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Keep calm, carry on

23 Thursday Mar 2017

Posted by Ricky Leong in London, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, Travel, urban

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London, England

Another snapshot from my fall visit across the Atlantic Ocean … here’s one of the lions on Trafalgar Square, London, framed with Big Ben in the background.

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Unfamiliar London

21 Tuesday Mar 2017

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Modernity, London skyline

I’ve yet to wander into the newest, shiniest parts of central London — an unfamiliar skyline populated with skyscrapers and cranes. Perhaps on my next visit …

This view was snapped from the observation deck of the Tate Modern in September 2016.

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Under the dragon’s watchful eye

19 Sunday Mar 2017

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Chinatown, London

This ornament greets visitors from high above a street in London’s Chinatown. Seen on my visit there in September 2016.

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Memorial to a doomed mission

16 Thursday Mar 2017

Posted by Ricky Leong in art, history, London, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, Travel, urban

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Ill-fated expedition

This engraving in London, on Waterloo Place not far from Trafalgar Square, is part of a memorial to Sir John Franklin, leader of an ill-fated 1840s expedition in search of the Northwest Passage through Arctic Canadian waters.

I snapped this image in September 2016, just days after it was reported the wreck a second ship from his small fleet, HMS Terror, appears to have been found intact and in perfect condition at the bottom of the appropriately named Terror Bay, Nunavut.

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Holding things together

26 Sunday Feb 2017

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Holding things together

Don’t be alarmed! Things look worse than they are, clearly. This very neat implementation of public art was spotted in London this past fall.

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Frightful in flight at British Museum

08 Wednesday Feb 2017

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British Museum, London

One of the more creative (and unusual!) presentations spotted at the British Museum this past September.

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Red is for good luck

28 Saturday Jan 2017

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Chinatown in London, England

These lanterns hanging over the streets of London’s Chinatown add an extra splash of colour. Spotted this back in September 2016.

(Also … Happy Year of the Rooster!)

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Three-sided portals

11 Wednesday Jan 2017

Posted by Ricky Leong in architecture, design, London, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, Travel, urban

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Three-sided portals

Staring up at this building on Oxford Street in London back in September, I found the window design particularly pleasing for some reason.

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Random polka dots in London

06 Friday Jan 2017

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Polka dots

Happened to come across this very colourful pillar while wandering down a quiet street in London’s Soho neighbourhood back in September. There appeared to be no obvious reason for the decoration … but then again, who really needs one?

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King’s Cross, London

03 Tuesday Jan 2017

Posted by Ricky Leong in architecture, design, London, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, trains, Trains & Transit, transit, transportation, urban

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King's Cross, redux

I love this structure at King’s Cross station in London. There’s something soothing about the curvy lattice … although I couldn’t tell you why, exactly.

King's Cross

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