| The Gallery of 10-11 February, 2006 |
| These pictures are from a trip to the British Museum on Friday and a Party on the Thames on Saturday. Hope you enjoy. As usual, there are many more available in my other gallery here. |
| The first thing you see when you walk in from this side. Quite dramatic. |
| A lion at the back entrance to the British Museum. |
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| Moving on to merriment in the Even Further East. |
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| Scimitars and war helmets. Welcome to History of the Middle East 101. It starts and ends with war. Let's hope that changes some day |
| Ganesha and one of his consorts. |
| I'll bet she was a popular goddess. |
| An impressive plate from China. |
| The three kings? I'm not altogether sure. |
| This fellow was sitting outside at the university on the way back. I think that's probably the SOAS part of campus. |
| Wish you could see this better. It's a view from the boat. |
| Just passing through. |
| From left: Ruth, Rob, Fred, and another friend and his date (their names will come to me later hopefully). |
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| As you can tell, the dress was quite formal. |
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| ...With a few noteworthy exceptions. |
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| He started out well dressed, but couldn't resist the call of the High Seas. Rich just couldn't be convinced that dress shirts are supposed to be tucked in. |
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| Moving on to Saturday night. The organizers decided against the fancy dinner, but they still held a champagne reception. Fred here demonstrates that not everyone was satisfied with just a couple glasses of sparkly. |
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| Sprite? No, the bus ride was going to mean a good 15 minutes or so of not drinking. So some people brought vodka along in soda bottles. |