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March 2003 news

New London photos posted 24 Mar 2003 by Dan Karran [permalink] After living in London for around 9 months, I feel quite embarrassed that I have so few photos of the place in my London photo gallery so recently I've been out taking more photos to share with you all. This weekend proved to be another great weekend with nice weather, so I spent much of Sunday lying in St James's park and taking the occasional photo - until my batteries died (luckily just after sunset). There are more pictures to go into the gallery soon, and I'll do that over time. Until then, I hope you enjoy these sunset pictures... Ducks are so photogenic when they're silhouetted against calm waters under a fading sunset.

Windsor photos posted 18 Mar 2003 by Dan Karran [permalink] Over the weekend here in London we had a spell of beautiful weather - anyone would have thought it was the beginning of summer! I wish! On Saturday I went for a wander around Valentines Park in Ilford before heading into central London for a stroll in the sunshine, walking through Trafalgar Square and up to Covent Garden. I'll be putting pictures up from that day into my London photo gallery soon. Then, on Sunday, I was up bright and early to go for a walk through Regent's Park and then a trip to Windsor. I had so many pictures on my camera by the time I'd left London that I actually invested in a new memory card for my camera. By the end of the day I had filled both completely.

Chinese New Year photos posted 6 Mar 2003 by Dan Karran [permalink] During February, I visited the Chinese New Year celebrations in the centre of London. There was a large stage set up in Trafalgar Square with performers of all types, including local Martial Arts groups showing off their talents. After seeing some of the goings-on on the main stage, I headed into the heart of London's Chinatown to see what was going on... The streets were packed full of people, many of which were trying to catch a glimpse of the Chinese Dragons blessing the local businesses for the coming year. You can find the photos from that evening in my Chinese New Year gallery.

Amsterdam photos posted 3 Mar 2003 by Dan Karran [permalink] As promised yesterday, I am beginning to upload some of the photos I took over the weekend in Amsterdam, Netherlands. I have chosen to use some photos of the canals, the people, the buildings, the numerous bikes and other such things. One thing I didn't snap was a tulip. Or a clog for that matter... Unfortunately the weather over the weekend wasn't the nicest, and although it wasn't too bad during the day, it was often overcast. I've changed some of the pictures into Black and White to help with the atmosphere in these kind of lighting conditions. On the topic of photos, I have begun work on a voting and comments system for each picture to let you air your views. I'm holding back for a little while partly because I haven't spent much time at home lately and partly because I want to try and stop people abusing the system like some do with my guestbook. Stay tuned folks...

Amsterdam... again! posted 2 Mar 2003 by Dan Karran [permalink] Well, here I am again, in Amsterdam! I enjoyed my trip so much last time that I decided to come back with some more of my friends. Again, we opted for the cheap easyJet flights and the nice little hostel we stayed in last time. This time though, we gave ourselves a little extra time to visit some of the things we didn't get a chance to see last time... Photos coming soon (now that I have my digital camera it gives me more incentive to put them up here because it doesn't take so long. Last time, I never actually got around to putting them into a gallery). In the mean time, why not take a look at the Rough Guides Amsterdam photo gallery.