UK Trip Master Plan (8th - 18th June)

Contact Person: Jeremy Yew Yeong Long ¨C [email protected]

Member Contacts:
1. Lu Chao - [email protected]
2. Michelle Wu Nan - [email protected]
3. Vicky Cheng Xiaoya - [email protected]


Important Issues

2. Please refer to the British Embassy in Sweden to find out what you need to apply for a VISA.

This is an official site of the UK VISA Office where you can select (on a Java Servlet) your purpose, nationality and current location to check if you need a VISA.


Money/Cash/Credit Card/Finance
Prepare around 300 to 400 GBP at least, all in 20 or 10 GBP. Many counterfeit banknotes in old 50 GBP. The new 50 GBP banknotes from The Bank of England is safe. If you need to spend more, bring debit and/or credit cards.
Most ATMs at HSBC-Midlands, Natwest, Loylds-TSB and Barclay, especially outside head offices or main branches, offer cash withdrawal using Cirrus, Maestro, PLUS and Halifax Inter-bank Telegraphic Transfer Services, with 1% or slightly higher commission charge.


Flight Information
Check Ryanair for flight schedule.


NB: All prices are tagged for one person only. Please add 375 SEK (airport tax).

Stockholm (NYO) to London (Stansted)

Wed, 08 June 05
Route	Departure (Sweden Time)	Arrival (UK Time)	Price
1	06:40	07:55	Booked

From London Stansted to London city, board shuttle train service (40 minutes) from London Stansted Airport to Liverpool Street Station of the London Underground Service.

London (Stansted) to Newquay (NQY)

Wed, 08 June 05
Route	Departure (UK Time)	Arrival (UK Time)	Price
2	19:40	20:50	Booked

Newquay (NQY) to London (Stansted)

Sat, 18 June 05
Route	Departure (UK Time)	Arrival (UK Time)	Price
3	08:45	09:50	Booked

London (Stansted) to Stockholm (NYO)

Sat, 18 June 05
Route	Departure (UK Time)	Arrival (Sweden Time)	Price
4	13:40	16:50	Booked

Transportation

- Andrew's car
Photo of my friend, Andrew Steven Taylor


Accommodation

- Andrew (Newquay) June 8, 9, 16 and 17
- Youth Hostel (London) June 10, 11 and 12
- Kewell (Manchester) June 13, 14 and 15


Places of Interests / Checkpoints

8th June (Arrival - London Stansted)
- Morning and Afternoon
- We take Route 1, spend a day in London on our own, probably lock our baggages at the airport and carry something light with us. At about 17:30, we return to the airport and proceed with Route 2. Then Andrew will fetch us at the airport.
- British Museum
- Shopping in London

9th June (Newquay)
- Morning
- Set off at 0800hr
- Newquay Tour & the Surfing Season, Paranomic view of the North Alantic Ocean
- The Eden Project
- Afternoon
- Plymouth, The Hoe & Lighthouse, English Channel
- Evening
- Newquay, Surfing & Sunset

10th June (London)
- Morning
- Set off at 0700hr
- Salisbury Stonehenge
- Afternoon
- Oxford University and City Tour, city view from the University Church of St Mary The Virgin, Bodleian Library etc.
- Evening
- Arrive London
- Check in Youth Hostel
- Trafalgar Square, Chinatown
- Dinner
- Queen's Street, Soho Square and Nottinghill
- Shopping Time!!!
- Night Spin in London (in Andrew's car)!!!

11th June (London)
- Morning
- Set off at 0800hr
- Windsor Castle
- Afternoon
- Downing Street No. 10 (Prime Minister Tony Blair's Office)
- Big Ben(Clock Tower), Parliament House (House of the Lords)
- Thames River Cruise/Walk, London Eye
- London Tower Bridge, Tower of London and the Crown Jewels
- St. Paul Cathedral
- Evening
- Night Stroll by The River Thames

12th June - Queen's Birthday!!! (London)
- Morning
- Set off at 0800hr
- Buckingham Mall (The Australia Way and The South Africa Way)
- The Path of Princess of Wales (Diana), St. James Park
- The Queen Victoria Fountain & The Colonial Pillars
- Queen's Birthday Parade at Buckingham Palace and Buckingham Mall
- Afternoon
- Royal Guard Museum
- Hyde's Park & Serpentine (swans and ducks), Boat-rowing on Serpentine
- The Kensington Palace (feed the squirrels)
- Evening
- Dinner at Hard Rock Cafe Restaurant (London)

Guard Change and March Parade Schedule
We are so lucky that we can catch The Queen's Birthday Parade. On the Sovereign's official birthday (June 12th each year) the Horse Guards Parade turns into one of the greatest spectacles in the British Calendar of events - June 12th Queen's Birthday Parade!


13th June (Manchester)
- Morning
- Set off at 0700hr
- Greenwich (East of London)
- Late morning and early afternoon
- Cambridge University and City Tour, Darwin College (Charles Darwin's House), Christ's College (Alumnis - Charles Darwin, John Milton etc)
- Afternoon
- Northampton and afternoon tea with an old friend (Praveen Ragavi) working at Texas Instruments. Rest for an hour.
- Nottingham and Robin Hood Statue
- Evening
- Arriving Manchester at about evening
- Meet up with my friends (Kewell Xu, Huixin, Eunise Tan, Bu Hong, King Wai etc) in Manchester
- Either eating at Trafford Centre or Chinatown

- Nightlife Specials of Manchester
- The Gays Village
- Deansgate PUBS, Nightclubs and Manchester Night Skyline View
- Night life of the Rusholme Indian Village

14th June (Manchester)
- Morning
- Set off at 0800hr
- The University of Manchester (Victoria University of Manchester & UMIST)
- Sir Alan Turing Memorial Park
- Manchester City Tour and Trams (the only city in the UK with trams)
- Manchester City View from UMIST Main building, overlooking Penines Mountains.
- Andrew & I will be visiting our Professors & Lecturers for Lunch
- Afternoon
- York

15th June (Manchester)
- Morning
- Set off at 0800hr
- Liverpool
- Afternoon
- Shopping at Trafford Centre

16th June (Newquay)
- Morning
- Set off at 0700hr
- Warwick City & Warwick Castle
- Afternoon
- Bath (Roman Bath) and Bristol

17th June (Newquay)
- Golfing, Surfing & Beaches in Newquay or Paintballing in Plymouth

18th June (Departure)
- Take Route 3 & 4


Important notes:

1 GBP (Great Britain's Sterlings or Pounds) = 3 SGD = 13 KR

Newquay - a summer holiday town located northwest of Plymouth, southwest of Barnstaple, and west of Exeter.

Warwick - located between Birmingham and Coventry.

Greenwich - located 10 km east of London.

Motorway and Map of the UK