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Europe CNY 2012
Day 2 - 20th January - Walking around London (Part 1)
"Are your skills in demand overseas? visit the emigrate show... Australia. Canada. New Zealand"
Emigrate to the Colonies!
"Transexual Pre-Op. Real Photos. HOT! HOT! HOT. Active-Pasive. Domination. First Time Welcome. She-Male. Full Services - Call Me!"
"New Ebony. Nice and Discreet. In/Out Calls. Hotel Visits 24/7"
"Tall Leggy. Busty Stunner New. All Services. In/out Calls. Hotel Visits."
Saucy phone booth ads.
I was intending to queue for the exhibition, 'Leonardo da Vinci: Painter at the Court of Milan', "the most complete display of Leonardo's rare surviving paintings ever held". My reservation wait time was 2 hours, but I showed up at the 1hr 40min mark (before it opened). Apparently some people had come at 4am, and you needed to be in the queue by 6am to get in. Hurr.
Queue for Leonardo
Thwarted, I put on my dumb tourist hat and looked at other things.
Trafalgar Square
National Gallery, St Martin in the Fields
Statue to Charles James Napier
The Malaysian tourism (Tourism Malaysia) office was blocked by some construction fence. This was no loss. Also it was beside Uganda Housem appropriately.
Nelson's Column
Admiralty Arch
Admiralty Arch
The Mall
Back of the Duke of York's Column
This should've been the War Memorial at St James's Park
Crimean Memorial
Commonwealth House
Victoria Memorial, Buckingham Palace
St James's Park
There was a barracks or some other Guards military installation. Outside they had relatively candid recruitment material:
'Join the army,' they said! 'See the world,' they said!
"The Guards. Be the Best"
Guards poster. If everyone is the best, who is second?
On the Queen's Life Guard and the Queen's Guard
Footdrill
This was the final rehearsal for a 11am ceremony. I was amused that there was no "knock it down". I asked the guy at the gate, and he said they wouldn't do it in public. Oh right. It'd be funny seeing people doing pushups in those tall hats anyway.
Footdrill 2
Pret a Manger
Apparently this is where the fad started (their first outlet)
"Brunette Size 8/34C. Barbie Girl!"
"Brunette. Stunning Slim & Sensual. Elite VIP Fun & Fantasies"
"Young Hot Exotic Pre-Op Transexual. Beautiful Body. Sensual. Busty and Friendly. In and Out Calls. Mins from Victoria Station"
"Nikki. 30yrs Sexy Slim & Leggy. Fabulous Swedish Blonde. Best Girlfriend Experience 4 U" [Ed: This is what Sweden's feminist laws have done - driven prostitutes out of the country!]
"Thai Sweet Chili. Pre-Op Transexual. Busty, Excellent Body. 1 Min Walk Victoria Station"
"Sexy Latin Top Model. Beautiful Figure. Leggy & Busty. Friendly & Sensual."
Saucy phone booth ads are not as fun without pictures