Left early this morning for Bath and Stonehenge. Was a bit of a drive but definately worth it. First stop was Bath where we drove around befor being dropped off at Bath Abbey which is next to the Roman Baths (The only naturally occuring hot spring in England). The Roman Baths have four main areas: the Sacred Spring, the Roman Temple, the Roman Bath House and the Museum. The Temple is thought to have been constructed in 60-70 AD and the bathing complex was gradua...

Decided to go back to the Cabinet War Rooms and Churchill Museum today and actually go inside for a tour. The Cabinet War Rooms is where Winston Churchill announced shortly after becoming Prime Minister that "This is the room from which I will direct the war". Inside the war rooms you could see the bunkers where he directed the war. The main rooms are The Cabinet Room, Churchills room (he liked breakfast in bed), Map room and The Transantlantic Telepho...

Woke up this morning after a not so pleasant sleep. Someone had closed the window and the heater was on... made for a very muggy sleep Went on a 'Royal' walking tour today where we were shown the places invovled with the royals and politics. First stop was Hyde Park Corner where there was a statue of the Duke of Wellington and his house was across the road. He was the guy who invented the Wellington boots.. I think. Next stop was Buckingham Palace, where we so...

Only a few points to describe today... 1) Flight delayed for 2 hours in Dubai.!!!!! 2) Stood in line at customs for 2 hours at Heathrow!!!!! 3) Changed Tubes at Baker St but went in the wrong direction. 5) Finally got on the right train, but by that time, too many trains operating so was stuck in the Tube not moving for what seemed like eternity. 6) Got out of the station and did not know which way to go... these roads are confusing! 7) Raining in London. ...

Today we went to lunch at Keminski's hotel at the Mall of Emirates. The ski place there puts SnowPlanet to such shame. Then went to Wild Wadi which is a water theme park. Was heaps of fun and the place has beautiful views of Dubai. For dinner we went to Al Murooj Rotana Hotel with Candy and her friend Jiuen where we had a very nice buffet , however it was asian food which was a bit silly but I had had enough of Arabic food over the last few days. Then met up wit...