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Trip to London

sniperfox United Kingdom 04/01/2026 36 Unique Views
Saint Pauls Cathedral walkway Thames river

After along time of possible depression and torment from a situation I do not want to make public or maybe one day make public.I got some time to come visit my home country; the USA Normally, I travel from Okinawa, Japan to the USA directly This time I decided to go the other way; westward I stopped in Thailand then, after that, I stopped in London, England Why did I stop there you ask? I wanted to go see what it looked like, what type of people lived there, and so on I really had a good time seeing there despite the British Pound being really strong against the US dollar and Japanese yen I had a good time with the Thai people, but I regret leaving England I just don’t know how to make money to survive and thats anyway really This made me not want to venture out too far to the other countries though! One day I have a feeling I will go back and see it again and do the whole UK tour and maybe some surrounding countries as well I have to try to get something generating money though I will be working on that as well but, I grow extremely tired of trying now It seems like my life’s story is on constant repeat! There are pluses and minuses but it never changes I am stuck behind a computer screen trying to make something happen Honestly I hate looking at this screen Anyway, seeing some of the English architecture was very nice! It reminded me of traveling to Rome over 10 years ago and seeing the buildings there Some of the buildings had that same feeling and design in my opinion But what mainly made this a good trip for me was a couple of things really! One the people were friendly over there Two I have been realizing things that happen in the world that I live it that do not make sense to me I won’t talk to much of that yet but it is odd First off I was riding my first double decker red city bus over there and asked a gentleman some questions about what to do and see over there! They were super helpful and gave me about an hours worth of explanation of many things over there They told me about an oyster card which lets you ride the city buses all day long that you buy from the convenient store for 6 GBP From there, they got off the bus and walked with me to Trafalgar Square They started giving me a short spill on the Battle of Trafalgar because of the statue that is standing there in remembrance of the British naval victory in the Napoleonic Wars over France and Spain in 1805 I believe As we looked at the building and taking the view in, they explained to me about a way to order food with an app called WetherSpoons You fire the app up and it tells you to goto a pub which can be of many different names and you go sit down and order the food from the app I never could get the concept of this WetherSpoons thing because I would think that it would be a chain store of something with a name WetherSpoons on the building.

Swans by the Thames River

But, its not so this must be an English thing is what I thought! I am trying to remember what else they explained to me but I can’t, we just talked about our lives and what we were doing at the time It was enjoyable and passing the time with them was fun and refreshing I can only wish them the best and give a Thank you very much! From there I was on my on I started out getting an AirBnB in a town called Camden and it cost 30$ a day Close to Camden there was a park called “Queens Park” Early in the morning I would run on the outer circle There were many bikers, runners, walkers, and dogs out there A pretty lively place but that morning, on the way to the run as I walked torwards the park, there was a many smoking marijuana outside on the side of the street He mumbled, “Your not special” as I walked by Recently or for a long time, people have been saying things like this to me but I don’t know why Maybe I just started listening to people or noticing it but I stopped and asked the man what he said and he looked down and said nothing After I finished the run, I walked down the same road and saw the same man leaning against a pole half asleep kind of nodding off I wanted to ask the man, do you like living like this? I almost opened my mouth to ask but I didn’t for some reason and I regret it I pray that man realizes that he can change his life if he doesn’t like that sort of thing Lately I have gotten pretty talkative but I used to be shy I hope I get more chances to talk and meet new people At the same time I feel as though there is a force that wants to stop me from talking and meeting people It wants me to be alone For example I had a person I knew that was asking questions like how did I get here and there, how did I meet these people and so forth I found it odd asking such a thing but, oh well, I am an odd guy After this day, I moved out of the AirBnB and got a place at Kings Cross and this is where I stayed the rest of my time Also, I would like to say, I am not a fan of AirBnB compared to regular hotels At a regular hotel you can leave earlier and keep your money AirBnB, if you leave early, then you will not get your money back! What is that! I had an argument when a hotel and he said well you won’t stay here and you won’t get a refund Also in Okinawa, I got the argument about no refund even after leaving the first day because it was too noisy! I’ll just say it, AirBnB can be good but out of 5 places I booked, 2 of those were horrible and scams Sorry for the rant! Kings Cross was nice and there was not marijuana smoke everywhere in the street at night like Camden was.

Saint Pauls Cathedra

I stayed at the European Hotel for about 60$ a night for 2 nights I also ran in Queens Court during those 2 days and enjoyed the runs I did not venture too much from London and I found it fun to get on the buses and just ride around the city Again with the oyster card it is 6 pounds for a day pass and the buses run 24 hours There is an app called citymapper as well and I used this alot for the buses there but, there were many times I got lost but that is part of the fun of traveling I went to see Buckingham Palace and some old looking part of the city with many pubs and such cluttered together The pubs were close to Southwark Bridge Road While walking around crossing a bridge across the Thames River, I saw a homeless man and he looked up and said ,” Sir could you spare some change, I need a place to stay.” Sometimes these people seem like scam artists to me but he seemed very sincere and genuine I’m a stingy person sometimes and I don’t have much money but, lately, I enjoy giving it to these type of people He said in a very appreciative way, “Thank you sir” that made me feel good as well I hope that man gets off his feet sometime I believe the society we live in promotes homelessness but I should save this talk for later At the end of the trip, I met a young man in his twenties while I took the bus to the airport and he went farther south to Brighten I wanted to go there as well but I was on a limited budget We talked a little and sate beside each other As I got off the bus he said, “See you again, Mate” I met many people from England, Wales, Ireland, I don’t know about Scotland I enjoyed meeting them and I also want to see you guys again! I like to put Bible verses on the end of these and yesterday I enjoyed this one; Job 36 2-12 : Suffer me a little, and I will show you, that I have yet to speak on God’s behalf I will fetch my knowledge from afar and will ascribe rightousness to my Maker For truly my words shall not be false; he that is perfect in knowledge is with thee Behold, God is mighty, and dispiseth not any; his is mighty in strength and wisdom He preserveth not the life of the wicked; but giveth right to the poor He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous; but with kings are they on the throne; yea he doth establish then forever and they are exalted And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction Then he showeth them their work, and their transgressions that they have exceeded He openeth also their car to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.

If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and shall die without knowlege..