed by Joseph Paxton.The park has become a traditional location for mass demonstrations. The Chartists, the Reform League, the Suffragettes and the Stop The War Coalition have all held protests in the park. Many protestors on the Liberty and Livelihood March in 2002 started their march from Hyde Park.On 20 July 1982 in the Hyde Park and Regents Park bombings, two bombs linked to the Provisional Irish Republican Army caused the death of eight members of the Household Cavalry and the Royal Green Jackets and seven horses.

If your so blessed to have a bright sunny day in London, with nothing really to do, then I totally recomend going to Hyde Park. Its a beautiful place filled with open spaces, trees, a lake with swans and pellicans, squirels, kids and people taking their dogs for walks. I arrived at about 10:00am in the morning and noticed there was an event of sorts going on. A charity run I think, with the finishing point in the park. I walked and walked and I was really having a good time taking photo’s of people, animals and trees. I spotted a squirel and as I was trying to take its picture ran out of batteries. I brought spares in my bag, and so I put down my bag and sat on the floor to change batteries and within seconds I had squirels climbing all over me thinking I was going to feed them, which is illegeal by the way. They quickly noticed I had no food and all ran away from me. Its a photographers wet dream this place. Do come and spend the day, especially if you have kids.

Firstly, I am confused why this city is even pronounced the way it is. They call “Lester”, which is rather odd cos what happen to the Lei sound? Then again many things in England are not pronounced the way they spell it. Situated in the East Midlands, its a nice place not to far from London. The bus ride took a little over 2 hours, and cos me £14 return. If I took a train is only 1 hour, but much more expensive.  I  left London at about 2000 and reached here around 2245, not to bad seeing the bus stopped to pick up passengers twice and that traffic out of London was rather heavy. As soon as I arrived I took a cab to Suzie’s place and we talked and talked and talked. The next morning we woke up quite late and then she took me to the city center where I visited this huge mall. They had some cheap stuff too so I bought a new pair of shoes and some leather gloves for my trip to Edinburgh. We ate lunch at a Chinese restaurant named “Oriental Buffet”, how original I thought, and we just ate and talked. Then we saw the European fair that going on right now, which had stalls from different countries in the Euro. There were mostly food stalls but a few interesting shops with skafts and stuff.

Chatham (pronounced “chat-um” ) is a large area within Medway in South East England. It developed around a 17th-century naval dockyard on the River Medway, and was once a separate town.

Although the dockyard has long been closed and is now being redeveloped, into a business and residential community, its major buildings remain; so that, in addition to that more modern usage, the historical importance of the dockyard makes an important contribution to the tourist industry. In addition to Chatham being a naval town it also has military connections: several Army barracks were located here, together with 19th-century forts which provided a defensive shield for the dockyard.

The town has important road links and the railway and bus stations are the main interchanges for the area. It is the administrative headquarters of Medway unitary authority, as well as its principal shopping centre.

While I spent the weekend with my family, Ryan took a day trip to Chatham, Medway. Here are the pictures, check them out.

Greenwich is a district in south-east London, England, on the south bank of the River Thames in the London Borough of Greenwich. It is best known for its maritime history and as giving its name to the Greenwich Meridian (0° longitude) and Greenwich Mean Time.

The town became the site of a Royal palace, the Palace of Placentia from the 15th century, and was the birthplace of many in the House of Tudor, including Henry VIII and Elizabeth I. The palace fell into disrepair during the English Civil War and was rebuilt as the Royal Naval Hospital for Sailors by Sir Christopher Wren and his assistant Nicholas Hawksmoor. These buildings became the Royal Naval College in 1873, and they remained an establishment for military education until 1998 when they passed into the hands of the Greenwich Foundation. The historic rooms within these buildings remain open to the public, other buildings are used by University of Greenwich and the Trinity College of Music.

The town became a popular resort in the 17th century with many grand houses, such as Vanbrugh castle established on Maze Hill, next to the park. From the Georgian period estates of houses were constructed above the town centre. The maritime connections of Greenwich were celebrated in the 20th century, with the siting of the Cutty Sark and Gypsy Moth IV next to the river front, and the National Maritime Museum in the former buildings of the Royal Hospital School in 1934. Greenwich formed part of Kent until 1889 when the County of London was created.

On a bright and sunny Saturday in England, I decided to visit Greenwich, a small part of London only 45 minute boatride from London Bridge. Its one of the World Heratige Sites and is the home of the famous 0′ Degrees and its where the world’s time is measured from. Its a beautiful little town with nice gardens, old buildings and even a mini London Eye. There is an observetory which is definately worth a visit. If you don’t have much time, you could do the whole town in just under 2 hours. Make sure you take a photo of yourself standing on the line

More photo’s bellow :-

Père Lachaise Cemetery (French: Cimetière du Père-Lachaise; officially, cimetière de l’Est, “East Cemetery”) is the largest cemetery in the city of Paris, France at (48 ha, 118.6 acres), though there are larger cemeteries in the city’s suburbs.

Père Lachaise is one of the most famous cemeteries in the world. Located in the 20th arrondissement, it is reputed to be the world’s most-visited cemetery, attracting hundreds of thousands of visitors annually to the graves of those who have enhanced French life over the past 200 years. It is also the site of three World War I memorials.

Père Lachaise is located on Boulevard de Ménilmontant. Métro station Philippe Auguste on line 2 is next to the main entrance, while the station called Père Lachaise, on lines 2 or 3, is 500 metres away near a side entrance. (Many tourists are reported to prefer the Gambetta station on line 3 as it allows them to enter near the tomb of Oscar Wilde and then walk downhill to visit the rest of the cemetery.)

I know what your thinking. Visit a Cemetery? You kidding me right. Its not really and Asian thing, and if you look around, its the few places in Paris you don’t see Asians :P, but its really something different. This place is like a city, and its really old. There are graves here bigger than homes in Malaysia! And the artistry is amazing. A few famous people are burried here like Oscar Wilde, Jim Morrison and many famous french artist and poets. Take a walk and you will see.