Picture this, you are minding your own business as a tourist on the streets London when suddenly and without warning the crowd around you stops moving, freezing in place.

The day London froze. Inspired by Improv Everywhere and made a reality by 100’s of volunteers. At exactly 3:30pm on a secret cue, almost everyone in the square froze. The few bewildered tourists didn’t know what was happening. For 5 minutes the participants held their positions, and then magically everyone unfroze.

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What’s the best way to get from England to Australia? Most people would say flying would be the only reasonable option, but this video is about a couple who defined “best way” as the most sustainable way and decided to bike the distance.

Bike 2 Oz is a video series about the young couple who successfully cycled the 17,000Km from Oxford (UK) to Sydney (Australia). Kevin and Lowanna filmed their entire cycle adventure across the UK, Europe, Pakistan, India, Iran, Malaysia and Australia.

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Gary from Everything-Everywhere.com sent me this video that he shot in Micronesia snorkeling with jellyfish in Palau. The jellyfish in Jellyfish Lake on Palau do not have any stingers so you can safely swim with them.

I am trying to schedule time to have Gary come on the Amateur Traveler and talk about his travels.

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We have started to plan a trip to Europe in May. The only definite part of the trip is that we are flying through London so my thought have started to turn to London, especially when I saw this wonderful video about the Tower Bridge in London. Ah London. My family went to London shortly after the birth of my son, when he was about 15 months old, and my wife was very pregnant with our daughter.

My wife remembers feeding my son on the steps of St Paul’s cathedral thinking “this is what I would be doing if I was at home… but… I’m in London!”. Ah London.

P.S. Let meknow if you would be interested in an Amateur Traveler London Meetup May 18th or 19th.

All London Pass Attractions & Offers

Spend US$40 at the Lonely Planet Shop and receive free delivery and a free gift

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Last year I wrote about my favorite beach in the world in an article title Favorite Beach - The Baths in Virgin Gorda. I found this video from an episode of the The Map which goes to Virgin Gorda. Skip the first 2 minutes if you must but the trail to the baths is one of those things that words alone don’t do justice. Getting there really is half the fun.

Hotels in British Virgin Islands

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