One man touring party

Hello my readers...if there are any out there... Well I've reached that point in my travels where I am sitting anxiously waiting for a few fellow traveller friends to come over to this sun kissed land before I can venture some more counrties in Europe. Furthermore, it gets a bit tiring having to do the old "out stretched arm reverse photo" trick just to get a photo with me in it. So for the past week I have looked in my London Guide (gifted to me by the lovely people at GE) to find things I can do on my own. My first stop was the London Zoo out in Camden, and I'm not talking about the markets. Now there is surely a few people thinking, "why would you go to a zoo in London when you can do that back at home?". Good question, I asked myself that exact thing after I went. Now don't get me wrong, it was great to see the many fascinating creatures that roam the world, but these animals were lazy! The Lion is aptly named because it was just lyin' around (Get it - Lion = lyin'). The Tiger did a similar trick but on it's back and I didn't even get to see the Pigmy Hippo, which I was really excited about. I saw Timon and Pumba chilling out and a Llama eating grass. The coolest animal was a little monkey which was the smallest known monkey in the world. He/She was having a great time juming from tree to tree and eating unsuspecting Grasshoppers. I managed to get through most of the zoo in a few hours, seeing Otters, Reptiles and the Aquarium. All in all a good way to kill a few hours and not lye around all day, just watch animals that did.

On friday I went to the British Museum which was a great experience that I enjoyed immensely. I saw ancient Egypt and Greece sculptures and artifacts; items that had been collected throughout the history of developing Europe; African art; American Indian tools and dress; and Egyptian Mummy's. I was most impressed with the African exhibition, mostly the "weapons for tools" exhibition which focussed on the civil war in Mozambique from the 1970's through to the 1990's. An initiative was put in place to trade the hundreds of illegal weapons that had made their way into Mozambique over the many years of unrest, for tools for work such as farming. A few people had taken these weapons and created pieces of art from them such as the chair pictured.

After seeing the museum I think I hit my lowest point this holiday. Here I digest...I caught the tube out to Leicester Square with the intention of looking at what musicals were on offer for my viewing pleasure. There was Lion King (Hopefully not a King that sleeps all day), Wicked, Les Miserables, Joseph, Spamalot, We Will Rock You, Jersey Boys, and many more. All very appealing but there are friends that want to do these things too, like my sister who said, "Hey Cam go and see Wicked and tell me what it it like. Oh no, actually don't see it and when I arrive we can watch it together."
"Oh okay, no problems, that sounds good, when do you get here?" I replied.
"I'm not sure yet, maybe August or September." She responded.
See my problem people. So you ask, "What was the low point Cameron?"
I came across a cinema and watched Forgetting Sarah Marshall for 12 pound!! The worst thing was that I actually sat on the grass in Leicester Square for 30 minutes contemplating whether I should spend that kind of money on a movie. Funny movie, go see it!

Sunday saw London's fifth straight day of sunshine and myself, Kurt and the many people that we are staying with all headed out to a restaurant/bar called "Old Ship" which is on the banks of the Thames near Hammersmith, and we sat on the grass and enjoyed the day with a few drinks. Today was the last day of the English Premier League and Manchester United has to win their game against Wigan Athletic to claim the title ahead of Chelsea. They won 2-0. The day concluded what was a great week weather wise and a successful week for Cameron on the tourist front. Upcoming adventures may be a trip south to see a bit of the English countryside or a visit to the Lord's Cricket Ground and Museum. I will keep you all posted.