Trip to Britain -- Day 5 -- Stonehenge & Salisbury

A bad sleep AGAIN! I was 'on and off' sleep till 3am and couldn't sleep because of the noise from the streets and the next room. There're obviously two men talking in that room and they're just too close to the windows that I could hear their voices CLEARLY! GOODNESS ME! I had the thought of calling the security guards to WARN the guys next door! I listened to mp3 music but of course, the 'sound' was just as disturbing. Finally, I needed to move to the other side of the bed to sleep - until GOD KNOWS WHEN, I fell asleep. Not long later, it's already the morning - BLOODY HELL!!! (Sorry for the offensive words, but you can see how frustrated I was!)

The first stop of the day was Marylebone where I needed to change my train ticket to Wednesday for Stratford-upon-Avon. Thank god - the ticket assistant actually saved me from paying the 10 quids for this change. I was late then for my planned schedule for Stonehenge (Salisbury). Anyhow, this was the place I wanted to go, not Avebury or Old Sarum where I could have visited if I set off earlier. ('Thanks' to the noises last night!)

The train ride was GREAT for me with nothing but SLEEP. I even set the alarm to go off at about time of arrival so that I wouldn't end up in the middle of nowhere. This was how I regained my energy for the day to spend. Yet, after the ticket check, I was unable to get into sleep. :(

When I got off the train, I didn't get the Explorer ticket then coz I thought the round-trip would be more suitable for my journey. It turned out to be THE SAME! (of 6.99 quids!!!) If I had known it's the case, I'd have got myself the Explorer (at least that's something as souvenir!)

It's a UN on the bus - loads of people of different nationalities. I bet no one could tell me when to get off! :D A nice bus ride coz it's FAST and the scenery was superb.

STONEHENGE - a stone circle was what I saw that appealed to every visitor. Extremely mysterious of how people put those big stones into the shape. It must have cost millions of lives, sadly, like the Great Wall in China. One important thing I must say was the weather. Unlike yesterday, the sky was blue, the clouds were white and the sun - was at its 'peak'. It's so BOILING HOT and I had to put my hat and sun lotion on! The audio helped explaining the history of Stonehenge but I was feeling the boiling blood in me I had to rush for the seeing. The lunch I had there was good enough - a sandwhich with tuna mayonnaise and sweet corn.

I headed to the city centre of Salisbury at 1pm. It's a small town I would say but I loved the 'simplicity'. The stroll around the city centre was relaxing and I had taken some nice pictures. My main stops where the post office and most of all, Salisbury Cathedral. The cathedral was HUGE! The 4-quid donation was worth paying while St Paul's Cathedral charged you lots more for nothing but 'looking' - here, at least we could take photos! Since I wasn't at all a 'religious' person, I didn't join the guided tour. Besides, there're heaps of nannies in the group - NO WAY!


(from left to right: River Avon to Salisbury Cathedral, garden view, inside the cathedral)

I took the 4.20 train back to London Waterloo. Getting tired after last night and the day trip, I returned to Barbican and gave up the theatre idea - wise choice, after all. I could sleep at 9pm.