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... and I'm sure every one of my African stereotypes will be shattered. Or so the guidebook says. I hope that I will help some children, even if in the smallest way, and that I will discover a whole new country and a whole new culture. So while some of my friends are getting smashed in Ayia Slapper or Shagaluf, I will be taking the road less travelled. Although I may have to indulge in some local booze, just to test it out of ...
Touchdown UK
... me they made a mistake and i was no longer able to fly with them. No worries, plan B to action, coupled with a maintenance delay of two hours, a short 15hrs later... hello Heathrow.
So standing in what would be another 1hr and 20mins of lines to pass through immigration, it finally hit home that this is actually happening. Holy shitballs i'm in London!
A colourful ...
To work or not to work?? Or London!
It's only a 2.5 hour train ride from Manchester down to London town. Fark the trains get some speed going over here! I was in high spirits again after my downer in Manchester, now had stuff to look forward to. As soon as I got off the train in Euston I got a call from the contract agency saying that I got the job offer. Decision time.
I got the train down to Wimbledon park and got my first haircut of the trip while I was waiting to meet up with Mr Delves. Met up with him and met ...
London
... wikipedia.org/wiki/Beefeater) . He was very amusing. We were shown the outside of the Bell Tower, which is where Elizabeth I was imprisoned, and we were told about James Scott (illegitimate son of Charles II), who required five blows of the axe to sever his head, which we were told was because he refused to pay the executioner to do a quick job. We were shown Traitor's Gate, where prisoners entered the Tower by boat from the Thames. We were shown ...
Defying gravity.
... which was such a shame as there was plenty of great food stalls we could have eaten at, but couldnt get out of the rain. so went on and found a terrific little cafe and had lunch.
Left there and grabbed a taxi so that we could get to the theatre. We got there with masses of time, but at least we didnt have to fuss about with the tube.
Wicked was brilliant, could easily go and see it again.we all loved it.
caught the tube back to Earls Court and then had a ...
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