9 tips for London
Category travelThere seems to be the chance that i might be a'traveling to the fair US for one of my clients (a most exciting prospect), but how to act like a native in any given city: NY, Chicago or Detroit, anyone got any tips?
In return i offer 9 beginner tips for the joy that is London town.
1) Please stand on the right on escalators, the left is the fast lane (it is very defiantly not the “I have huge luggage and like to block peoples way” lane)
2) Public transport is the norm, both buses and trains/tube are used by 'suits', there's no shame in it.
3) Its impossible to walk round anywhere without being given at least 3 free newspapers, they are mostly drivel.
4) You WILL get badly drunk (its the countries fav pastime), and it WILL cost you a fortune
5) Teenagers are the most dangerous thing in London (and that would include velociraptors if they had a colony in Trafalgar square) ***I'm not joking***
6) All late nights will end up at a curry house (its a strange gravitation effect)
7) The only cabs to trust are the oddly shaped black ones.
8) Any inclement weather of any description with bring the city to a standstill for example “the wrong sort of sunshine”
9) If you get your self injured in our fair city, don't worry, you don't need any money or insurance, we got it covered as a freebie :)
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Posted by mark At 20:56:48 On 24/10/2010 | - Website - |
When visiting Goma, a small City in the Democratic Republic of Congo there are a number of things that will help you along nicely
1) It is not dangerous, the people are lovely, don't be frightened
2) They may look like lava flows (because they are) but they are actually roads, use them wisely
3) Nato troops are THE most dangerous thing in Goma
4) The active volcano is the second most dangerous thing
5) Order your dinner at the hotel and then go for a walk or do some work, you have a good 2 hours to kill, they need to find a local hotel that has what you asked for, then they have to kill it and cook it for you...well you wanted fresh
6) When the food you started waiting for 2 hours ago arrives, it will not be what you ordered, but these people have very little so be grateful
7) Don't drink the water, I'm pretty sure it comes from the toilet (after the flush bit) !!
8) Visit the hospital and donate some money to save someone from Malaria, there are thousands to chose from
9) Enjoy the weather, shorts and t-shirt in late December, you can't go far wrong
10) do not smoke or swim in Lake Kivu, it sits on top of one of the largest natural methane deposits in Africa...remember smoking kills...especially here.
Posted by Andy B At 20:56:46 On 24/10/2010 | - Website - |
10. the bus routes offer a cheap and interesting way to get to know London. The bus routes are a lot more confusing than the underground but it is worth gettig a bus route.
11. the underground map does not show distances; you should look at your A-Z (the first book you should buy in London) before walking to a tube station (covent garden is right next to leicester square tube, for instance)
12. "Time Out" is the best source for knowing what is on.
13. Those "all the city plus billions of museums" passes are not worth the money
Posted by Andrew Magerman At 20:56:47 On 24/10/2010 | - Website - |