I am who I am: Day 2: London to Wiltshire

13 Sept 2016 - Tuesday
Early this morning, we leave London early at 7.30am to begin our UK sightseeing, both my friend and I did not sleep at all, but we're so fresh and eager to head to Stonehenge!

I knew many people were disappointed seeing Stonehenge, but for me, I like a certain degree of historical things, so I naturally was excited for it!

Admission ticket to Stonehenge must be bought in advance, it was £15.50 per person..

From our place in Elephant & Castle, we took the Bakerloo tube to Waterloo Station (I also have a thing for railway stations!), from there we bought a return ticket to Salisbury, which costs a whopping £42 each the nearest railway station to Stonehenge.. While waiting for the train, we had breakfast at Pret A Manger, an organic sandwich shop..

Waterloo Railway Station

I immediately fell in love with it.. Everything was so tasty and cheap.. I bought some to take on board the 1.5 hours train journey southwest of London.. In UK, you can eat and drink in the train, there's also food cart that the crew will go around selling food and drinks on board..

For something as organic as this, all this cost about £7, which is cheap!

Before boarding the Southwest Train bound for Salisbury

All aboard!

I can assure you there are no zombies in the train..

1.5 hours journey and what you do?
That's right, take selfies!!!

Upon reaching Salisbury, I wanted to take the local bus to Stonehenge, however, I discovered that I did not know where the bus stops are actually, so we ended up walking around Salisbury town, but not without taking in the beautiful small town sights and sounds and all, before decided we should just pay for the super-expensive-not-worth-it-"official" bus at £15 per person! Tell me how is it worth the ride again, when a similar local bus for the locals costs just £5!

Very peaceful here.. loved the super clear river!!

Salisbury town

Waiting for the bus at the bus stop

Wefie again before boarding the "official" tour bus..

We arrived Stonehenge right on time of the ticket admission time slot - 11am.. So after collected the ticket, we took the Stonehenge bus for a 5 minutes ride to the stones itself..

Some things behind the Stonehenge visitor centre

Stonehenge
A UNESCO World Heritage site

It was marvellous..

It was wonderful..

I feel so humbled by the stones.. Totally loved the weather too.. until it rained when we decided to leave..

As close as you can get to the stones, probably 20m away or so

Earlier on, we were right there on the top right corner of this pic where a bunch of PRC has just arrived,
the closest point to the stones

This was how I took most of my pictures hahaha!

She's enjoying her lunch while I'm enjoying my brunch..
The wind was super strong out here as the rain was coming in..

Back into Salisbury, we had lunch at a fish and chips restaurant.. the haddock we have was really delicious, it costs £8 for fish and chips and a drink, quite reasonably cheap..

After lunch, we continued to wander around town, going to the local market.. and I bought a super fresh peach for 30p and eat it right on the spot.. the fruits here were so cheap!

Such as 2 boxes of strawberries for just £1.50! I swear, you cannot get any fruits cheaper than this!

So we spent a good time at the market buying fruits and tasting them as we go along..

My 30p peach, as huge as a large apple

And around 4pm, we decided to head back to London.. The sun was shining so bright and we ended up at Westminster for me to take in the iconic London landmarks: Westminster Abbey, Houses of Parliament & Big Ben, London Eye before ending our London walkabout in Tower Bridge where we took a bus back home..