London town

Now that my friend has arrived from the good old land of Aus, it was time to head out for some more site seeing. We headed into London with the plan of going to Camden Markets. We got there with no problems, having negotiated several tubes and of course the overland (it was the first time on the tube for my friend). Stepping out of the tube station, it seemed we'd stepped into a different world.

For the uninitiated, Camden is kind of Kuranda meets Byron Bay meets somewhere filled with punk/goth memorabilia and people. It was surreal, to say the least. We wandered up the street, past stores selling what is best described as bondage and S&M gear, past stores selling weed paraphernalia, and into one section of the markets. It was cramped and crowded, but we found some interesting stuff. We bought some postcards and prints of various aspects of London, which were so cheap it was ridiculous.

Then we headed up towards the canal markets. Let me say at this point, we did NOT burn them down. Turns out that later in the evening, well after we had left, those exact markets were on fire, requiring over 100 firefighters to attend. We checked those out, headed further up to another section that included the Horse Tunnel Markets, and further around to the lock. It was all a bit confusing really, as every which way you turned there were more stalls. I know that we missed a fair bit, but we can always go back (providing more of it doesn't burn!).