😭 My FIRST Impression of London 🇬🇧 2023

On my first day in London, I sat down with a London local and learned valuable travel tips, asked for reasons why people choose to live in London, their eating habits, then did some sightseeing around the capital. But my first impression of London was...pretty devastating.
For a neighborhood to stay, I chose Whitechapel - a district in the London Borough, in the East End of London. I wanted a not so posh and polished neighborhood but the more real and modern. And Whitechapel was perfect as it's known for Indian food and a big immigrant community. I ate some Bangladeshi treats but stopped myself not wanting to get full.
Then I went to see a friend who lived in London for over 20 years to ask for London tips. We met at a pub in Covent Garden and I finally ordered a full meal, a steak and ale pie. But it didn't meet my expectations.
Then I went to Chinatown to get disappointed once again.
But if you're wondering what to do in London, especially on your first day, I would definitely recommend the Sky garden. Especially, if it's raining, take a shelter there and get an all encompassing view of London for free!
And as for what you shouldn't do in London is order food in a pub or Chinatown 😂.
This video is part of a trip I made from Los Angeles to Dublin-Edinburgh-London. How to spend 24 hours in London is coming up next week! If you're wondering how it is to traveling to England and the UK during the shoulder season, this is how it is was :-p
Watch more vids in Europe!: • Edinburgh in a Day: Ea...
Edinburgh, Scotland: • Edinburgh in a Day: Ea...
London: • 😭 My FIRST Impression ...
1 day in London for a Foodie: • FOODIE Guide to LONDON...
Dublin: (coming up)
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ABOUT:
Hey! I'm Mel Mashbat, a Mongolian who studied in Russia and now currently living in the U.S. I'm a nerd who loves to travel and geek out on history, food, and culture. I hope you're like me and we'll share travel stories with one another! 😘
#uk #london #londonlife #europetravel

[@MelMashbat]

MORE UK: kzbin.info/aero/PLuSgNYUgubtC7ksl1Js9T0rWktLpjN1Ah

[@gegeeotgonbayar952]

How is this content free?? You need to be on a tv show ASAP

[@RyanYouTubs93]

Mass uncontrolled migration has changed London and other parts of the country into unrecognisable dumps. White British people are a minority in London now. If you go back 25 to 30 years it was a much different place. If the current trend of immigration continues indigenous British people will be a minority in their own country within the next 70 to 80 years. The current UK fertility rate, the average number of children per woman - stands at 1.6. This is significantly below the “replacement rate” of 2.1, and continues to fall. Recent Census results reveal that 42% of the 10 million foreign-born residents in England arrived in the decade.. Foreign born population: 1851: 0.6% 1901: 1.5% 1951: 4.2% 2001: 8.3% 2011: 12.7% 2021: 16.6% This cannot continue. We are watching in real time the replacement of the native population of Great Britain with one that is not from here and does not share its culture, traditions, or values.

[@MelMashbat]

Thank you for your opinion! As a local, can you share how did the migration change your life and what kind of problems it created for you? I'd love to know

[@ferahl]

It's pretty grim in most of Europe in the winter I'm surprised people choose to come at this time. London is way nicer outside of it.

[@MelMashbat]

Yeah, I could only afford tickets during the shoulder season, lol, I live in LA so plane tickets get pretty ludicrous, averaging around $1500! So, us, peasants, keep saving money for that one trip to Europe for years 😋 hehe

[@admiral8286]

high crime rate, low wages, expensive rent and bad weather. no thanks

[@rapidresponserepairllc.man9552]

Rains every video you have no thanks I'll take Belize

[@MelMashbat]

Yeah, London reminded of Moscow days, when rain was romantic somehow. Now that I'm older, I can't stand it (!) anymore 😂😂😂

[@duibhiruimaolmmhauid9039]

i dont appteciate the Irish discrimination..

[@MelMashbat]

I apologize if there was anything hurtful, can I ask what you're referring to?

[@toker6664]

You visited no places that in anyway was England, why didn't you visit Pakistan?

[@triptwo425]

ya plonka.

[@MelMashbat]

🤦

[@MarkyNomad]

No wonder they colonized half the world with crappy weather like that 😂

[@MelMashbat]

My biggest regret - I should've gone there in the summer. But it was my birthday, you know, Europe tickets going for $500, I thought why not, weather isn't such a big deal, big mistake 😅

[@rapidresponserepairllc.man9552]

Always damp and drairy yuk

[@MelMashbat]

Yeah, you'd rather be in Azores, in the sun, drinking wine, right? 😉

[@triptwo425]

Thats what happens if you visit uk in Novemebr / December. London is best june to september.

[@deslawson2662]

London is an absolute dump of a place

[@MelMashbat]

Well, sounds like you have some "history" w the city, i wonder what it is

[@deslawson2662]

@MelMashbat Yes, I've been there lol...what a hole

[@simmiesim321]

Yanks aren’t allowed

[@MelMashbat]

Hmmm, I had to Google that term..and I'm not btw

[@iveelmashbat1377]

George Clooney 😂

[@MelMashbat]

🤣🤣🤣 lol His reaction tho