Deep Singh

My 24 year old yank cousin is coming to visit and I need to take him around.
So far I've only come up with the London Eye, and maybe a topless bus tour.

Any other ideas?

The idiot doesn't drink, take drugs or partake in watching young scantily clad girls dancing around a pole, so I'm a bit stuck

RA Dunk

Heathrow?

JDM_Stig

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if he is into cars what about a trip to a track, he will be amazed we have exciting things called corners, hehe

jasey

Take him on a walking tour taking in all the historic sites.

Tower of London, Piccadilly, Trafalgar Square, Hyde Park, Oxford Street, Harrods, Buck Palace, St Pauls, Greenwich, Covent Garden etc etc etc.

Not neccesarily in that order !

Also cosider the river cruis meal things - apparently they're pretty good (not done this myself)

Snazy

Yeah I would have to agree on the tourist trail.
Open top bus tours are an easy way to chill, see a lot and relax
Boat trip, rib tour if he likes getting wet, duck tours.

Taking a tourist round is a great excuse to do the things you have never done yourself

G00ner

Having no royal heritage over the pond perhaps he would like -

The Royal Collection - The State Rooms, <br>Buckingham Palace

Great opportunity for him to take snaps etc.

Also take him to Arsenal v Chelski May 9th for a bit of atmosphere.

Deep Singh

Thing is he is 24, would he appreciate such things?

Snazy, what the hell is a rib tour? (or a duck tour for that matter)

Jasey, the river cruise thing sounds like a good idea.

The problem with him he isn't into the things that young men should be into ie getting drunk, but is too young to appreciate the finer things

Timwinner

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The london dungeon, London eye, Westfields, Jack the ripper tour of white chapel. Thats what I would head for, aswell as the normal Big ben, tate modern etc.

Spooky Mulder

London Aquarium
Kew Garndens

Trees and fish - what more could a 24 year old want?

Go to the Excel Centre and tell him Barack Obama was here!

Snazy

Rib tour is a river tour on a high powered rib boat, they take pleasure in high speed turns etc getting everyone wet lol. And see the sights.
http://www.thamesribexperience.com/index.php
http://sa.kewego.com/video/iLyROoafJPws.html

A duck tour is daft but a fun way to see town. Amphibious vehicle, drives round town seeing the sights, then drives straight into the river Thames for a river tour too.
http://www.londonducktours.co.uk/flash.htm
http://www.londonducktours.co.uk/

Something different

nixxon

Get a one day pass on the river bus and head out to the Thames barrier.It's awesome close up. It's cheaper than a boat tour and you an get on and off at various places. It also has a bar on board which you might appreciate.
Take him up the Monument. It has nearly 400 steps , but no elevator , and is free.

hodgy0_2

up the pooper

davyboy

Take him to a riot

john_s

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Ask Gordon... he's just had a mate over from the states for a couple of days... there was something about it on the 6 o'clock news...

Snazy

quality. Tell him to bring an iPod and the queen is sure to see him lol

Coffin Dodger

Probably about time he should be introduced to such delights then Think Fear & Loathing In Las Vegas and you're there

urban

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Open top bus tours.

Overpriced - infact way overpriced.

I was in London with wife/kids a few weeks ago.
Did the bus tour - £83 fecking quid for 3 adults and a child.

London Eye - passes some time.

Ripleys, again passes some time.
Try getting out of the mirror maze - very bizzare, then the tunnel thing which confuses the **** of your brain and makes you think you're tipping upside down.

Harrods - boring I thought.

Snazy

Sounds like an interesting combination of boring and a bit of fun.
I work less than a mile from the Eye, and still have not been on it lol

The rest, a bit bah, didnt realise how expensive the buses had got
Not much cheaper on public transport in fairness lol

Could always go to the new shopping centre in Shepherds Bush. Yanks love hanging in the mall's dont they

urban

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You've got issues pal.

I'd get councelling if I were you, or a big box of pills and alcohol

The Chief

An Irish pub.

urban

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Don't get me wrong it was still good and my little Daughter enjoyed herself.
It was just a very expensive weekend.

jasey

Was down in London two weekends ago and noticed that pretty much everything to do costs a minimum of £15-20 per person - What credit crunch .

Still - Did discover a very good deal on the hotel - The Grand at Trafalgar (well Northumberland Avenue to be precise).


Good accommodation, Great central location and very reasonably priced. Fri - Mon (3 nights) for £240

urban

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I stayed in the Radisson SAS Portman.

Indeed - what credit crunch.

Or is it that the Northern Irish & Scottish don't like being ripped off

StickyMicky

McDonalds ?

coolangatta

Show him the memorial eagle stood opposite the London Eye.
It hails the British dead of two world wars. Note; the eagle looks towards France.
The Yanks believe that they prevailed in world war II, at least, single handedly.

File:Raf.memorial.london.arp.jpg - Wikimedia Commons

bugeyeandy

The Official London Ducktours

Pick a good time of day though 'cause they are the slowest thing in the world on water if the tide is against them

Markus

I'd say the usual tourist things:
London Eye
Madame Tussauds
Tower of London
Buckingham Palace
Natural History Museum
Science Museum
National Museum
Imperial War Museum
Convent Garden
Thames Flood Barrier (ok, a weird one I know, but if he's interested in engineering it might be of interest to him)
Greenwich Observatory
Downing Street (Show him where his Presidents favorite semi-blind, unelected bum boy lives)

Snazy

The come out of the water just down in Vauxhall, just down the road from my work, hilarious watching them getting stuck in the mud and sand

They do look fun though. But that said, so do the ribs