The last few days have been a blur.

Mel and I arrived in London at 6am local time after a 5 hour flight to Brunei, then a further 17 hour flight into Heathrow. 

We caught the tube from Heathrow down the Piccadilly Line, crossed over at the Victoria Line and got off at Pimlico Station. We rolled into Astor Victoria Backpackers a little after 9am where we were greeted by an Aussie receptionist who informed us that check in wasn’t until 2pm. This gave us a chance to see some of London. We went to Westminster Cathedral, Westminster Abbey and Big Ben. We then stopped for a beer and went back to the hostel. We checked in and met our room mates, 4 Malaysian students.

We were invited out for a Pub Crawl later that night, but opted to cook dinner and have some beers at the hostel. We woke the next day at 7am to a sunny morning. We jumped on the train to Salisbury where we spent most of the day; exploring the town and the Cathedral. We then made our way to Stonehenge. It was an amazing experience, such a mystical monument.

We got back into London about 4pm. Mel had been wanting to ride a bike around the city, so we paid 1 pound and hired a ‘Barclays’ bike. We got lost and circled the city about 4 times. Getting lost turned out to be the best way to see London; we rode to Buckingham Palace, Trafalgar Sq and Piccadilly Arcade and 5 hours later after an exhausting ride we got back to the hostel. Mel was absolutely buggered and fell asleep.

Tomorrow we are going to attempt to get into Wimbledon, which involves getting up at 4am, catching the tube to Wimbledon Park and then lining up for a ticket until 9.30am. Hopefully we make it, wish us luck!