Scottish experience

Oh my.. I definitely lost count of how many weeks since I last left this blog unattended. My interest of blogging has since gone down pretty much. Many of you knew I was exceptionally down for the past 2 weeks due to assignments and exam pressures. The pressure was so great till it even affected my appetite. Everyday I was sort of waiting days to pass till the very end of this semester. I don't know why but I've already been through 2 months here. Well sure you can't blame me when I reacted the same way just when I started to adjust myself here in June but then again I felt the same process happening when the third subject comes in. I've never felt such pain in my emotions ever since SPM if I'm not mistaken. Glad that it's over now and I'm beginning my fourth and final paper for the new sem tomorrow. 2 weeks duration obviously seemed pretty short for a subject. Then again I can't wait to get back! LOL

Anyway after my Control Systems' paper last Thursday, me, Kei Ting, SC & Kenny for Scotland in the afternoon. Hadn't start packing at all as we were all busy with assignments and exams few days before. Our first stop was the capital city, Glasgow. Glasgow was really an advanced and awesome place. The building structures were similar to that of Manchester. The roads weren't really even though. Certain areas seemed to be higher and sloppier therefore if you're driving, balancing skills play a really important part as the cars in UK are all practically manual. Had our dinner at KFC before we continued our journey to Fort William. We spent the night in the car near a hotel lounge. Was very uncomfortable sleeping in the car as I couldn't find a right position to adjust myself. What to do..wanna budget our money, gotta spend 1 or 2 nights in the car lor.

About 5am, we continued driving to Fort William. It was beginning to drizzle along the way, making our journey rather slow. Arrived in Fort William about 8am. Had a short nap before proceeding to Isle Of Skye. Before that, we stopped at Eilean Donan Castle and UIG Bay. Spent the night for 12 pounds at a bunkhouse in Isle Of Skye. Worth it I would say. The bunkhouse is fully equipped with Kitchen, hall, 2 shower rooms and 2 toilets and 5 rooms with double decker beds. There's even extra free food left behind by earlier occupants who couldn't finish them, which we settled for our dinner and breakfast next morning.

Day 3, we headed to John O Groats, the most northern side of Scotland. Stopped at Ullapool on the way for sight-seeing. Arrived in John O Groats about 4pm. Me, Ting, & Kenny went for an 18 pounds boat tour around the island. The weather was so cold till I could barely hold my cam to snap pics as the guide explained the different species of seal and birds which lives around the island. There's een a Baskin shark who feeds not on human or other fish but plankton. Overall, it was truly an experience having to witness these animals..especially seals which are all bound for extinction are preserved along with their habitats. Left for Inverness where the infamous Loch Ness creature resides. I wonder, the monster where it was claimed to have its picture taken exuded such an impact to the media around the world. Never did pass the Loch though. Drove to the town of Perth (yes it has the same name as Australia's Perth) to look for a night stay but couldn't find any cheap ones so we slept the night again in the car.

Next morning, we left for our final destination which was Edinburgh, the biggest city in Scotland. Before arriving into Edinburgh, we stopped along the way in Stirling to have a look at the authentic town. Edinburgh was indeed a huge city very much. Atop the hills lies the Edinburgh Castle. Entrance fee was 10 pounds. Unique cannons, structures and how it was built were truly astounding. It sorta gave us the feel, very much like LOTR. At the same time, the annual Edinburg festival was making its way down the busy streets. Lots of entertainment and silly clown displays were showing their acts to amuse the audiences. Had a special baked potato with chicken, mayonnaise, sweet corn and pasta for lunch. At first we decided to spend the night here in 1 of the hostels located near the seaside, unfortunately the place was all booked up and since we've been to all the places we've planned, wise enough to start our journey back to Liverpool. Good to have the next day fresh for a new subject on Tues.

These 4 days trip to Scotland, though it maybe titing at some point but it was totally worth the vacation. Scotland indeed has lots of beautiful greenery and mountains that would definitely captivate your sight. You can never find these in citiesand this would be one of the places you should look out for.

Comments

[PeY TseI]

so nice(make ppl jelous onli) .... cn go tour 2 scotland 4 4 days ... if onli i gt d chance like u ... u cn drive in scotland meh ? anyway hand on there juz 1mr month 2 go ...

[LeOn]

Haha..dun lah jealous..come to uk must go scotland wan..beautiful country. Yeah, can drive as long as got license..msia wan boleh pakai ;)