FYI : Stay Cheap In UK
Two of our old university friends made a trip to UK last year and of course paid a visit to Newcastle upon Tyne and amazingly, some of the hall of residences staffs from our time were still working there! Looking back at their pictures of the Haymarket, Chinatown and even the Tyne river brought back a lot of memories. It was strange to think that 10 years had actually passed since we were there as I still have some vivid memories of events and places, just as if they happened just a couple of years ago!
I think my fondest memory of UK was travelling around the country, which thanks to dating an adventurous man, became our regular activities at nearly every semester break. We covered quite a large part of the country too, from as far south as Bristol to as far north as Inverness.
Of course London was a favorite destination too because as you’ve probably guessed it, London Motor Show is an annual event and became a must-go event for my walking car encyclopedia too. Such extravagance for a student, if you asked me!
Fortunately accommodation in London was not a problem and I can still remember that we used to stay in a few places around the Earl’s Court vicinity.
But one of the funniest memory that I have of our travels was during our road trip to Manchester for a Sabahan Students gathering. We were told by friends there of a street where several cheap Manchester hotels were supposedly located and our men were confident that we could find the place, despite reaching the city at night. But despite our men’s prowess at street navigation, boyfriend-then-hubby-now and another friend’s boyfriend-then-hubby-now just could not, for the life of them, find that maddening street!
The funny thing was (seriously annoying then), that particular street was only a couple of blocks away from the hotel that we ended up staying at!
How different things were as compare to now with online hotels booking sites with maps and pictures. In fact, even travelling last minutes can even prove cheaper at sites like the Cheaper Than Hotels.
Well, at least if hubby and I do ever decide to go back to UK, finding cheap accommodation will not be one of the problem.
