Trip to London

Hi All,

Finally found some internet so I (probably wrongfully) thought you might be interested in an update on our trip.

I think our last entry ended the day before our flight to London. I mentioned that Al and I didn't sleep the night before our flight out of Australia, which helped get through the ten hours as we pretty much slept the whole flight. Well, we decided to try this approach again, and instead we might improve on it by going out and getting well drunk.

We had a quick look on the net and decided to head out to a pub called Gecko's in Itaewon (seems to be the main area for pubs/clubs). We grabbed a taxi which was good because it gave us another experience on Korean roads. From what I can gather the following road rules are optional;

1. Obeying the speed limit

2. Stopping at red lights

3. Committing to a single lane

4. Indicating...ever

There does seem to be a road law in Korea that we don't have in Australia, which is definitely not optional; Beeping your horn every time you blink.

We pulled into Itaewon, and headed up to Gecko's and had a few beers, then we met a lovely Japanese/Korean girl called Jung. We drank plenty of beers and even had a few of the local shots. We were making good time on our plan to get hammered. Here's a photo of the three of us:

After a billion beers we decided we'd head off and check out another pub, but Jung wanted to drop some stuff off at her room first, so we all fanged up there. In the lift back down, she must've wanted to check we didn't have bombs strapped under our shirts (Korean protocol I suppose) so she lifted both of our shirts up to check. She then went on to say "I want sex you". Brun gave me a look that could only mean "Did that sentence contain sufficient conjunctions?". I replied back with a look that said "Don't think so, man, nonsensical sentence". Unsure what Jung meant, but not wanting to embarrass her, Brun and I decided to let out an awkward laugh each. Then, finally, the lift door opened.

We headed on to find a bar where people wouldn't want sex us, and found one that was perfectly suited to Al and my taste in a bar, a hip-hop club! The club was complete with strobe lights and people wearing super massive pants. Jung tried to make out with Al, but he said no. Then she tried to make out with me, but I said no. Then she tried to make out with Al again, but he said no. Then I tried to make out with Al, but he said no. Then Al tried to make out with the bouncer, but he said no. Disappointed that none of us were able to hook up, we left and found a great jazz bar to spend the rest of the night/our money. A few hours later, Jung went home and we grabbed a taxi back to our hotel to sleep deliciously for a good 30 minutes.

Waking up super refreshed and feeling fantastic, we dragged our luggage for 1 billion km's in the sun to the closest bus stop and got a bus to the international airport. We waited for 700 years for our plan to board, and then sat inside the plane for a millennium, until it finally landed in London.

Then we grabbed a few trains to where we have been staying since; a hostel in Paddington.

We've spent the last few days with Nicole Burry, a friend from school, who has been showing us around London. Here is one of the first photos taken in London. It's Al and I looking ganster "cruising" down westbourne terrace.

Nicole took us to the Tower Bridge, and we took some photos (below). Please ignore the annoying people that keep standing in front of the bridges etc.

This last photo is Nic being cheap and looking over the hedges rather than paying to get into that castle. Speaking of paying for annoying things, Al and I had to pay 50p each to use the public toilets here! Outrageous! Between you and me though, I think Al got about 75p worth out of his visit so we were ahead.

It was Nic's birthday, so the three of us and her Irish friend, Glen, went out for beers in Piccadilly Circus. Al forgot the bring the camera so I have drawn the photos. Hope this is ok. This first one is us having beers at a pub called The Porcupine.

We had a few beers, something to eat and decided to move on. We didn't really know where we were, but figured we could find an interesting pub somewhere...and we did....we somehow found ourselves in two of the absolute gayest pubs in London/the world. But that's ok, we had a few beers there anyway. Here's the photo:

I think Nic may have had quite a good time there, all the bartenders were muscley and pretty much naked. Not my scene though.

Anyway, that's it so far. We're heading to Poland in a few days so I'll try to get another one of these things up.

Take care!

Dan and Al.