London Bridge, London Part 2 and Finale

After witnessing the guard changing ceremony, we head out to Hard Rock Cafe/Shop. Disclaimer: In almost every cities that we went, Hard Rock London has the most variety design! :P

As we walk to the Green Park Station, we passed by a café called Pret A Manger and made a stop for a quick lunch. I had sandwich and Mocha for 4Pound.

Laili sure know how to eat.

A moment not to be forgotten


We then took the metro to Charing Cross, and exit right into Trafalgar Square

Then, we took the metro again and head to Monumen Station.

Walk to London Bridge. Macam ini saja rupanya... (-_-)

Oh Look! A nicer bridge! Let's go there! :P

Tower Bridge

Tower Bridge. Me. Red Bus.

Nostalgic.

Last but not least, a stop at the Oxford Road!

Last minute shopping! Let's go!

Well…remember that things started to go wrong in Brussels, Part 1 and Part 2? Well…things continue to go wrong in London. We jokingly said that, the way things starting to go wrong is an omen that it’s time for us to go home. I fail to mentioned previously that the metro nearest to our hostel in Victoria Street was closed for maintenance. Thus, as a containment plan, they have arranged for bus instead to go through the route from a few designated metro station. Unfortunately, the bus travel at a slower speed and stop for a long time to wait for all passengers to get on board. This would not be a problem if we was not racing against time. Our bus to Stansted leaves at 7pm!

Chronology: Left Oxford Street at 5.30pm. Reach our hostel at 6.30pm! Reach Victoria Station at 6.50pm.

Now, theoretically, we would have gotten there on time. But, surprise surpriseeeeeee, the bus stop is right at the end of the station. We ran. Ran like we were about to be eliminated from the Amazing Race. With our 8kg backpack, we ran! But as we approached the bus station, we could not see our Terravision bus. Yes. The inevitable had happened. We missed the bus! The next bus will be at 8.30pm which might be too late. If we wait for the bus, and the traffic is bad, we might miss the flight.

So, what’s next?
Plan A : Take metro to Liverpool and change to another metro to Stansted.
Plan B : Take Taxi.
Plan C(highest risk) : Wait for Bus.

Final decision: Plan B.


So, there were we, standing by the road side under the drizzle, looking for a taxi. It took us almost 30minutes when we got one. He said “It’s gonna cost you a lot”. Well, we kind of expected how much it will cost us, so we said “It’s ok. We have the money”

Then, as we settled into his car, he started making phone calls. By the end of the call, he turn to us and said “I’ve been driving taxi for 3 years, and I have never been to Stansted” What?! Before we even have the chance to say that, he continued “But I called my friend and he said it’s quite straight forward” Ohh…OK. we have no choice but to trust him.

And we lived to this day to tell the story. We arrived to Stansted just in time for check in. ;)

So. That’s it. That’s the end of the journey.
That’s all I have for now. Gonna leave for another escapade tomorrow.

Phew…Glad I managed to write this before the next adventure begin.

Note: Europe Trip Budget/overall Planning is HERE.

Till then. See ya!

Buckingham Palace , London Part 1

Due to the train being changed to Lille, we reached London at 11pm vs supposedly 9.30pm. Thus, we opted for Taxi to our hostel at Victoria Street. Cost 22pound. The hostel was nice, but then we found out that our room is on the 4th floor! That mean, another set of stairs!!! There is a sink inside the room but shower/toilet is outside and need to be shared.

The next day, we had breakfast provided by the hostel. The kitchen was so full with the travellers. A young Japanese guy joined us and introduced himself as U-Ichi. He has just finished his last semester, thus wanted to travel before he started working. How nice……No need to work also can travel. (-_-) But, he also mentioned that he got disappointed “I came all the way to Europe…but I can see Japanese everywhere!” Haha..True… At each city we’ve been to, we never fail to see a Japanese.

Anyway, after breakfast, we bid our goodbye and off we went to the 1st landmark in London. Oh ya..we purchased a 1 day underground pass for 5.6Pound

Big Ben!

London Eye!

Thames River

After that, we head to St James Park Station and took a short walk through Buckingham Gate heading to non other than the Buckingham Palace to catch the guard changing ceremony!

Aida asking for direction.

Diana's Memorial


Hello...is the Queen at home?

So many people!!


So so many people!!!!

Yeay! Guards!!!

But, they are not wearing red. :( This is the winter clothing, i think.

Guards chit-chatting

This guard is like an artiste. There's a long line waiting to take photo with him.

Aida's modelling attempt.

My modelling attempt.

Oh..here comes the limo to pick us!

To be continue...

Live Telecast from London

Note to my videowomen : you are fired! :P

Day 1 - Arrival to London

The flight to KL is at 7am and Fiza informed me that she will pick me up at 5.30am. This is so that we have ample time to check in and perform Subuh prayer at the airport. But, the night before, Nejad(my lil nephew of 10months) keep crying at the wee hours of the morning(because of the heat), so, i had trouble sleeping as well. I did not tell Mak that i wanted to leave at 5.30am, but, she must has sense it and gave me a wake up call at 5.35am. That's 5mins past Fiza's arrival!! So, could u imagine how shocked I was??! Call up Fiza and she said she is around Tesco which is around 10mins away from my house. I does not count how many drop of showers i have, but all in all, i managed to get ready when they arrive at my house at 5.43am. Drama right from the start!

We managed to get from Penang to LCCT on time, but our flight to London depart at 3.50pm. So, we head to KLIA as it is less crowded there.

Aida did some online checking on the hostels that we will stay later on.

We slept for a while at the Surau as both of us sleep late the night before = to settle as much work to the very last minute. Then we head to LCCT again by bus. Reach there at 2pm, managed to wrap the bag(RM9) and board at 3.10pm.

Laili all smile at the counter

With Air Asia X we fly!


Rent the in flight entertainment for RM30 (to save cost, Aida & I shared)


Arrival at 9.50pm (~13hrs flight)


Oh! Look who we met!
It's the local Artist - Amy Search(with his bands-not in the pic).

After collecting our luggage and taking the above picture, we head to the bus platform 1 level below.
It was cold! 0 C!!


The bus ride take us to Liverpool Street where we wait for a cab to our Hostel.
The cab is super cute! But i don't have the picture now.
Taxi = 22 Pound for 4


Check In

We opt for the lowest budget since we will only be staying for the night. Our train to Paris will be at 8.30am the next day. It's a 9 bed female room and we make some noise since we enter quite late while the others were sleeping. We also make noise in the morning as we woke up early to get ready. Sorry yaaa. :P

The sardine packed room

Hostel Review: Very packed but good lounge/kitchen.

Air AsiaX Review: Comfortable seats. Satisfied!

Terravision Bus: 9Pound

Taxi: 13.40Pound.

Food: NA

Next up - Paris