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Return Fr Europe Backpack-3
Day1-LONDON
Masa booked ticket tru MATTA fare bulan March 2006 in KL, I choose Emirates Air..tak lah termurah but I was told service dia
bagus..menandingi SIA. At RM1999 +RM715(taxes) it’s a good bargain. Ke LONDON kita boleh landing at 5 international
airports: HEATHROW, GATWICK, STANSTED, LUTON or CITY. Saya pilih tiba LONDON melalui GATWICK dan balik melalui
HEATHROW. Jarak GATWICK to LONDON CENTRAL adalah 30miles south and jarak HEATHROW to LONDON CENTRAL adalah 15miles west.
KL-Dubai-Gatwick, London...we started our journey from KL on 19/4/2006 jam 0055hr dengan Emirates Airways..singgah kat
Dubai on 10/4/2006 for 4 hours then sampai Gatwick Int Airport, London jam 12petang. Masa kat Dubai Airport sempat guna
free internet kiosk and hantar a few emails to friends and office mates.The timing of my flight is just nice..tolak at midnite
from KL and sampai LONDON tengahari. I think bila kita nak beli ticket kapal terbang, kita kena take the arrival time into
consideration gak. As for me, time arrival penting sebab kalau sampai malam, I ada masalah hendak mencari hostel/hotel sebab I tak buat booking reason being I dunno where to stay yet.Masa kastam check..takde masalah langsung..dia tanya soklan
basic aje…like keje apa, pegi mana, duduk mana, brapa hari staying here etc..sekejap aje. Abt my luggage ..with the food
yg I usung..ingat nak kena tarik..but there was no question asked!
The moment sampai GATWICK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, kami rasa lost ..tak tahu where to begin sbb this is our first backpack destination. Berbekalkan buku The Rough Guide To Europe 2006 (beli kat Popular Book Store for RM32.50), didalam pemilihan
tempat menetap, kami decided to stay at an area near to the Central Station. Our initial plan was to stay somewhere at
COURTS EARL (kerana kawan bagi tau hotel disini murah) but changed to stay somewhere near VICTORIA STATION. We
wanted to take the tube but was advised by the Tourist Information Counter to take the train sebab tak rushing lagi pun klau
ambik tube kami kena tukar station.. and klau naik train I tak perlu tukar2 station. Kami beli tiket keretapi dari vending machine
for {9 ({=pound} to Victoria Station. Take note : there are 2 information counters..1) Tourist Information Counter, untuk
pelancung cam kita. We can asked about transportation, hotels etc. 2} Information Counter-untuk bertanya/beli tiket transports.
Semasa diatas ktapi, kami berbual with one local guy. we learn from this guy that we should buy a Travelcard @ {4.50 valid to
travel on buses, suburban trains and the tube the whole day..instead of buying the {9 ticket tadi. Apa yang menyentuh hati
kami ialah this guy help us to take us to HUGH STREET, VICTORIA…berderet2 rumah disitu menawarkan B&B lodging. This guy
also help us to knock from one house to another bertanyakan brapa rate untuk tinggal semalam. Kebanyakan mengenakan rate
above {50 untuk 2 orang in the end we ended with IVY HOTEL yang charge us {45 with toilet and breakfast. This place is only
3 minutes walk to VICTORIA STATION!
We are satisfied with the room with clean bed n toilet and location near VICTORIA CENTRAL station (cam KL Central la).
In LONDON ni klau nak sewa bilik with toilet, rate dia lebih tinggi dari yg tak de toilet. Since dah dua hari kami belum mandi, we
choose the one with toilet.
Selepas mandi dan berkemas..we started our sight-seeing. Kami Cuma berjalan kaki dari hotel dan sempat melawat at the
NORTH OF RIVER THAMES area WHITEHALL merangkumi TRAFALGAR SQUARE, PARLIAMENT SQ. DAN BUCKINGHAM PALACE.
To reach to these places takes about 10minutes stroll from our hotel. Semasa dekat BUCKINGHAM PALACE kami sempat
menyaksikan CHANGING OF THE GUARD. Saya difahamkan upacara ni sentiasa diadakan kecuali kalau hari hujan. Kami juga
sempat ke WHITEHALL-banyak government building dan berhenti bergambar depan 10 DOWNING ST. Ramai orang bergambar
disini. Menuju keselatan WHITEHALL kami ke HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT then Menara jam yang terkenal, BIG BEN..jam yang
membawa 13 ton lonceng. Saya enjoy walking at THE MALL yang selari dengan TRAFALGAR SQ..dibarisi dengan pokok. Pastu
kami berehat di St JAMES PARK then kami berjalan ke COVENT GARDEN.
It was a long day for us. Malam nya we stay in door ..masak nasi impit dua packet..1 untuk mkn malam satu buat bekal berjalan
esok. Makan malam: Nasi Himpit, rendang daging, Brahim brand plus Nescafe …eehhmmm .. feeling at home...
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