We have arrived in the mother country. The Black Eyed Peas were very good in concert, and it was worth hanging around Bangkok another day. Another bonus of sticking around was that I had told Gary (My cousin) the wrong day to pick us up from the airport at Hethrow so the extra day worked in perfectly with the incorrect dates I had given him.

Gary flats is very cool, just the sort of thing we hope to find to rent (if we can afford it), two bedroom, living room, kitchen + bathroom. Pretty typical flat layout but decent sized rooms.

Yesterday we managed to get our bank accounts open, recieved our debit and credit cards from HSBC bank. Of note, there are no fees on anything. No monthly fees, no transaction or use charges, so thats all very sweet and a tad different from the huge NZ bank fees. (Only fees are if you go into overdraft or use the card outside of the UK)

This is by far the furtherest I have been away from home.. and I'm not sure I can get any further. I quite like London, from my first impressions, all the building are very large, old and look classy. We got a day pass on the underground yesterday and it was very easy to get around, so we sort of played monopoly and went to all the usual places like Piccidilly, Regents Park, Pall Mall, Kings cross etc..

I have job interview this afternoon, and another tomorrow, so we have offically started to look for jobs online and through agencies. We will let you know how we get on.