Amazing Race: London

And so it goes, Thengz misses his connecting flight back to Singapore and was stranded (some won't use the word stranded, but sounds more dramatic, so I'll go with it) in London for a night.

Due to the rain in London, the flight from Cyprus to London was delayed by 2 hours. Just enough time for us to miss the connecting flight. The situation now is: stuck in London for the night. Its 10:30 p.m. at night, and the next flight out is noon. With 14 hours to kill and no place to sleep. However, being the ever 'resourceful' one, I managed to find a cheap hotel with the help of a friend (Plene) and her cousin in London. Obstacle one removed!

Now, its 6 a.m. in the morning. Colleague can't sleep, so colleague and I decided to troop to Central London. Woohoo... And we got to be back at the airport by 10 a.m. So we hopped on to a cab, paid freaking 45 pounds (135 SGD) for a ride to the city, which was way too steep. Thats when we decided to cut the losses and take the Underground instead. 6.70 pounds per person for a day ticket. Much much cheaper. Anyway, here are the photos of London. The Big Ben, the London Eye, Trafalger Square, London Underground, Paddington Station. We also drove pass Buckingham Palace, but they were going to have some kind of parade that day, so we didn't stop to take photos.

All these places visited in 3 hours! And there was still time to get chocolates from Plene in Heathrow Terminal 4 and return back to Terminal 3 to check in our own flight. I should really consider taking part in the Amazing Race. o_O