london...dreams of being as nice as van

Hello everyone, it has been a very eventful trip so far. First of all our flight got delayed a bunch of hours in vancouver, and we had to switch our connector flight. Secondly, jamie almost didnt get admitted through US customs in vancouver for taking pictures of 'classified' material. then upon arrival in london, neither of our bags showed up in the carousel. about an hour later on our way to the customer service booth we found our bags piled on the ground. thankfully we both had some sturdy locks on our bags to protect all our valuables. following a trip into the city from heathrow we took the advice of some scrub and went searching for hostel's miles outside london city proper. good choice. anyways after some walking we finally found a cheap hostel and signed in for the night. after catching up on some sleep tuesday night, we chatted with our roommate a bit and got a hookup in Uganda which might work out well for us. wednesday we spent out on the town checking out museums, palaces, and parks, all the while dodging pigeons and angry taxi drivers.

What nick forgot to mention is as follows:

1. Our diet has consisted of mcdonalds and subway, therefore to stay chisled, we needed to walk for 9 hours today.
   
2. nick loves chattin in his sleep
3. people in london walk as fast as the red rocket used to drive, they are always on their phone or listening to their ipod, and they are always looking at the ground.
   
4. they also pay rent by the week, most of which are like 500 pounds a week. do the math.
   
5. and lastly, but more importantly for most, we havent showered yet.

peaceeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Introductions

For those of you who are going to follow this blog, i thought it would be important that i provide you with some introductions...especially because 2 more people have decided to join.

Nick "recently engaged" Alderliesten: This man loves beards, fires, and chips. In the summer, he helps keep BC safe by fighting all those forest fires. He has been known to rock a very thick beard. He is one of those Man's man kind of guys. He recently graduated with his Geography degree. He loves the outdoors and his new fiance Rachel.



Jamie Vaughan: This is a man who loves sports, poetry, and a nice roast beef dinner. He is looking forward to traveling the world and seeing how this will affect his poetry. He recently graduated with his business degree and is interested in Land Development.
Plaid: This recent addition will have one of the best views through Africa. He will be perched on top of Jamie's head.









Baby Blue: Another recent addition will also enjoy some unique views from the top of 6'6 giant Nicolas.


Our trip begins on September 28th when we fly to London for 3 days...the fun begins when we fly to Nairobi, Kenya on October 3rd. We will be making our way down the East Coast of Africa to South Africa. This will be a crazy adventure full of weird food, safaris and lots of driving. From there we fly to Mumbai, India. Stay tuned...