A rather different travel blog post tonight!
This has certainly been one of the most interesting, and somewhat scary, moments of my time away from Australia.
On Saturday night there was a bit of rioting in the North London area of Tottenham. I didn't pay much attention to it. It is a rough area, and I didn't think much more of it.
On Sunday I had breakfast with friends in Brixton. The area was just gearing up to have a street festival. It ended that day in looting in the area.
Today is Monday. This evening various looting, rioting and violence has spread all over London. I've just put together a map showing some of the epicentres where this has taken place (in red) compared to where I live (in green).
View London Riots in a larger map
Buildings on fire. Shops ransacked. Buses burned. Police attacked.
I went shopping in Clapham Junction on Sunday. Now I hear the book store is the only shop that hasn't been looted.
Apparently there are not enough police to tackle it all.
And now it is spreading to Camden and Tower Bridge areas.
Interesting times in London. Tomorrow after work I fly to Budapest.
