Sunday 12 July 2009
We went sightseeing in the afternoon since the English weather promised us a good one at 21 degrees centigrade. We visited the London Tower and Tower Bridge, these are beautiful monuments of great architectural value and recognised as one of the World Heritage Sites. Built around 1700, the Tower was one of the Royal Palaces for the King of England at that time. We had lunch English style - Fish and Chips. I think they must use palm oil as their frying oil. It tasted real great. R&D also shows that chips are best fried in palm olein.
The English are very good at restoration works and one side of the Tower Bridge was being restored and repaired when we visited the site. We Malaysians must learn from the British the importance of preservation and restoration of historical buildings in our country. Besides being a tourist attraction, these buildings and monuments would be the proud reminders of our civilization, our history and our heritage for our younger generation. As a Malaysian, and a Malaccan for that matter, I am proud Malacca and Penang were recently being given the status of World Heritage Sites, at par with the London Tower, Ha Long Bay, the Pyramids etc,etc.
We went sightseeing in the afternoon since the English weather promised us a good one at 21 degrees centigrade. We visited the London Tower and Tower Bridge, these are beautiful monuments of great architectural value and recognised as one of the World Heritage Sites. Built around 1700, the Tower was one of the Royal Palaces for the King of England at that time. We had lunch English style - Fish and Chips. I think they must use palm oil as their frying oil. It tasted real great. R&D also shows that chips are best fried in palm olein.
The English are very good at restoration works and one side of the Tower Bridge was being restored and repaired when we visited the site. We Malaysians must learn from the British the importance of preservation and restoration of historical buildings in our country. Besides being a tourist attraction, these buildings and monuments would be the proud reminders of our civilization, our history and our heritage for our younger generation. As a Malaysian, and a Malaccan for that matter, I am proud Malacca and Penang were recently being given the status of World Heritage Sites, at par with the London Tower, Ha Long Bay, the Pyramids etc,etc.
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