Alex
I fly in from Costa Rica on on the 25th I will then be heading down to surrey for a few days to get meet friends and family and no doubt drink my body weight, i will then be making the long trip from Surrey to Waterloo can I meet you under the clock at 3pm on the 28th and then you can take me to the hotel???????
Only joking great work with this thread, London is dog of a place if you have never been taxis rip you off I guess it must be at least 5 quid just to get in these days, the tube is great as long as you take it after 10am and prior to 5pm, free advice if you have bags ect and you plan to take the tube prior to 10am in the morning or between 5 – 6.30pm i would say dont they are packed you cant move and with bags it will be a nightmare simple option go and get a great pint of British beer and kill and hour or sample a great British fry up much better thabn taking the tube in rush hour.
Bring on London cant wait bangers and mash it has been a year since i have British bangers.
See you all in London.
Shaun
Buy an Oyster – An Oyster card https://oyster.tfl.gov.uk/oyster/entry.do is a card you scan on buses and tubes to get on – They are £3 but thats refunable when you give it back or just keep it for the next time you visit
You can then put money on it and pre pay which means each journey is cheaper than buying a paper ticket – It also has an auto daily cap which finds teh best fare for you if you travel a lot that day = see more here http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tickets/oysteronline/2732.aspx
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if you are going to be here quite a few days buy a weekly travel card – You can do this on an Oyster or just get a card one (no id needed for this) – The cost for a zone 1 – 2 is £25.80 http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tickets/faresandtickets/seasontickets/4805.aspx
Although the tube is at first a little daunting once you get used to it it is very easy anda hell of a lot faster than taxis on most occaisions. The good thing about being near hammersmith is that it has quite a few lines out of it District will take you SW or onto the Cricle line for Victoria, etc plus Earls Court for IGE/ICE, Picadilly will take you staright into town and Hammersmith and city line takes you aroudn teh north side of teh circle line and into the city =- Plus of course you can change anywhere