Tourist Photo – britlog https://britlog.slaughter.com work, life, and travel Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:07:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.2.2 Increadible Crowds for Holiday Shopping https://britlog.slaughter.com/2009/12/07/increadible-crowds-for-holiday-shopping/ Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:07:14 +0000 http://britlog.slaughter.com/?p=896 Continue reading "Increadible Crowds for Holiday Shopping"]]> The streets of London – particularly Central London – get ridiculously busy in December as people buy their gifts for Saturnalia. Oxford Street and Regent Street were both closed this weekend to accommodate the crowds.

Here are two pictures taken at Oxford Circus. One facing one direction:

Oxford Circus Holiday Crowds

And one facing the other direction:

Oxford Circus Holiday Crowds

Carnaby Street was busy as usual, and had some new decorations up for the holidays:

Carnaby Street Decorations

We did most of our shopping online this year, but it’s great to go out and see the crowds! I love this city.

]]> Happy New Year! https://britlog.slaughter.com/2007/12/31/happy-new-year/ Mon, 31 Dec 2007 17:38:01 +0000 http://britlog.slaughter.com/2007/12/31/happy-new-year/ Continue reading "Happy New Year!"]]> Sylvia and I just got in from celebrating the start of 2008 in Hong Kong.

We had heard there would be a great fireworks and light show this year, so we ensured we had a great viewing spot from the convention centre:The View of the Fireworks

Unfortunatley, this being Gweilo New Year as opposed to 春節, the fireworks weren’t nearly as impressive as we had hoped. Still, they put on a good finale with fireworks coming from all sides of the IFC (AKA the “Big Dick“):

Hong Kong New Years 2008 - Finale

Happy 2008 Everone!

Happy 2008!

]]> London Tourist Photo of The Day https://britlog.slaughter.com/2007/07/31/london-tourist-photo-of-the-day/ Tue, 31 Jul 2007 22:46:41 +0000 http://britlog.slaughter.com/2007/07/31/london-tourist-photo-of-the-day/ Taken by Jason’s dad a few weeks ago while on the London Eye:

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