Be warned, this is a longun. With more or less a 26hr day prior, I decided today was going to be a chill day. Little exploring, little relax and massage, taking things slow.. however, I don't fucking work like that so it was full on from the moment I woke up. Mission 1: You're vegan in a foreign place, find food. Probably best not to decapitate people because you're hangry. Thanks to happy cow, I located a place and set out. Now, this ended up taking significantly longer than anticipated as I couldn't get roaming working on my phone and I hadn't got a SIM card yet. O wondered the streets mindlessly for about an hour, taking in the first experience of Bangkok during the day. I thought I'd figured out where I was going based ... read more

So I've been really slack with updating my travels just because not a lot has been happening lately. Be warned, it's pretty boring haha. I haven't finished writing about London yet, so I'll start this entry with that. Buckingham Palace So first of all this is London Day 4 and not day 3 (even though it jumps from 2 to 4) simply because it was the 4th day I was staying in London. I spent the day with Hannah checking out the remainder of touristy sights around London. I started off by going into Buckingham Palace while Hannah watched the changing of the guards (I had seen enough of it at Windsor Castle). The inside of Buckingham was real impressive. Everything room is just massive and the amount of gold, silver, marble and varnished wood is ... read more

London - Day 2 So today I was meant to be catching a 'Hop on Hop Off' bus but when I got to where the bus stop was, I had to wait 30minutes! My thoughts: Fuck that. So I started walking towards Tower of London. I managed to walk all the way to St. Paul's Cathedral (which is probably about 10mins walk away from the London Tower) by the time the bus would've arrived at the bus stop. I decided to catch the bus from Saint Paul's, seeing as I had paid £22 for the fucking ticket. 2 stops away. Grr. Got off at London Dungeon which cost £18 to get in. Despite my belief that this was going to be a historical dungeon, it actually turned out to be more of a theme park sorta ... read more

This is basically just summary for anyone who may be curious on doing a Contiki tour from my experience. Contiki Conclusion - European Whirl Tour in general is incredibly fast paced. It's designed to maximise your amount of sight seeing in a short period of time. Typical days would consist of: Day 1: Travel for Full (or large part of) Day Day 2: Explore city all day from early on in the morning The first half of tour is spent in Hostels, the majority which are sweet (bearable), with only a few that were disappointing. Second half is spent at camp-sites which again vary. The worst one I stayed in was in Venice. Favourite Country: Germany Favourite Cities: Berlin, Paris, Rome Most Beautiful Scenery: Switzerland followed closely by Austria. Cities I probably wouldn't go again in ... read more

Road to Paris So this is our longest drive for the entire tour. We didn't stop off anywhere special as we had lots of hours to make up. We did, however, stop off at a few service stations in France where I would get my first taste of the country. Thus far, I think the French are a bunch of rude snail eating condom sandwiches. They really hate tourists. Even though I was polite! For example, I went up to a lady and said to her "Bonjour, Palevu Engle Sivu Play" (I know it's spelt wrong. Which means "Hello, do you speak English Please?" The bitch just looked at me sourly and said "Yes I do" and then walked off. Thinking I had offended her by saying the wrong thing, I asked Steve who was standing ... read more