"A London Landmark" - National Geographic - Sept 2000

I went to a Hindu Temple in London. Yes in London! At first, I thought it will be similar to those in Singapore. Oh definitely not! It was very different and it looks grand with its exotic design and workmanship. Too bad I can't take picture inside. you gotta see it yourself.

The Hindu Temple - BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir is located near Neasden Tube Station within walking distance. I guess it is so popular that even the tube station had pieces of paper with direction to the temple. =)

We had to deposit our bag which is free and went through a scan before entering the temple. After getting in, we had to remove our shoes before moving on to other part of the temple. The significant of the temple is the Italian marble and Bulgarian limestone were hand-craved by skilled craftmen and assembled by volunteers in just 2.5years.

Lisa had planned to visit a Thai temple, Hindu temple, Air force museum and a Park on a Saturday. But too bad the transportation for tube is so expensive I limit to taking BUS cos it capped at £3.30 per day. By the time we reached our first destination was already 2pm. When we left was already 5pm. I don't think is wise to move on to another temple if it is too far and expensive. However, along the way we dropby Ikea =) though we don't have anything to buy but end up getting FOODs - Ikea hotdog bun at 40p and Waffle Ice cream at 35p.

We wanna head to a park for picnic but Wembley Park isn't a Park is just a station! =) so we end up picnic in BUS. We had grapes, orange, cammomile tea(sweet Lisa to think of it), scones with home-make lime cream, tortilla chips, crisps aka chips & homemake sandwiches.