Day 69 (16): The Longest Day Of The Year
Aaron
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Tuesday, June 22, 2010
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I spent the night sleeping in the coach while on our way down south to Stonehenge and London. It was quite a bad night as the coach is quite uncomfortable and the driver was just trying to catch up with the bus ahead of his. He was a friendly guy thou.
We reached my number one UK attraction at about 5AM and the sky had already brighten. When we stepped down the coach, we almost froze to death. With the seemingly endless green field and the strong wind, we suffer on our walk to the historic site.
The security was tight on this day as it was one of the four days in the year where visitors are allowed to went up close to touch the stone monument. It was Summer Solstice. ^^ The crowd was just too much. @@ After two security check points, we saw the stones.
For me, the first thing was to push myself into the crowd to take the photo of the rising sun between the alignment of the Heelstone. I'd achieved that, which made the trip there worthwhile. Maybe the crowd doesn't suit me.
When the sun rises, many of the tourist raised their hands, trying to feel the sun, absorbing its aura (maybe). There are dances and instruments playing, and these people had been there since the night before. I also got some close up photos with some stones. =.=
As we are leaving the site (which most of the people are doing), we got a clearer view of the Stonehenge as whole and got some of the pictures of the monument. With the sun beaming out heat, the temperature got better and it was a quite hot day since then.
After we boarded our bus, we started our journey to the capital of England, London. We dropped off at the London Eye but that was another story to be written later as I had not got my photos from there. The rest of the longest day of the year was spent there and we reached our hostel after midnight.
It was quite a worthwhile journey although I had 5 ulcers in the end of the day and a pair of overworked legs. While something worthwhile had been achieved, some waiting will be even more worthwhile, even the chances of achieving is low. I pray for myself, and for her.
We reached my number one UK attraction at about 5AM and the sky had already brighten. When we stepped down the coach, we almost froze to death. With the seemingly endless green field and the strong wind, we suffer on our walk to the historic site.
The security was tight on this day as it was one of the four days in the year where visitors are allowed to went up close to touch the stone monument. It was Summer Solstice. ^^ The crowd was just too much. @@ After two security check points, we saw the stones.
For me, the first thing was to push myself into the crowd to take the photo of the rising sun between the alignment of the Heelstone. I'd achieved that, which made the trip there worthwhile. Maybe the crowd doesn't suit me.
When the sun rises, many of the tourist raised their hands, trying to feel the sun, absorbing its aura (maybe). There are dances and instruments playing, and these people had been there since the night before. I also got some close up photos with some stones. =.=
As we are leaving the site (which most of the people are doing), we got a clearer view of the Stonehenge as whole and got some of the pictures of the monument. With the sun beaming out heat, the temperature got better and it was a quite hot day since then.
After we boarded our bus, we started our journey to the capital of England, London. We dropped off at the London Eye but that was another story to be written later as I had not got my photos from there. The rest of the longest day of the year was spent there and we reached our hostel after midnight.
It was quite a worthwhile journey although I had 5 ulcers in the end of the day and a pair of overworked legs. While something worthwhile had been achieved, some waiting will be even more worthwhile, even the chances of achieving is low. I pray for myself, and for her.
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