Unleashed in London

I've made it! London, who would've thought. When I say I've made it, it may only be for a few more days...as all my NZ dollars will be goneski (so F'ing expensive here). This is an amazing place and I guess if culture can shock you, I then had a small bout of culture shock. I was just displaced and overawed on the first day. It may be due to waking at 8am Singapore time and then staying up drinking with the StingRay til 1am UK time. Which means, I was awake for 24 hours. And boy did I feel it the next day. A lethal cocktail of hangover, jet lag and Aussie room mates pissing around at 5 in the morning to go on their contiki tour.

So my hostel is pretty choice, good bar and that's what matters really. A beer as many know, costs around £3 here, the hostel has a happy hour between 6-9pm for £1 beers. Looks like I may just sleep all day, get up at 6pm and go to bed at 9pm to cut the spending down. My bed costs £20 per night! For crying outside. So my receipt read $170 NZ for 3 nights stay in a top bunk shoebox. I'm on the prowl for somewhere cheaper, but who knows. The bums and hobos here (plenty of them) seem quite happy, but that may be due to the amount of glue they've just inhaled. One bum came up to me and asked, 'What do you get hanging from an apple tree?' and before I could give him a smart arsed comment...bang! 'You get sore arms'. So I gave him some money for more glue and he left.

I haven't really seen all I can see yet, as it is a very big city. Seen the inside of a few pubs and bottoms of glasses though. Went to Trafalgar Square, West End, Big Ben, Thames River, London Eye all the big sights within walking distance. I love the architecture here, the buildings are absolutely amazing. So many things this North Shore born and raised kid has never once seen. Which is why I was so taken back with sights and sounds here I guess. Unbelievable what people try to hand out to you, every 20 metres on the footpath there's some cowboy handing out leaflets. Ray had a laugh as I was taking everything they were handing out and acting like a bona-fide tourist, 'thanks vury much, I appreciate it' I was saying to the robots handing out advertising. I took a few photos which I will post here when I remember to bring the leads for my camera, dork.

It's all go here, 100 mph, any there is no typical Londoner...so many different cultures in one place. I think now I am kind of on top of it and will get on the juice tonight as I'm ready to party. I am going to my first Queens Park Rangers match on Sunday at Loftus Rd, which I am really looking forward to. Ray-ray reckons he will come to, which is funny cuz he's not yet been to his club, Spurs. The big man has not changed a bit, still a pisshead with the same lame jokes. Gotta love him. Funniest thing is he's working in a pub, seriously people it's like putting Barney from the Simpson's behind the bar. I went there yesterday to check it out, perdy cool. Walked past there before and it was busy as, everyone spilling out onto the streets with a brew in their hand. There's a pub on every corner, my kinda place. We went to a few yesterday, can't remember the name, 'the something and something'.

I've got my simcard and everything. You can reach me here on +447892705728

Photos to follow. I threw in one or two self-photos to keep it consistent. Ha ha.

Lotsa Love