London - MERRY CHRISTMAS

Firstly, Merry Christmas to all my loyal readers, even those losers who dont comment.

With that out of the way, more about me!

We left rio without incident, driven by a guy who called himself
"Speedy Gonzales" and "Rocketman". Hey but at least he spoke english and was an entertaining man. Nothing i have ever seen will every compare with south american driving but i hear its a latin thing, i'll see the same in spain and italy.

We arrived in London to discover we were almost reported as missing persons. My family here got my arrival date wrong and were expecting us to arrive the day before. Luckily they called my parents and sorted it out before the police were involved...

Its always great to see family and moreso family that you havent seen in such a long time. We were greeted very warmly by my Aunty,Uncle, Cynthia and Thomas. The cost of living in london is ridiculously expensive. You will not find a meal for less than £3 which is about 8 Aussie. A meal at a pub, such as the fish and chips we had today will cost you about £8 which is 20 Aussie.

Cars tho are cheap, walking past the lamborghini dealership, with the aston martin db7 parked outside, we sat that a murcielago was only £206,000. The cars here are cheap cos i think there is no luxury car tax, or very little. Just 2nite, i saw a Porsche GT2, Murcielago and DB7. Carrera 4s are everywhere.

Tonight we are going to Les Miserable, at the west end, and we quickly to harrods before it closed for the night. We also went on the London Eye, but couldnt go to any of the museums or galleries cos it is christmas eve.

Tomorrow will be a write off day interms of going out as everything is closed so we will spend the day bumming with my family.

Uncles Roast Pork was as good as the legends say and im sure the others would agree the hospitality has been spectacular.

Public Transport in London is so easy, especialy since we are able to ask for directions and understand them, unlike the entire south america. I really like London as a city, its not too crowded, transport is good and the city is pretty, with its old buildings and history poring out of every part of it.

The only complaint i have is the cost of living here, but i spose if you were to work here, it would be ok. The price of housing is ridiculous, think sydney prices but in pounds.

Let me now introduce my City Love Rankings
1. London - Culture, History and Class.
1. New York - So Modern, So Busy, So Alive
3. Santiago - A south america sydney
4. Cusco - Nice little city, cheap food, cheap everything
4. Rio - Potential beach chicks, crap climate
5. Lima - Ghetto, only safe areas are tourist ones and there u can get robbed by the shopkeepers who overcharge like crazy
6. Puerto Maldonaldo - Just a Jungle/Dirt Ghetto