Hwa, who flew from his Los Angeles home to visit his sister in St John’s Wood, north London, has become one of thousands of tourists trapped in the biggest rail strike in three decades. Leaving the sightseeing trip near Watford, Hwa walked to Madame Tussauds with his sister Christine Schelander. “We are going to see a change of guard [at Buckingham Palace] but it is too far to really walk “. Outside the attraction of the celebrity candles in central London, a long line of bewildered tourists formed. Ben and Tam Green, and their daughters, Harper and Bella, were on a long trip from Australia with their family to Ledbury, Herefordshire. They had planned to arrive on Tuesday, but went down on Monday due to the strikes, crammed into a trip to Buckingham Palace inspired by the jubilee celebrations. Ben and Tam Green with daughters Harper and Bella wait in line at Madame Tussauds. Photo: Jill Mead / The Guardian Ben said: “Now we have bought bus tickets, instead of taking the subway. The bus was very busy. ” They planned to take the bus back to Ledbury, an hour longer than the train journey. Sarah Varela and her father, Carlos, had hoped to visit the Tower of London, but encountered a trip from their hotel on Baker Street. “We do not know what to do now,” said Sarah. “It’s more than an hour’s walk. “Maybe we can take the bus.” Their flight from Gatwick departs on Wednesday. “We really hope that all this will be over by then,” he added. Subscribe to the daily Business Today email or follow the Guardian Business on Twitter at @BusinessDesk At a nearby bus stop, puzzled tourists asked the driver for his destination as a crowd waited to board. Mihai Noaptes with his wife, daughter and son. “We need to find information about what is happening,” he said. Photo: Jill Mead / The Guardian On the corner of Baker Street, Mihai Noaptes, his wife, Ionela, his daughter Adina, and son Theodor were to go to the Sherlock Holmes Museum. They had to walk 40 minutes from Camden in the heat, but were more worried about their flight home to Romania. “We are leaving tomorrow afternoon, going to Luton from Camden. We do not know how to get there if there is still a disturbance. We need to find information about what is happening. “ A few doors down, a group of 41 students from La Mola High School in Alicante, Spain, visited the Beatles store in London after walking through Russell Square. They did not know about the strike action. “We will walk 25 kilometers today, we are a little exhausted,” said student Magda Caceres.
