The bus i took drives down Shaftsbury Ave which i thought looked busy and interesting so i thought i'd start the day out here. Started at Picadilly Circus (Eros monument) and wandered up through China Town (just like any Chinatown in Oz) and down Oxford St which i discovered is the shopping strip. Restrained myself from hitting the shops although i did venture into Primark which was recommended to me and i lasted 3 minutes! It was absolutely chaotic! You would ha...

Today was my first day out and about by myself.. and I survived!! Visited the following main attractions : - Buckingham Palace - The Palace itself look very deserted. Only movement within the the yard were the guards marching up and down. But outside the gate, lots and lots of tourists! Walked through St James park towards Horse Guards square. lots of people out enjoyin the sunshine and exercising. - Trafalgar Square - Just a big concrete area with a big statue...

Today Meg and I had a lazy Sunday to see if my jetlag would hit or not. I think my flight times worked in my favour and the jetlag stayed away. Meg lives in Islington which is inner NE with 5 other Aussies. From there we wandered upto Spitalfields which is a funky part of town with lots of markets on the weekend. We visited The Spitalfields Markets, Brick Lane Markets and Columbia Road Flower Markets. Lots and lots of people out and about enjoying the sunshine an...

Departed Brisbane at midnight on Friday 25th June. It was 8 hours to Singapore where I had a 6 hours stop over. In Singapore I caught a free bus into the city where they went around the main tourist attractions. Because it was a weekend the city centre was dead, absolutely noone around. We stopped at a Chinese temple but for the rest of the time we were on the bus. From what i saw of Singapore it was a very clean city with lots of parks. Singapore airport was pri...