London

[Bilan]

I'm heading to London in a couple of weeks, and was wondering where I should stay. I've got a couple of options, due to the YHA:

Central London
London's Earl Court
Holland Park
Oxford St
Pancras
St Pauls
Thameside

Which is best?

[Pogue]

Depends on what you wanna do really, i.e. where you wanna spend time.

We should meet up.

[Patchd]

I'm heading to London in a couple of weeks, and was wondering where I should stay. I've got a couple of options, due to the YHA:

Central London
London's Earl Court
Holland Park
Oxford St
Pancras
St Pauls
Thameside

Which is best?
Those places will probably be pretty expensive, although some of those areas have a mix of wealthy areas, and council estates, like Earls Court which has the West Brompton estates nearby, but it's still gunna cost you a bit. Look for a place outside of zones 1 and 2, it'll probably be cheaper for you then, plus, it won't be too difficult going to and from the city centre or other places tbh.

How long you staying for?

[Bilan]

What is zone 1 and 2?

I have never been to the UK (Except for that Heathrow, which was an awful experience. I tried subway there for the first time. Meat balls. Oh god).

[Bilan]

Also I'll only be in London for a couple of days. I'll be in Brighton more than in London. But I intend to see at least a bit of London.

[Jazzratt]

What is zone 1 and 2?

Part of the London Underground's zoning thing. Maps of the london underground tell you what stations are in what zone.


I have never been to the UK (Except for that Heathrow, which was an awful experience. I tried subway there for the first time. Meat balls. Oh god).I hope that is an "oh god" of pleasurable recollection sonny-jim otherwise they'll be taking you back to Australia in some kind of flying ambulance.

EDIT: I realise I just threatened to beat you to a pulp but if you are coming to Brighton you should totally meet up with me and get drunk.

[Tyrlop]

london awfull place, i hate english people, they are aweful every single one man. to damn dough.

[Pogue]

london awfull place, i hate english people, they are aweful every single one man. to damn dough.

wanker

[Pogue]

Part of the London Underground's zoning thing. Maps of the london underground tell you what stations are in what zone.

I hope that is an "oh god" of pleasurable recollection sonny-jim otherwise they'll be taking you back to Australia in some kind of flying ambulance.

EDIT: I realise I just threatened to beat you to a pulp but if you are coming to Brighton you should totally meet up with me and get drunk.

Mini leftie get together?

[Tyrlop]

wanker
see, they are all so mean. and they are just so fucking white its awful and fat and they never brush teeth, and drink tea all the time. :laugh:

[Pirate turtle the 11th]

Its funny you say that because we all think your a **** too.

Also: My london tips

1. Don't go to the London dungeon it's shit
2. Go to nandos
3. Buy strongbow lots of strongbow
4. Pub.
5. Your an indy bastard , camden is your spiritual homeland

[ls]

Its funny you say that because we all think your a **** too.

He's right really just as long as he realises Copenhagen/Denmark are like he describes too, probably not though as he seems abit brain damaged.


Also: My london tips

1. Don't go to the London dungeon it's shit

He's right.


2. Go to nandos

What?!?! The same nandos that stinks of garlic. :X


3. Buy strongbow lots of strongbow
4. Pub.

These two aren't mutually exclusive but yeah not a bad idea.


5. Your an indy bastard , camden is your spiritual homeland

All of london is indy spiritual homeland nowdays, that's why tyrlop semi has a point, also try stoke newington (and nandos in particular in stoke newington) if you want true indy-garlic chicken-ness.

[Pirate turtle the 11th]

Nandos is where I want to be taken to die.



Also here is a song produced by the British Tourist board to encourge people to visit london.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YD1jxiWFe3g

[Pogue]

Nandos is where I want to be taken to die.



Also here is a song produced by the British Tourist board to encourge people to visit london.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YD1jxiWFe3g

I stand at the borders of London playing this. I get paid £7 an hour.

[ls]

Yeah exactly, this is why Bilan should hang out in Rochester, the most bangin city of them all (not too far from Brighton which is in Sussex, Kent - where Rochester is, is just above Sussex).

http://www.britcastles.com/rochester1.jpg

See? Bangin!

[Pirate turtle the 11th]

Sorry but rochester if fairly gangster I once got threatened with a bb conversion their after a historical reenactment.

Whistable however is latin, latin for home of the badmen

[Pogue]

Sorry but rochester if fairly gangster I once got threatened with a bb conversion their after a historical reenactment.

Whistable however is latin, latin for home of the badmen

KKKent has about 3 black people in it who live together for mutual protection. Clearly you need to follow Trotsky's theory of 'permanent revolution' in order to develop to London standards.

[ls]

Bilan should go to Brentford http://sqs.blogs.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/01/26/5_houses.jpg, it calls his name.

[Pirate turtle the 11th]

KKKent has about 3 black people in it who live together for mutual protection. Clearly you need to follow Trotsky's theory of 'permanent revolution' in order to develop to London standards.

Kent isn't particularly racist against black folk only people who look like they might be muslims. So +1 for the kent klux klan

[The Ungovernable Farce]

3. Buy strongbow lots of strongbow
THIS.


Also here is a song produced by the British Tourist board to encourge people to visit london.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YD1jxiWFe3g
Also he should come to Hackney and drink FIFTEEN CANS OF STELLA (http://www.last.fm/music/Dynamo+City/_/One+Night+In+Hackney)!

[Jazzratt]

Mini leftie get together?

I can think of worse thing, certainly.

[Искра]

I'm coming to London in July and I'll meet few comrades from SolFed.
Will some one here hang around with me too? :) I'm nice... :)

[ls]

I'm coming to London in July and I'll meet few comrades from SolFed.
Will some one here hang around with me too? :) I'm nice... :)

I know one guy from Solfed who looks like a magician. Random fact.

[Искра]

Ha ha ha :D
The comrade from SolFed I know looks like a bump :D

[Bilan]

Part of the London Underground's zoning thing. Maps of the london underground tell you what stations are in what zone.

Ah, okay. I was just looking at the YHA thing because it's discounted, though I don't really know. I'd need to check the exchange rate and what not. It's at about 20 pounds a night.




I hope that is an "oh god" of pleasurable recollection sonny-jim otherwise they'll be taking you back to Australia in some kind of flying ambulance.

I'm pretty sure I threw up. That was the best part because I got that vile shit out of my system and returned it to its homeland.



EDIT: I realise I just threatened to beat you to a pulp but if you are coming to Brighton you should totally meet up with me and get drunk.

I will be going to Brighton. Definitely going to Brighton. Not til late december though, I think.

[Bilan]

Its funny you say that because we all think your a **** too.

Also: My london tips

1. Don't go to the London dungeon it's shit
2. Go to nandos
3. Buy strongbow lots of strongbow
4. Pub.
5. Your an indy bastard , camden is your spiritual homeland

I haven't had much cider before. I'm more of a coffee, beer and wine person. I'll give it a whirl though.
I also hear England has awesome pubs.
I intend to hit up Camden.

[Pogue]

I'm coming to London in July and I'll meet few comrades from SolFed.
Will some one here hang around with me too? :) I'm nice... :)

We'll definately meet up mate.

[Holden Caulfield]

London, London, London, bla bla bla
why do none of you fucks ever come north eh?
because you are racists, you herd me: racists

[Pogue]

London, London, London, bla bla bla
why do none of you fucks ever come north eh?
because you are racists, you herd me: racists

they dont come north cos they dont have swimming trunks

[Rjevan]

London is awesome!
Just wanted to state that. :cool:

[Bilan]

London, London, London, bla bla bla
why do none of you fucks ever come north eh?
because you are racists, you herd me: racists

Oi, you contemptuous northern bastard, cut that out. I asked about London cuz I'll be there and don't no squat about it, except some bits and pieces which mainly derived from popular music, and also that you have a big clock which you've given a name for some reason, and that you also have double decker buses.
S'bout it.

So excuse me!

But I plot to go North, but I am a tiny bit nervous about it, and I think I will stick out like a sore thumb if I go anywhere near somewhere like Newcastle. I hear you wear t-shirts in English winters, which is fucking crazy. I'm rugged up in a scarf and coat when there's a mild wind.

[Holden Caulfield]

^ We names the Bell not the clock tower you uncultured criminal...

Newcastle is full of pretentious ****s who wear scarves you will be fine.

[Jazzratt]

^ We names the Bell not the clock tower you uncultured criminal...

Newcastle is full of pretentious ****s who wear scarves you will be fine.

You're setting a shite example as a mod using banned language. I'll PM you a warning since I'm fairly sure that's how it goes.

[ls]

London, London, London, bla bla bla
why do none of you fucks ever come north eh?
because you are racists, you herd me: racists

Because as Fred Phelps would say GOD HATES CUMBRIA, nah only kidding you're right tbh.

[Pirate turtle the 11th]

The north isn't visited by tourists because its cheaper just to sit in a bin for a week.

[Jazzratt]

The north isn't visited by tourists because its cheaper just to sit in a bin for a week.

Also it's warmer and smells nicer in the bin. You're more likely to have good company there too.

[The Ungovernable Farce]

London is awesome!
Just wanted to state that. :cool:
Maybe this is just the grass being greener, but I'd say Berlin's probably awesomer.

[bcbm]

Maybe this is just the grass being greener, but I'd say Berlin's probably awesomer.

no, it definitely is.

[Rjevan]

Maybe this is just the grass being greener, but I'd say Berlin's probably awesomer.
I guess you are right, Berlin is damn cool and a really fascinating city but London beats it by far!!!
... for me, at least. ;)

[ls]

I guess you are right, Berlin is damn cool and a really fascinating city but London beats it by far!!!
... for me, at least. ;)

Yeah, but you are just more used to Berlin (most likely) hence your appreciation of London.

The fact that bcbm who's in the USA AND Londoners themselves prefer Berlin clearly says something. :p

[Holden Caulfield]

I prefer Berlin, I've been to London two more times than I've been to Berlin

4 and 2 respectively

[Bilan]

^ We names the Bell not the clock tower you uncultured criminal...

You're still bizarre.



Newcastle is full of pretentious ****s who wear scarves you will be fine.

Haha

[Jazzratt]

I can't believe no one's asked the obvious: Bilan are you coming here on holiday or parole?

[ls]

I can't believe no one's asked the obvious: Bilan are you coming here on holiday or parole?

Isn't he like late 20s? Parole? What the hell? That would be odd.

[Holden Caulfield]

I can't believe no one's asked the obvious: Bilan are you coming here on holiday or parole?

:laugh::laugh::laugh:

[Jazzratt]

Isn't he like late 20s? Parole? What the hell? That would be odd.

Australia was a penal colony. Naturally they are therefore all criminals and if any of them are on holiday they are naturally on parole.

A bit shit to have to explain the joke...

[ls]

I knew there was something amiss, sorry. :p

[Bilan]

I can't believe no one's asked the obvious: Bilan are you coming here on holiday or parole?

I'm coming in search of the perfect pair of winklepickers and to find out the truth behind England's fetish of tea: Is tea in England half-decent, or are you all just raving lunatics who are yet to learn the wonders of coffee?

Anyhow, it's a holiday. One of my friends left Sydney at the start of this year and moved to your wretched homeland, and so I have come to visit her, as well as see some other places, so I can report back to the Australian embassy on what "croissants" and "scones" are, and how they make food without putting it on a metal thing and setting it on fire.

[Bilan]

Isn't he like late 20s?

I hope you're not talking about my age, for you are well off. :lol:
Dix-neuf.

Parole? What the hell? That would be odd.[/QUOTE]

[Jazzratt]

I'm coming in search of the perfect pair of winklepickers and to find out the truth behind England's fetish of tea: Is tea in England half-decent, or are you all just raving lunatics who are yet to learn the wonders of coffee?

We like tea because it reminds us of the days when we owned half the world and viciously oppressed (more) brown people. Also, much like bitter, it has genuine restorative properties and can cure everything from depression to cancer.


Anyhow, it's a holiday. One of my friends left Sydney at the start of this year and moved to your wretched homeland, and so I have come to visit her, as well as see some other places, so I can report back to the Australian embassy on what "croissants" and "scones" are, and how they make food without putting it on a metal thing and setting it on fire.I can save you a little effort by saying the approved manner of cooking things without using a metal thing over fire is to cover it in batter and submerse it in boiling fat. Either that or have it roatating next to an enormous heating element so that it efficiently cooks and attracts drunks.

[Il Medico]

I hope you're not talking about my age, for you are well off. :lol:
Dix-neuf.

Parole? What the hell? That would be odd.[/QUOTE]
haha. I taught you were in your twenties as well. Oh, well.

[Bilan]

We like tea because it reminds us of the days when we owned half the world and viciously oppressed (more) brown people. Also, much like bitter, it has genuine restorative properties and can cure everything from depression to cancer.

Ah, see, that's much like alcohol for us - traditionally, beer (particularly the vilest forms such as VB), and more recently spirits (Vodka being popular). We drink it however to deal with our sheer mediocrity and worthlessness as a nation, as well as to forget the idiotic nature of our brand of weak nationalism (and our ironic tendencies toward xenophobia).
Australia is probably one of the few nations in the world where fascism could never successfully take place, because the only reason people are proud to be Australian is because we've got beaches everywhere (Except for in the official capital, which is more heavily populated by trees than humans), and nobody cares about anything because we've made no actual contribution to the world as a nation, with the exceptions of cricket and inventing some sort of washing line.
And for that reason, alcoholism is a normal, as is flinging yourself into the ocean out of sheer boredom.



I can save you a little effort by saying the approved manner of cooking things without using a metal thing over fire is to cover it in batter and submerse it in boiling fat. Either that or have it roatating next to an enormous heating element so that it efficiently cooks and attracts drunks.

How cultured the English are.
We have the latter as well, for in recent years we've had a serious problem with bush fires, and the federal government is concerned that we may have inner city fires if we continue to have barbecues at 3am on a saturday night, where every street sign seems to multiply, where every word is slurred and every sentences indecipherable, the only audible word being "gahn" and "mate", the former commonly referring to either one's state "Mate, I'm so gahn", or to the direction one which is to head in "I'm gahn't the cross".
So we start rotating meat on a big metal stick (some call it a "pole") next to a hot thing, and the queues just grow, and grow.
Everyone smells like garlic on mondays because of this. Though, this is a welcomed change from smelling like fire.

[Bilan]

haha. I taught you were in your twenties as well. Oh, well.[/QUOTE]


Nope, I'm just a boy who grew up too fast.

[Bilan]

Anyway, so any suggestions for cheap accommodation in and around London?

[Pirate turtle the 11th]

Get arrested its far nicer then travel lodge (seriously though check out bed and breakfasts)

[Jazzratt]

Ah, see, that's much like alcohol for us - traditionally, beer (particularly the vilest forms such as VB), and more recently spirits (Vodka being popular). We drink it however to deal with our sheer mediocrity and worthlessness as a nation, as well as to forget the idiotic nature of our brand of weak nationalism (and our ironic tendencies toward xenophobia).
Ah. Over here we drink alcohol to prove that we are better than everyone else. After all the only way to be the best is to drink 12 pints of bitter and glass someone is a little different to you in terms of race, sexuality, accent or postcode.


Australia is probably one of the few nations in the world where fascism could never successfully take place, because the only reason people are proud to be Australian is because we've got beaches everywhere (Except for in the official capital, which is more heavily populated by trees than humans), and nobody cares about anything because we've made no actual contribution to the world as a nation, with the exceptions of cricket and inventing some sort of washing line.
Aussies invented som kind of washing line? Was that when you hung a string from cell to cell or something?


Anyway, so any suggestions for cheap accommodation in and around London?

Dunno about London but you could stay at mine if things got so desperate you took leave of your senses :lol:

[Искра]

And I'm coming with my sisters church school - Jesuits :D

[bcbm]

Anyway, so any suggestions for cheap accommodation in and around London?

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[Holden Caulfield]

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Didn't the Londer squatters get fucked over recently?
Maybe Pogue or some other wanker, Im sorry I mean Londoner, can fill us in

[ls]

Didn't the Londer squatters get fucked over recently?
Maybe Pogue or some other wanker, Im sorry I mean Londoner, can fill us in

:p What Holden? Squats don't just vanish all at once, there are always several somewhere if you look hard enough.

[Holden Caulfield]

:p What Holden? Squats don't just vanish all at once, there are always several somewhere if you look hard enough.

meh, squatting isn't my thing unless I want a free place to sleep for a night

[ls]

Yeah, squatting is not ideal in my opinion, seeking accommodation for free or otherwise at a cheap place is always preferable. I've had a word with my group about that before, but yeah I suppose I can understand why people like squatting (as opposed to most squats), but it's a complex issue I suppose. Not one for this thread either, as it it's already a bit off-topic. :p

[bcbm]

squatting can be fun, but its sometimes awkward for an outsider given the nature of the project, especially in countries where they're more serious about it like germany. this (http://www.couchsurfing.org/) is always a good resource for free lodging/food/friends.

[Pogue]

Our view of squatting is essentially its a practical and cheap way to survive which for some people is either desirable or outright neccesary.

[the last donut of the night]

I can't believe all this bullshit.

London?

Come to the United States, more preferably New York City!

We have rich fuckers in uptown Manhattan, the Cantonese in Chinatown, and the capitalist fuckers in the Financial District. Chelsea, Battery Park, the Lower East Side, and SoHo don't count as 'places' because they are mainly populated by a) hipster drunks b) the odd conspiracy theorist Orthodox rabbi or c) liberal moms who pay $500+ on strollers.

Brooklyn, Harlem, and Queens can offer you a) cheap, knockoff products, b) racial tension, c) curry and borscht and d) gang violence. And latinos, such as myself.

[Bilan]

Red Manatee, do not ever become a travel agent. I don't particularly want to go to the US, except to see bcbm get absolutely sloshed, and to help make that happen.

[Pirate turtle the 11th]

And latinos, such as myself.

When I went to America I was very upset to find that none of the Mexicans drove around in lowriders listening to cypress hill but were infact just as insistent to know if we have macdonolds as everyone else.

[Sugar Hill Kevis]

When I went to America I was very upset to find that none of the Mexicans drove around in lowriders listening to cypress hill but were infact just as insistent to know if we have macdonolds as everyone else.

You obviously went to the wrong part of America

[Lyev]

I'm heading to London in a couple of weeks, and was wondering where I should stay. I've got a couple of options, due to the YHA:

Central London
London's Earl Court
Holland Park
Oxford St
Pancras
St Pauls
Thameside

Which is best?

I used to live in London, but suburban London, so, y'know, it was a bit crap.

[Sugar Hill Kevis]

I stayed in a hostel in Earls Court during the G20... was pretty alright, you're not too far out from anything, granted there's not too much going on immediately in earls court though...

[the last donut of the night]

Red Manatee, do not ever become a travel agent. I don't particularly want to go to the US, except to see bcbm get absolutely sloshed, and to help make that happen.


http://www.bloodysushi.com/macro/nsfw/america-fuck%20yeah.jpg

[brigadista]

http://www.bloodysushi.com/macro/nsfw/america-fuck%20yeah.jpg
is that lady penelope?

[jaffe]

5 hours left and then I'm leaving. :D

[Patchd]

I can't believe all this bullshit.

London?

Come to the United States, more preferably New York City!

We have rich fuckers in uptown Manhattan, the Cantonese in Chinatown, and the capitalist fuckers in the Financial District.
We have this:

http://wpcontent.answers.com/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Buckingham_Palace,_London_-_April_2009.jpg/350px-Buckingham_Palace,_London_-_April_2009.jpg

pwned.