25th August (Diary according to Michael King)

Today was a good day, at last the day had come when I was to travel the world (well Europe anyway). I met up with Tim at waterloo as was planned (I had however forgotten just how much he looked like a turtle). We then caught the Eurostar to Brussels. Tim thought he might now be a heterosexual because he was strangely aroused by going through the channel tunnel. We arrived into Brussels late and had to complete an Olympic marathon with our rucksacks on to make the train to Amsterdam. Tim was however unable to keep up with the award winning pace so I chucked him over my shoulders and sprinted the final 400m for the train. Train arrived into Amsterdam on time and we easily found Dan and Liz. There are not to many 6' 4" Chinese people in Amsterdam so he easily stood out. We were then given the great news that they had booked us into a Christian Hostel (The Shelter Jordan). It was alright though a little strange sharing a room with 40 strangers. We then went out for a drink in a local bar and talked bollocks for a few hours.