Well, we made it! After running the gauntlet of long distance flight, fending off the surly officials at Heathrow and navigating our way to the correct train (or, I should say the correct tube) we set off to find our backpackers in central London at around 8am. For future reference, avoid travelling on public transport in rush hour with loads of luggage. Being a map type of person, I pulled out a street map which I assumed would be of some use. Of course, I had also assumed that the streets would be signposted and numbered like in New Zealand. They aren't. The streets are only signposted occasionally and numbers are virtually non existent. Anyhow, we found it in the end and dropped off our bags - it was now about 9 in the morning and
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