Maidstone Hilton

... br>...arriving at Heathrow from Singapore, I didn't want my fun to end, so in the car home myself and Helly hatched a plan. We would tour the British Isles on a whim. No plan, no real ideas, just throw the bikes and tent in the car and go, just see the country we had grown up in.

This is the story of that idea...

... legend were one swam up the yellow river to become a dragon) then just chilled with the free wireless internet. Unfortunately gettin to the checkin gate ... they confiscated my Vegemite!!! Damn travel tube is over 100g so if u take one, next time guys, check it into u're baggage (How the heck did it pass Bris screening) Other thing of note - Van Helsing with Singaporean subtitles is hilarious!! Singapore to London - 2345 Take Off 13 hrs 15 mins ...

... in my art class.  I felt really smart!  Haha.  Rob always makes it fun too, so it was great.  We even got to see the Rosetta Stone, which I though was so cool!!!  After the museum, I met up with Cara and Dan, and we headed to Leicester Square to try and score some tickets for a show that night in the West End.  We failed at first, and Dan bailed on us, but after that Cara and I got cheap tickets to a show called "The 39 Steps."  It was a comedy show based on ...

... a very long and exhausting day of walking we decided to eat in an English Pub for dinner. We both decided to have Fish and Chips with mashed green peas a famous dish in England. It was nice to relax and discuss everything we had seen. For an after dinner stroll we walked around the river and took in London at night. We say the London Eye, which is a huge Ferris wheel that is designed to observe the city from above. The Wheel has a very modern ...

... kept on harping on and on talking to everyone on the train whilst at the same time chasing after his toddler. Was obviously very drunk and everyone just wished he went away. But at the same time it was funny, reminded me of an English TV programme, but cannot think of the name right now. After the train trip and succesfully making it to Paddington, we dropped off our nap sacks and headed to Hyde Park. Saturday was beautiful - 15degs ...

... and then bet the next round on which of two young ladies would win their game. My choice of a girl in black hot pants turned out to be a let down but still betting on a person is a great conversation starter. There was much chasing of skirt but only Tom's friend Gav came away with a phone number. The music was good, for me at least, in that I recognized most of it and we had a whole dance floor to ourselves at one point. Tom got rather ...

After we boarded, but before we took off, they sprayed the cabin for bugs. That was kind of weird. They said it wasn't harmful to humans, but I covered my mouth and nose anyway! We were supposed to be sitting together, but they changed our seats around at the last minute. I ended up sitting about 7 rows back from Wes and Sherry. After a long 9 hour or so flight, we arrive in London England around 5:30am their time. We don't ...

... staying at this level and moved to the next level. Oh almost forgot, on the way up, you were able to see where a 500lb bomb came through the roof in WWII during the Battle of Britain. 282 steps so far and I arrived at the Stone Gallery. I skipped this also. 434 steps to the Golden Gallery, the highest they would let me go. Woo Hoo, I am the 1st one to the top. The view was amazing. I was as high as the cranes working next door. Just a few minutes behind me ...

... or so. Jumper weather I think. We had a scary thing happen yesterday on the Tube. About 10 minutes after we got off the Tube at one particular station, a person jumped onto the tracks and in the front of the underground train. As a result, the entire Tube line was shut down for about 2 hours as they collected what was left of the person and dealt with all the traumatised people. We spoke with a guide who told us that they have to jack up the electric ...

... music. 9. Liati Wote, Ghana. A mushroom stew from heaven. 8. Atbara, Sudan. A train graveyard. 7. Kaziranga National Park, India. Elephant safari, and Wild Grass guest house. 6. Amadzofe, Ghana. Another Saturday night in with the local fire water, perfect BBC world service reception & Carlisle 1 Lincoln 0. 5. Karima, Sudan. Deserted desert pyramids. 4. Alexandria, Egypt. Our own washing machine, kitchen and Cleopatra souq. 3. Kardamyli, Greece. Good ...