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Pickpockets, Beggars, Crime and Scams London
142 Reviews London is a huge, busy city that is always full of people. Play it safe and don’t walk around in large crowds talking on your mobile phone. While you are not paying attention you become a target for...
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Traffic, Driving and Crossing the road London
80 Reviews If you don't have a great walking stride, prepare yourself for the big walk if you fly United from the USA to London and taking the London Connect to Paddington Station. You get out on gate 49, the...
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Taxis London
39 Reviews Single females should NEVER take unlicensed mini-cabs. Check the GLA website advice regarding taxis, and minicabs. They also provide a phone number listing licensed cab firms in your area: "You can...
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Pigeons London
21 Reviews When feeding the pigeons at Trafalgar Square be careful that they don't decide to bomb you with their droppings. Like other animals they carry diseases so if you are feeding them better you wear...
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Public Transport (not taxis) London
24 Reviews Now this is something one encounters often when travelling on the tube - MIND THE GAP. It is both written next to the GAP and one can hear it in the loud-speaker over and over again. And of course...
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Money Matters London
22 Reviews In Colonnade Walk, the pedestrian area adjacent to Buckingham Palace Road, separating Green Line & Victoria Coach Stations, is an ATM that charges £1.99 per transaction... I cannot help but be cynical...
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Food Vendors London
9 Reviews Just a wee bit of a problem for us yanks, seems as though most of the pubs have great beer and even the fish & chips are decent, but the tartar sauce is served warm and it could be off. I should have...
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Parking London
8 Reviews It is becoming more and more difficult to park in London as there are many restrictions. Be careful where you park as many places are reserved for residents. Make sure that you purchase a ticket from...
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All European cities are rife with pickpocketing. London is certainly no exception; you need to be especially watchful when travelling on the Tube. It's generally best to keep your wallet in a breast pocket. Failing that, use a front pants pocket. The back pockets are most vulnerable. Be aware of your surroundings, and whenever possible keep your hands near your sides.
I'll never forget the very first time we went for a good look around Canary Wharf. We had stopped the car near some flats near Billingsgate market, to take this photograph. When I had finished with the camera and got back into the car, Chris had to turn the car around. He had to drive right up near the yards next to Canary Wharf, where there was a great big security gate, to let people in and out. All of a sudden, there was a big, black, security guard coming over to us. He scanned our car with a big black stick thing and then let us drive off after Chris told him we were only turning the car around. This part did make us laugh though, the only thing we were armed with, was a digital camera! But I am glad that they take the security seriously at Canary Wharf, I would hate for it to be blown up by terrorists, I would cry my eyes out at losing my 97 acres of Heaven.
When travelling on the underground be sure to keep your wallet and other valuables in a safe place.I was recently relieved of my wallet containing my credit card and cash, leaving me with not even my day pass to get out of the station. Fortunately, with the help of friends and the folk back home we managed to cancel the card before the culprit tried to use it.
Beginning at dusk and leading into the early morning hours, homeless people set up their beds on the less traveled roads. They may not be dangerous however parents might not want to expose their children to them and single women travelers may want to watch out. Usually no one else is around and wouldn't be able to help you if you were in trouble.
Be careful when buying "discount" theater tickets in Licester Square. We paid 25 pounds for "discounted" tickets for The Producers at one of the outlets in the square only to find out that the face value of the ticket was only 10 pounds. The seats were on the uppermost balcony and we had to climb four stories to get to our seats. Our consolation was that everybody around us also paid the same amount for their tickets ... some even paid more.If you must, buy your tickets at the TKTS outlet which is located in the same square or better yet, buy them at the theater box-office. If ticket outlets are this bad .... can you imagine how much worse it would be if you bought your tickets from somone walking around the square ... and there's a lot of them too!
You may want to see the Prime Minister's official residence at No. 10 Downing Street. Well, you cannot even get ON Downing Street any more, without an official permit. Armed guards stand at the gate, which blocks entry. As terrorism continues, many formerly public buildings are becoming less accessible. We'll just have to live with it.
My cousin was a safety inspector for the London Underground and she always used to tell me horror stories of the unseen dangers on the tube. This includes asbestos!! Not only are you inhaling human, concrete, lead and rodent dust but just think about what has been on the seats and hand rails next time you're about to eat your McDonalds!! EEK! I'm no clean freak but ick!!I personally hate the tube but it's a necessary evil and the only way you can travel around London in the shortest possible time. I make sure I don't take the deep tubes like Northern, Central and Picadilly Lines and if I can - I'd rather take a bus!!
No joke but the most common cause of fatal accidents on the tube is getting hit by an oncoming train. Business people are the most at risk. Standing too close to the edge of the platform they place their briefcases between there legs. On hearing the train coming they bend over to pick up their case and BAM, a train hits!The second most common cause of fatal accidents are people dropping things over the platform and thinking they have time to jump down into the suicide pit to retrieve said item. Mobiles, books even newspapers have sent people to their deaths...There are two or three accidents a week on the London Underground, and two fatalities a month - whether by accident or suicides. SO BE CAREFUL AND STAND WELL BACK!!
I paid 35 pounds for supposely discount ticket for Stomp for good seats. Got to the theater and found the same tickets with the same seats half price. By all show and play tickets directly from the theatre. I learned the har way.
Without trying to be too harsh, the kids in central London have no respect for anything! I have told numerous kids off for littering in the street and suffered abuse back for my trouble. They try to intimidate people and I've seen some shocking behaviour from kids old enough to know better. I know it's like this in other cities, but I don't have to like it.
The Montague On The Gardens London
5 Reviews and 1446 Opinions The concierge was fabulous, the hotel very grand, and despite the rooms being small they were...
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Ibis London Greenwich Greenwich
1 Review and 238 Opinions When walking in the centre I saw there was an Ibis hotel right there. I haven't stayed at this one...
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