London trip(Digital) part I
London trip(Digital) part II

This is it…last few frames from my trip to london and a few from oslo…tmax

Listening to Myst III soundtrack…

canceled my account on Facebook…free at last.

love the signs in london


surbiton

suri making dinner…scrambled eggs…


on our way to ameys house…we saw some fireworks

got to ameys house to a full sink…student life…

yes…thats me having some vodka

and this is how i felt after a few more…

breakfast the next day at the french place


surbiton…strange distortion

i had watched Stalker few days back…one of my +fav films…and then i see this…as i told ya…got to love the signs in london

Christmas in oslo…and me failing…too dark




guitar hero…the party killer

lady of the house…

Thats it…loaded a ilford 3200 and the battery in the FM died midway…they dont want me to shoot film…so i wont…

Told Rakel about my “Plan”…and she asked me if i really need a Leica…no i dont…i am not a pro or anything…but i would like to have one…so what the hell…who cares…

So next post…back to the 30D…

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London trip(Digital) part I
London trip(Digital) part II

So…damn word *SO*…goto stop using it…getting on my nerve…

anyways…i had to goto Trafalgar square as it seems to be the place to be…seeing all the stuff on tanya and james blog.

All the way suri was going on how it would be too dark by the time we get there…thats why you use fast primes and not crappy zooms…kidding…suri likes tele…no he does not pap people…he likes more random abstract stuff…stuff that i find boring.

Oh yes…i am not going to shoot any more film for a long time…even though i have some rolls of film left…why?

Because i have not been able to find a decent second hand camera yet…and people who do have decent stuff…wont sell it…they rather keep it in their safe locked away…to rust…than sell it…and someone use it…makes me vomit.

My big plan is to buy a Leica MP

…haha…makes me crack up…ok…not now not now…i will be saving …a lot of money…and maybe in a couple of years…i will have enough to get one…no more borrowing camera…getting my own…and the wise man says…always get the best. Man on a mission…yay.

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So we made our way to the famous London Eye…which was HUGE…i try to avoid doing touristy stuff but i love ferris wheels…so i had to go on this one too. First…get tickets…which is when i discovered the blue loos…and a funky hand dryer…one thing to notice is that there is no paper towels in London unlike Oslo..where its the norm.

all shot with trix + Nikon FM + 50/2

more streetlamps

the eye…and the plane


the kid was scared by the street performer

from the eye


the loo…suri wearing a beanie…i dont know why…as it was not too cold…but then again…i am comparing it to oslo

street performers…and man watching…wrong horizon

soothing in london was much easier than i expected…people smile…unlike oslo…

see…told ya…dont like the fact that i cropped the bike

art?

i should have given up now…as it was pretty dark


failing at 1/4…talked to him…shook hands…moved on

and met Paul…do not move when i am shooting at 1/4/8 damn…anyways…he has done his masters in photography…uses a contax and play music to make a living…

man with glasses and the red hat…suri tells me that i am not allowed to shoot inside waterloo station…as if i care

stand on the right…amazed by the amount of signs…are people that stupid?

on our way home

next update…we goto Trafalgar square with a roll of delta…

need to sleep…

cya…

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as the title mentions…its finally here…

i was in London from 20-24 of December…why not more? like spend the new year…that was the plan…but me being an Indian and all…i need a Visa to enter UK…and my visa was due to expire on the 25…so…call it whatever you want…fate/bad luck…

anyways…it was awesome to be in London…i only wish that i could get all excited when i goto new places…sadly i do not. new place…whatever…new people…now thats exciting…seeing new faces…experiencing new traditions and customs…thats what i dig.

i was in london to meet my good friend surhud…he suggested that i just take a train down to surbiton…i was glad that i insisted him to come pick me up, as i would be completely lost in the insanely complex rail network in london…

all shot with trix + Nikon FM + 50/2

i hate airports…i hate waiting in airports…i hate these passport control checks…

due to fog the plane was delayed for 30 mins…i hate this even more…

anyways…its all worth it…meetup with suri at Stansted airport

dinner at some mexican place

the kitchen…he tells me that i should take permission before i take a picture…yeah right…and you would be the king of England…

breakfast at a cosy french place called *chez julien delicatessen*

on our way to some part of central london

ladies on the train…some sleeping some staring…for some reason i always tend to wait for the person to look at me…happy with this shot as it has turned out exactly as i expected

on our way to the london eye…the only touristy thing i did in london


tourists…wonder what she shot

the eye



strange guys playing music…they would get all excited when someone of the female kind passed them…

love this frame…i love street lamps…i love people…i love bw film…i love the fact that these is a bird in the frame

more tourists…

Thats it for now…time to play QuakeWars and have the rest of my pizza…

Next update more 17 frame from London…

Hope you are having a great weekend…

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London was amazing…different…wet and foggy. Good food…amazing friends…some crazy ones…mostly good.

Lets see…the tubes were insane…makes Oslo look like a small town…

central london was amazing…lots of tourists…

went to McEvil to take a piss…thats what its worth…

too a ride on the london eye…was ok…

as always it was more about the people not the place…

the trip back was quite an adventure.
I had to catch the flight back to Oslo from Stansted at 6:30. Spend an entire day trying to figure out how to get there. I was not too keen on staying at the airport all night as the last trains left at 9:00. Next option was to take the Stansted express from Liverpool…but it was canceled due to track work. The only option left was to take the national express from trafalgar square…which meant a total of 3 bus trip…AWESOME…i had not taken the bus so far…so this was a great way to do it.
Got on the first bus and i was out of change…so the driver told that suri could ride for free
Got on the second bus…0 change…so i gave the driver a 20 pound note…and he gave me a stare that said…FUCK OFF. After explaining(pleading) to him that we need to get the the airport for the all important flight…and that its a matter of life and death…we both got a free ride…he gave us some kind of IOU paper. Some time later a bum got on the bus and told the drive that he was not seeing too well and wanted to be told when the bus arrived at trafalgar square. Later he started impersonating a donkey…great. We got off and started looking for the Naitonal Express bus stop *W*…we found *U*…the bus was to leave at 3:15…it wasa 3:20 and we were still clueless. Finally we found it and luckily the bus was late…great. So the bus arrived at 3:45…next stop…airport…then Oslo.

As a kid i used to look into the sky whenever a airplane passed by…wondering if i would ever be flying in one of them. Years have passed…Bombay to Hyderabad to Oslo to London…

Thank you…all of you…

We went to meet suris freinds…reminded me how crazy student life is…


ameya after downing few vodkas

the kitchen…was…you know how students live…

suri doing art

on our way back next morning…

suri doing street!!!

we had breakfast at this french place everyday…amazing food

suri doing more art!!!! stop it!!!

stuff i brought from Oxford street…

me doing art…suri made some bhurji

thats suris laptop…scary…

got back home…and found this…a card from Kristine and a bottle of wine from my landlord…sweet

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Doing street here in London is more easier than i expected…firstly because its more crowded then oslo and people are not that shy.

So far London seems like a work in progress…everywhere i go i see things which are being worked on. Also its all overcast and wet everywhere…but i dont see any rain…strange. Its pretty warm compared to Oslo…which is quite awesome.

Anyways

Got back from Trafalgar Square…6:22 pm

Its a saturday…sofasogood

Schwab – Djs In A Row

The FM10 and the FM

Kingston Riverside

We went to a Mexican place *Chez Lalee*to have food…

Some nice Tequila

Food

Dessert

Friday morning…On the big giant wheel…it was quite foggy and the glass was not clean…

Fog!!!

me not too impressed…but something awesome i found was the loo located where you buy tickets for the ride…funky dryer

Then we went to Oxford street…

man with Micky mouse

Sleepy people on the tube

i found the infamous Snappy Snaps

Love this one…was quite foggy…decisive moment

sardar !!!

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And then there was 7. Six of us were all set to spent the weekend in the land of the queen with one of her fine men leading the way. Aaron was kind enough to invite us to Liverpool for the weekend. Apart from a bottle of water bing thrown at us from a speeding car the trip was awesome…in fact the bottle incident made it even more awesome…

Once i got my Visa to enter UK…we were all set to go in style…

We hopped onto a bus to take us to some airport far away from the city…we were set to fly by Ryan Air(read cheap)…sadly for us the bus driver was a bit low on IQ. Proven by the fact that he decided to take a leak in between the trip…in front of all the passengers…Eirik has it on video. We must put it on YT

Fact: Norway is rich that they build tunnels for cows…so that they can walk over them.

Once at the airport…check in/security/wait

The plane..it was all yellow on the inside.

Once at Liverpool…the awesome taxi..they are great, they feel like real taxi unlike the Automatic Mercedes found in Oslo.

We headed to Jessica’s house.

Aaron finally managed to have his cup of tea.

Jessica has a pet snake…how cool is that.

That night we went to an *Indian Restaurant*…the food was decent…they failed at nan.

Woah…good old Indian beer.

Our hosts

We were staying at the International Inn…

Next morning we had a proper English breakfast, which was really yummy.

Aaron had to buy some sunglasses…Norwegian girls like to wear oversized sunglasses…not the English

Shopping done we headed to The cavern club, which is a replica of the original where The Beatles played.

Eirik finally meet his hero…but fails to piss on him.

Later we headed to HAHA to have lunch…i had prawn(starters) and brownie with ice cream(dessert)…no main course…this was the most part of the trip for me…as i was being myself…

My main course

The next day we too a walk around the city and headed to the cathedral which is AMAZING…looks like something out of LOTR

It was surrounded by graves

As we walked further i found lots of graffiti

We had fish and chips for dinner…it was BAD

After the horrid fish and chips we headed to The Jak to drink…we had some weird kind of cider…8%…tasted like wine gone bad.

Then we headed to some place…dont know the name…and had shots

Now the alcohol kicks in…and everyone is in a dancing mood…mission accomplished

Me doing my thing…i look so bad…need a haircut

The gang later headed to have some more bad food…i decided not to do it.

Jessica having some pizza

The next day at the airport…Aaron is smashed…

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