Summer Trip Travelog - Day 2: Main London Attractions

This is a continuation of the post from years ago.

After crossing off Kensington Palace from our list, we decided to move on to our next location; Buckingham Palace. As it is situated further, we decided to be sakai and got on the famous red double decker bus this time around. Hehe.

We stopped at Victoria Station and again, with the help of a guide and our handy map, we walked to Buckingham Palace. We decided that it was not worth it to enter another palace and forwent the inside tour. Instead, we spent almost an hour taking the ‘perfect’ picture at the gate. Typical Asians…

Next, we headed to Tower of London by underground. Let’s just say that we were tired from all the walking…

It was almost 4:00 PM when we arrived and the last call for admission was at 5:00 PM. It was certain that there was not enough time for us to tour the insides of it. So, we spent our time hanging out, enjoying the sun and English view by sitting around with ice creams in our hands.

The Tower of London is located right next to the Tower Bridge and it was given that it was our next tourist destination. We walked along the pier and my friends went crazy with taking multiple shots while I, sat around with all the uncles, aunties, gramps and babies that were tired as well. :P

Our next destination was the London Eye and so, we took another bus to the main city area. It was almost sunset and therefore, we decided to stop by at St Thomas Hospital for prayers. It was such a coincidence that we walked through the park of the hospital on our way out and managed to get an awesome view of Elizabeth Tower or more well known as Big Ben (fun fact: Big Ben is the Great Bell).

Soon after that, we walked to London Eye and got just in time to watch the sunset on the ferris wheel. It was a 30-minute ride and thus, we got the chance to get a view of London during the day and also at night. A 2-in-1 deal!

It was already quite late when we’re done with the ride, we decided to call it a day and headed back to Malaysian Hall. The trip back was not any easier though. We got lost again as the strike was still going on and information on how to get around was very scarce. After wandering about half an hour, we managed to get on a bus and arrived safely at our rooms. We rested well that night because we had enough adventure for a day and a flight to catch the next day.