Well, it’s been over a week since I had arrived in London. It was all a mad rush for me from finishing work (documentation and handover), packing all my life and necessities into a backpack to landing in London and getting myself settled from scratch. Upon arrival it seemed all too overwhelming and hard to do anything. This is a brand new city for me so even going out to buy bare necessities or an oyster card was hard as I didn’t know where the local shops were and how to get around. Eventually I got it all sorted out but the stress of all these many little trivial things got to me. Luckily I took a step back and wrote a list of todos and strike them off the list as I got them one at a time.
Where I am staying now is the Astor Victoria. A nice hostel with friendly people. I actually chose this place because it had free wifi and the lockers are pretty decent.
Below is my bunk bed which is pretty comfy in contrast of how it looks like in this picture.
Below are my roommates (minus the guy) but they had left a couple of days ago. The one taking the picture is an aussie who has been showing me the ropes during my stay here. The girls who had replaced the Canadian girls are Americans but not so friendly… far too shy for my liking 
What I like about being in the hostel is that it is so easy to strike up a conversation with some of the travelers here. All you really need to do is say hi, how are you doing? where do you come from? how long are you staying here? where are you going? how is it all so far?. I never knew how it is so easy to strike a conversation here. A lot of a contrast when you compare it to Perth, or maybe I just have nothing to talk about with random people in Perth?
Anyway on a day like this, it’s cold, wet and depressing so I’m feeling a little home sick. What I learnt while being in London was that I actually relied a lot on my family and friends more than that I think I did. It’s fine to strike up a conversation with the odd random person or so but at times I just needed someone to talk to and just bitch about all the things that is happening now. I’ve definitely met quite a few people while here, went out and boozed it up in this expensive city and had fun but it surely does not beat talking to your family and friends. I’ll see how it goes I guess. At the moment I’m treading water and am now seeking to get my life in a bit of a routine that I am happy with.
At times I feel like going on a massive backpacking trip and follow the paths with some of these travelers have done so far. Maybe I should give it all up now and say fuk it to working in London and backpack my way from here to back home. Maybe take 6 months to do it and visit all the cities in between?? I reckon it would be so cool but I’ll give it a couple of months to see first unless some other backpacker is doing it then the chances of doing is high… 
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