Portobello Gold London

... around the tv later for The X Factor. It's another one of those singing competition shows, but of course this one's British. There are categories, though: boys, girls, over 25s, and groups, so it's not exactly like American Idol or anything. In any case, we've gotten hooked on it. There are people we love and people we hate, but it's a nice activity for us to do the past couple of nights. And me being such a tv-aholic, it's very good for me to be getting accustomed to the ...

... Malaysian tourists who were baffled with their chains and with their aid as well as a Kiwi couple who stopped by, we managed to get the car jacked up and remove the wheel to slide the chain off. All in the middle of a few feet of snow. Hassle or what!

On to Fox Glacier. It’s big. It’s 10 miles up the slope and then there is a summit several times larger than Christchurch covered in snow. We went a tour with proper hiking boots with crampons and a stick to find ...

... small crimes. Some, not many, were more gruesome like things that drove spikes into your legs or stretched you. Anywho, that's a medieval museum for ya. Our last stop was the Burggarten which were some small gardens at the edge of the city and we could overlook the huge valley near the city. It was gorgeous. By that time, it was time to pick up our luggage at our cute little hotel and head to the train station in the drizzly rain. We were there ...

... that London bridge and Tower bridge are NOT the same thing! Had a bite to eat at pizza express then we (and Hamm) went for a stroll along the river by the hotel. Next morning, we saw the touristy things at the same time as buying bits and bobs for the holiday. Took the tube to Heathrow then legged it to the furthest end of terminal 3 before we missed our flight!

So here in London it's April Fools Day. And I'm putting the April Fools Prank of the century up now, assuming that all my flatmates are in bed and don't read my blog anyways, and that you won't tell of course. Anyways, it is about 2:30am here and Darren and I just finished up emptying out the kitchen pantry entirely, so that when everyone wakes up tomorrow, they will have no ...

I have visited the great london city in england.....well ....London.. a very beautiful place that every tarveller wants to visit in his life time!! It is the largest centre for tourism that attracts millions of international tourists every year and this time i got a chance to visit the place. it is Just awesome!! This largest urban area boasts 4 World Heritage Sites ... The Palace of Westminster, Westminster Abbey and St. Margaret's Church and last but not least ...

... We made our way the short distance to our hostel for the next 5 nights! The Generator! The Generator is a well known place with backpackers and run by travellers from all over so a great lively place, it is huge with 850 beds and multi storey. We had a double room, but upon opening our room, had a room with 2 bunk beds. Oh well! we have slept in a single bed before! The room was good. The beds were made up with fresh, ironed sheets, and had ...

... before he went to work the missed connections meant biding my time until 3pm when he could meet me. So, with a few hours to spare (and already 55 hours after I had left my front door in balmy Marrickville) I stowed my luggage at Paddington Station and went to the British Museum. It had been almost ten years since I had set foot in that magnificent building and my ability to appreciate its contents had grown immeasurably. Especially since ...

... was highly entertaining, and being a tourist is much easier to bear the crowds than when you live in the city and have to get through them. After that we walked on the street alond St. James park towards Big Ben and Parliament, again, LOADS of people taking pictures, myself amongst them. From there we headed across the river to check out the London Eye, which is a massive high tech ferris wheel type thing, where each car fits about 20 people and is ...

Its just over a month until the trip and im all booked, ive been immunised against all known germs and disease and im all visa'ed out so now comes the really fun part sorting out all the things to get up to below are a few links to wet your ...