With the London Olympics well underway, there's never been a better time to book your trip and get down to currently the most active and exciting city in the world.

The 12-acre museum painstakingly recreates life in the the 1800's. Some of the displays are a stagecoach, Wells Fargo Bank, barbershop, and a gigantic 20 stamp ore crusher which was used to discover gold.

FirstGroup today unveiled the first Greyhound coaches which will introduce the iconic brand to the UK. Greyhound UK will launch on September 14th between London and the two cities of Portsmouth and Southampton and the company hopes to add further destinations from 2010. 

Bus travel is economical, eco-friendly, and sometimes much faster than other options. In Mexico and Brazil for example, it's the cheapest way to get around, and quite comfortable as well.