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Travel Blogs from London, United Kingdom
Nothing to grumble about
This is a top pick! Damn those wide sandy beaches and oceans full of fish. And let's not get started on the consistency of gravy. Honestly, it's enough to ruin a perfectly pleasant holiday, according to a list of recent complaints by not-so-intrepid British tourists. ...
London Calling
This is a top pick! Well, this is it, the travelogue your all dieing to read.......and I hope you do - it will be a bit wordy for the first few weeks, then drop down a little I imagine - please tell me if its rubbish!! I have been humbled by the way all of my friends and ...
Final thoughts before the trip
This is a top pick! I have finally wrestled control of this site from Dave for a few moments so thought I would write a bit about how I'm feeling before we go as it may be of some interest to someone! Firstly, thought I should say that we are doing this blog for a ...
Window or aisle? Which is best on your next flight
This is a top pick! Which do you prefer? Window or aisle? Sometimes you get the choice. Sometimes not. Or do you prefer being squeezed between a sweating, nervous obese woman and a man who engages in conversation from the moment you find your seat til when you exit ...
Forty three hours without sleep and counting
This is a top pick! ... this trip. Spin out... such a small world. Reminds me of this guy I kept bumping into all around the world (including once on London's underground) after meeting him at a backpackers in LA. I then bumped into him at Perth's Burswood and now his working in ...
Wedding Bells
This is a top pick! ... experiences volunteering with an NGO in Namibia - the lure of Africa remains as powerful as ever! On our way south to London we made a slight detour over into the eastern Cotswolds and spent a pleasant few hours in Oxford. Wandering through the colleges ...
Yes We Are Human
This is a top pick! ... had also wandered around St Paul's and then made his way to the British Museum expecting to find Megs there. Unfortunately the London Museum and the British Museum are two different places and so their paths did not cross until Rick arrived home. So ...
What a Scare
This is a top pick! ... OK its just that when we arrived into London we had to get from the London city airport to Gatwick (we have now been to all 5 London airports) and the only way to do so was to ride the DLR. The Docklands light rail is a driverless train that our friends ...
back to london for the final leg of the trip
This is a top pick! ... ; Well funny thing was the Picadilly line was broke down (again for us, as when we first arrived, it was a week after the London Underground Bombings). Today, we arose to find Dan and Matty very eager to get out and see some of London as they hadn't ...
A Day and Night in London
This is a top pick! I headed down to London on Tuesday night and went straight to Walkabout for a drink. I was meeting some friends but was a bit early so ended up getting talking to Elly from Melbourne. We were approached by an Australian guy claiming that he wasn't ...
Home!
This is a top pick! This is Emma Raywood, making the line join up to Heathrow airport. We spent and entire day, 24h awake though were only in the air for about 14hours, had a nice 4hour stop over in Doha. Flight was fine, food was good, seats were small, drinks were ...
God save the Queen!
This is a top pick! Well, it's been a busy past week but we've officially begun our trip! We arrived in London this morning following our overnight flight from Toronto and will be on our way to Capetown, South Africa early this evening. Air Canada economy was typically ...
Baby on board
This is a top pick! Just a quick one guys with lots of photos of the new addition to the family - young Charles, the happy and healthy new babe of my sister Ains. I'm too frazzled to write much more just now but he's very cute, very sleepy and quite well ...
Best passenger complaint vs airline?
This is a top pick! Outtake from this story: complain in a funny way (helps if you work in advertising) and you will get satisfaction (and more). A while ago a punter complained about the food on his Virgin flight from India to England. He's now been revealed as ...
back in london town
This is a top pick! ... (?) for our second night... had a couple of games of scrabble, lots of tea and chats....very nice relaxing time... onto london for a night dropped into Ronnie Jane and Patrickīs (friends of Martinīs) for a wonderful lunch and a couple of ...
What the...?
This is a top pick! GE: What? ME: What? GE: I thought you'd already had the final entry ME: Oh yeah I had GE: Then what the hell is this? ME: This is the result of withdrawal symptoms GE: From what? ME: Writing GE: But you're not even travelling any more I know, ...
To Infinity and Beyond!
This is a top pick! ... back home. We'll also endeavour to get some more photos up on this blog so you can see the lovely greyish haze of London. On an somber note, Rick was woken by a phone call this morning from his parents back in Australia, though not with good news. ...
The day before I leave
This is a top pick! I'm only putting this on so that I can get a dot from London to KL. This day was also Aarons bithday.Happy Birthday Honey.Love you ...
On the Other Side of the World
This is a top pick! I'm definitely wearing the effects of my 13 hour flight from Hong Kong to London... I am very much jet lagged so will keep this entry to letting everyone know that I've arrived here in England... staying at the YHA Hostel on Oxford Street in Soho for the ...
Cold
This is a top pick! After spending the past couple of months under usually clear blue skies and never needing to wear much over a t shirt and shorts, London in February was a dreary, grey, cold shock to the system. People always say it rains a lot in London. It doesn't. ...
Reminiscing about Thailand
This is a top pick! ... and will travel out there tomorrow... Cheam is a suburb in Surrey... will be absolute bliss staying in a house for a short while:) London's weather has been sunny and warm up until today. Even though it is dry, the temperature has dropped to the mid ...
"Atlantic Crossing"
This is a top pick! ... with a counter tea at the traditional English pub across the road. Then the memory card containing the day's photos (Museum of London, Nelson's column, Trafalgar Square, London buses) failed... So no pictures this time. Seems like each city is ...
My favourite place(s)
This is a top pick! ... about it. Obviously my impressions only and most are bound to disagree. Still, I gave it a go. I'll finish up with a final London entry and one more D&M entry for closure. Will I have learnt anything? That remains to be seen and hopefully we'll both ...
Countdown...
This is a top pick! The countdown begins…. In 7 weeks Sam and I will be embarking on the journey of a lifetime, we will be away for a year traveling Asia, Australia, New Zealand and America. Our backpacks have been filled and emptied about a million times ...
Hold the chocolate penis and nipple spreads
This is a top pick! Those who combine food and sex might be worried. The Chinese milk product contamination scare extends not just to milk powders, biscuits, baby formulas and sweets. Now, it has been discovered that body spreads made in China contain the dreaded ...
The adventure begins!
This is a top pick! ... of a life time. I hope you look forward to reading my travel stories over the coming 12 months, so drop by regularly. I'll try and update this whenever I can. London to New York........here I come....The Long Way Round!!!! Cheers ...
Journey's End
This is a top pick! ... I have met. In this way, I've also met far more people, learning to be more approachable and confident after years of London living. Traveling alone, which although can be tough at times, is the best way to meet new people and experience travel to the ...
Similar to Returning Home and Asian Reflections
This is a top pick! ... her husband James on Sunday. They live in Cheam, Surry, which I believe is about 40 minutes by train from central London. I am very much looking forward to having a holiday away from the rigours of RTW travel, especially Asian travel. My reflections ...
Customer service man for british airways: ...
This is a top pick! ... sleep before the alarm goes off to tell us it is time to watch the Grand Final, with about a billion other Australians living in London. So onto a bus in the chilli morning and arrive just in time to find a nice spot to stand, get a couple of pints ...