trip to te UK

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Hi,

I'm going for a short trip to London (sept 2007) a few day's walking in this beautiful city, and of course the Ameo will joins me to use as guide or take some pictures.

My questions are:
- Are there any recommendations for external power for the Ameo, I mean?
when I’m there you do a lot of things with the device (picture's tom-tom e.t.)
this will use the battery a lot in one day, I’m thinking to buy a spare battery
or an external battery, what is the best option so far?

- Some of you come from the UK self, are there some interest places in London to go to take some pictures?.

Thanks A Lot..

just buy a 2dollar US->UK adaptor and charge it at hotel or wherever.

surely you're not going to walk around with Ameo using it to direct you at every street corner ? i.e. have it on all day.

personally, i'd leave the Ameo at home, take a decent camera instead, and use a free 'tube' map to walk around and see the sights. No they're not 100% geographically accurate, but its hard to get lost using them.

This way, you might see some of London, rather than just the ameo screen

Check out the Millenium wheel, or London eye! Worth the trip, book in advance.
While your down there, St Pauls, Houses of Parliament (Big Ben) and Tate Modern are all nearby...(Try the slide in the Tate!, google it)

By all means go to Oxford street, but that and Totenham Court road are a waste of time now. Nothing but overpriced tourist traps that you would do well to avoid buying things in.

Check out a show in the West End, Visit Harrods in Knightsbridge, walk along Hyde Park and there is the Science Museum in Kensington (Exhibition Road). There are also about 3 other museums around that area. You can see the 10,000 year clock in the Science museum.

Go to Nottinghill Gate on a Sunday Morning and check out the Antiques Market/Street fair.

Above all, get an OYSTER card and pre-pay on it, will save you LOADS of money. Use the bus where you can so you dont miss the sights. London isnt actualy that big and the tube is hot dirty overpriced and you miss everything above ground.

If you wanna share some Ameo software give me a shout, im a London Local.

Don't catch the Tube, you'll see nothing! (It's underground) Plus your Ameo won't pick up a signal down there. London Busses are fantastic! They go everywhere and they're really cheap. It takes some working out, but once you figure out how to read the bus map at most bus stop, then you'll never look back. Best seat is the front of the top deck. If you like roller coasters, catch the No. 23.

I agree, get the Oyster card first.

Also, if you're interested in graffiti. Head to the Brick Lane Markets. There's a stall there selling a guide book to Banksy street art. The book contains a number of walking tours with GPS references for each piece of graffiti! Perfect for your Ameo!

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London Itinerary - Get a bus

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Originally Posted by tvrman

Hi,

- Some of you come from the UK self, are there some interest places in London to go to take some pictures?.

Some place are worth pre-booking, London Eye has big queues and you can circumvent at least the ticket buying one by pre-booking (may even be cheaper I can't recall.)

Tate modern slide installation - you need to book timed tickets for that if you wnat to go on a big slide, not my thing and may actually have finished by now. If you do go and artistically inclined there is a neat (and free) modern art gallery carrying a little picasso and dali.

My recommendation would be to get one of the tour buses first (open top for good weather!) Get on one with a live commentary if you can. It will help orient you. They do offer discounted tickets that beat the queues for many big attractions. Bus tickets allow hop on and off at landmarks over a 24 hour period. Then you can go back and visit in detail the things you want to see.

Thinking about what else do you normally like to do, that might help you decide what you like to see in london, parks, museums, landmarks, hard rock cafe etc. How much do you want to pay or not.

One of the places I love in London is the free British library - you can see original manuscripts from many famous people like leonardo da vinci - a real connection with the past.

hi everybody,

Thanks for the info , i'll will take the info for my trip.

The Oyster card is indeed an great tip! i'll certainly buy one.

Should it be a smart decision if I buy a pre-paid card from T-mobile to use it for GPRS?,
my current provider in the Dutch is T-mobile but to use it from other country's it's expensive.

Thanks

Buy an Orange Payg card.

If you get a GPRS data card (not 3g) you can pay £1 gbp for all day GPRS unlimited data.

You can get the card for as little as £1 from some shops, I think orange store itself charges up to £5

Not sure on how T-Mob do payg data.

I dunno about London being a nice place - there are plenty of other 'better' European Cities. But as a tourist, you should enjoy yourself!

London is pretty easy to get around - Id recommend an A-Z on London, or just get hold of a detailed map. Id go with the Oyster Card as well, just saves so much hassle queuing for tickets e.t.c. and its cheaper. The Underground is OK providing you're not travelling at Rush-Hour, but its true, you don't get to see things. Ideal if you need to get to a certain bit of London though.

I wonder if anyone does a USB connected Solar Cell - you could stick it to a backpack and trickle charge your Ameo whilst your walking around. Its something I've thought about.

RE the data connection, see if T-mob do a free/discounted access deal on Wifi access points - there are LOADS of them in London and most allow access from Partners. I've got a BT Openzone agreement, which i've used all over the UK (including T-Mob AP's) and in France.

Originally Posted by Digital.Diablo

I wonder if anyone does a USB connected Solar Cell - you could stick it to a backpack and trickle charge your Ameo whilst your walking around.

One problem - you need Sun!

Alternative I've seen are "mobile recharging stations" appearing in Easy Internet shops and the like. They have a bunch a small lockers each with a selection of recharging cables. I guess it costs money though.