Europe (England) April/May 2012

Total Expenses incurred : 55 pounds = Rm275 per pax
Hostel (1night): Smart Russell Square Hostel - 20.00 pounds per pax (4-dorm bed room)
Food & groceries: 15.60 pounds
Eurolines service fee: 8.00 pounds
Metro: 7.00 pounds (Day ticket) + 4.30 (single ticket) pounds
Transport: Eurolines Bus Pass: (Eurolines bus London>Geneva via English Channel crossing from Dover>Calais)

London, England

After an overnight bus trip from Paris to London (23.00>06.30), we arrived at the Victoria Coach station and took a Metro to our hostel in Russell Square. After storing our luggage in our hostel, we took a Metro to Eurolines office and booked our tickets to Edinburgh, Scotland & Geneva, Switzerland (under Eurolines Bus Pass). To stick to our timetable in Switzerland, we could only stay one night in London (original plan was 3 days) and had to leave London the next morning (09.00) for Edinburgh (arriving 17.00)

Birmingham Palace was our first place of visit in London as it was within walking distance from the Eurolines office. After this visit, we took a Metro back to Russell Square and bought some groceries from a nearby supermarket and checked into our hotel at around 15.00. 

My wife was not feeling well hence she did not join us in visiting some touristy places in London ie Convent Garden, China Town (Leicester Square) & Trafalgar Square. In the evening after our dinner at the hostel, we took a Metro and visited the London Eye, Tower Bridge, Big Ben and the riverside along the River Thames.

Upon our return from Edinburgh, we took a Eurolines bus from London via the English Channel crossing from Dover to Calais for our trip to Geneva, Switzerland (12.00>06.00)