London Day 1 Part 2: Bag packing in London? No way, man!
“So, did you go bag packing when you were in UK?”
One of the few questions shot over me when I was back from my trip.
My reply: *chokes* if drinking water
*snorts* if not drinking water
Anyone who knows me well would know that I can’t survive bag packing! The last time I carried a bag pack during a trip to Taman Negara, the bloody bag was twice my size and I was tilting towards one side whenever I take a step and somebody would have to guide my bag from behind…
Anyway, back to London… we spent 8 blissful nights at Travelodge London Farringdon which is about 15 mins walk from King Cross Station. Please don’t mistake it for Travelodge Royal Scot which is just a few blocks ahead of it. That was what happened to us… after dragging our luggage like forever looking for the Travelodge logo, we were delighted to finally spot one. But then, the moment I approached the counter, they told me I got the wrong place and that it is just 3 mins walk further down. We stepped back out to the blistering wind and stared down the empty road which looks pretty dark and dodgy… I was thinking “Are these people trying to play tricks on us just because we’re lost tourists??”
And I stepped back in and only noticed the word Royal Scot on the wall, realised our mistake, and pretended to confirm the directions to our hotel. And it was really just 3 mins down the road if you are not dragging huge luggage (not mine) down the uneven road and pavement.
Anyway, I love the hotel, great service, very friendly staff (even though they didn’t give me a bigger room) and it even got a bus stop right in front of it, which we did not utilised until the last few days… hahahaha Skyfish and ah ya shared a room while again poor Deb was stuck with me in a room half the size of skyfish’s. But it was really clean and it’s got working hot water! I cannot survive if I do not have running hot water…
All toilets comes with bath tub too!
Look at Skyfish and Ya’s room! Double the size of our room…
It even comes with a place to hang clothes too! Eeee, you see how messed up is Skyfish and ah ya’s room…
If you book the hotel at the right time, you can get super saver room! Like us, we got lucky (obviously, we stayed up till 4am just planning this free 4 months ahead and thanks to Snakebyte for helping us search for the best location), the room only cost 13 pounds per person per night, which is 26 pounds per room per night (Imagine if you have 3 people, you save even more)! What a bargain! But if you’re unlucky, then the room might be expensive.
There are many Travelodges around London. London Farringdon is really convenient coz you can take a bus (number 63) which stops exactly right in front of the hotel from King’s Cross station. And if you’re heading to King’s Cross station from the hotel, there’s a bus station right across the street too (which we did not realised we could do that until the second last day)!
Planning a trip to London? Here’s the site for you to book your room at Travelodge.
And the link to London Farringdon itself:
https://www.travelodge.co.uk/find_a_hotel/hotel/hotel_id/270/LondonFarringdon
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