Update: Some of pictures are now available, if you want more, please comment 
- Bus ticket to Reading Station from Whiteknights bus stop: £1.50
- 5 days return ticket Reading-London-Reading (with Young Person Railcard): £13.80
- 2 1-day travelcards (off peak, with Young Person Railcard): £9.60
- 1 night for 4 bed en-suite room (2 bunk beds) at Piccadilly Backpacker Hostel: £28
- London souvenirs (I shouldn’t tell this, but…): £5.98 in total
- Admission ticket for London Walks: Jack The Ripper Haunts (student price): £5
- Bus ticket to Sports Park, The University of Reading from Reading Station: £1.50
- Had a walkabout without any particular destination in London, but here are the places I went to: Buckingham Palace, Piccadilly Circus, Leicester Square, China Town(? the road signs even have chinese writings on them), London Tower, Tower Bridge (I overheard a lot of French people, and the zebra cross signs have french version). I walked for about 14 hours. I still can feel my sore feet. And like Green Day, I Walked Alone
- Took a lot of pictures (about
400500300 of them). - Took narcissistic pictures at Tower Bridge.
- Learned all the history of Jack The Ripper: the places, the story, the prostitutes who became the victims, the suspects and the theories (someone from the Royal family? an American doctor? a painter? a butcher?), and lastly the pub (no, I didn’t go in there). I learned all this while walking in the city of London. Most memorable place: a dark narrow alley (only half meter wide), smelly (urine smell), with light rain and noises made by drunks or new year party goers, the walk guide telling the story about Jack The Ripper like there’s no tomorrow, and all of us listened intently.
- Joined thousands and thousands of people (tall people, that is) trying to see the fireworks display at London Eye, the so-called the best fireworks on the planet.
- Was hazed by drunks (my cap was nicked off of my head) while on the way to see the fireworks.
- Could only see a glimpse of the fireworks display, due to light rain causing heavy smoke during the show.
- Watched a lot and I mean a lot of people, couples, friends, families, kissing each other. Yup, lips kissing for the couples. And no, I was not involved in any of that.
- Was offered a glass of champagne after midnight by a couple, “because you are alone”, they said. But of course, I refused politely.
- Had my picture taken by two lovely ladies, shaky picture with London eye as the background, and I was screaming “Happy New Year!”.
- Being literally dragged and squeezed along the “stream of thousands of people” going the wrong way, while I was trying to go back to the hostel.
- Spending the night in the hostel room with a Macedonian who snores loudly while he was sleeping.
- During this trip, all I eat was: two apples, four self made toasts (two with microwaved cheese and chicken burgers, the other two with Cadbury’s chocolate spread), and a handful of choco-chips. I also brought two bottles of water with me.
Well, all of them, for me: priceless.
Happy New Year 2008! (pictures will be available soon)
