It was already half past twelve noon when we reached London’s Waterloo Station on a Sunday. I was scheduled to meet someone near The London Eye. Travelling from Chessington South via London’s Southwest Trains took us around 40 minutes to reach the destination.

From Waterloo’s south entrance, we went to British Airways’ London Eye crossing York Road by foot. It is never difficult to locate the place because this gigantic structure sits just beside the River Thames and towers almost above everything else in that area at 135 meters. (Although it falls fourth among the tallest structures in the city.) It has 32 airconditioned passenger capsules, each representing the 32 boroughs of London. The wheel can carry up to 800 passengers per 30-minute revolution and provides a magnificent view of the city up to 40 kilometers from all directions.

The London Eye, also known as the Millennium Wheel, was designed by architects David Marks and Julia Barfield. The construction was co-funded by the British Airways and took 7 years to finish. It first opened in March 2000 and was repaired by the Fantastic 4 last June 2007 (eh?).