Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Liverpool Chronicles : Chapter 11 - Scotland!! (Day 3)

Next stop, Loch Ness!! Yeap, the Loch Ness Lake famous for its sea monster legend, the Loch Ness Monster aka Nessie.


We took about 3 and a half hours drive to reach Loch Ness, and the size of the lake is no joke, it's HUMONGOUS! I thought it was the sea. Once we reached there, we explore a bit and we found.........


Waaahhrrggggggggg!! It's the Loch Ness Monster!! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!!


After few hours of wrestle and hassle with Nessie, I finally subdue the monster. Phew, the day was saved once again...


Alright, enough with the crap, we went to Urquhart Castle nearby the lake.


Or what's left of it...
We have to pay 7 pounds per person for the entry fees


Catapult! The ultimate ancient weapon!


Some towers and rooms still remains in the ruin of the castle.




Beautiful view of the lake can be view from the castle towers.

And some random pictures during our road trip:



More cool pictures of Scotland coming soon, I need to start doing my Final Project now~

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Liverpool Chronicles : Chapter 10 - Scotland!! (Day 2)

Dunno what to do, so update another blog. Maybe I slept too much.

Aaaanyway, day 2 has arrived. We planned to do some hill climbing~ Woohoo!


The Arthur's Seat! The tallest hill in Edinburgh. Took us an hour walk from our hostel to the hill, and another hour climbing to the top of the hill..


The view was already very nice on the hill sides.


A pond filled with swans.


A strange shell-less-slug I found while climbing up.


Most of the Edinburgh city can be seen just halfway from the top.


I took a few minutes break and enjoy the cool wind and view.


After a few more minutes, we reached the top! The wind was incredibly strong.


We conquered Arthur's Seat!! Woohoo~~


We can view the whole Edinburgh city from there.


The sun was setting, and we head back down.


The sunset shines on the brownish grass are so freaking beautiful.

Before heading back to our hostel, we went to the local restaurant and tried their traditional food, which was...

The Haggis! Which was made from sheep's heart, liver and lungs. It may sound and looked disgusting, but it tastes super~ It comes with mashed potatoes, and I was really stuffed after this meal. It's a MUST try when you guys comes to Scotland.

Monday, August 3, 2009

Liverpool Chronicles : Chapter 9 - Scotland!! (Still Day 1)


After a few hours rest in our hostel, we continue to explore Edinburgh, which was kinda huge, especially a good place for those night life stalkers.

More cool pictures for you guys :


We climbed a small cliff in Edinburgh, and the view was a real beauty.




A huge park.



Monuments of Edinburgh



Is that Lincoln? Yes it is, we found his statue in a cemetery.


Warriors, jugglers and bagpipers still lives on in Scotland!(they are just cosplays)

That should wrapped up the 1st day in Edinburgh~

Sunday, August 2, 2009

Liverpool Chronicles : Chapter 8 - Scotland!! (Day 1)

Hooowdey~ It's already the second month since I've been here in Liverpool, just one more month to go for me to go back Malaysia.. I'm gonna miss the cold weather here T.T.. Last month was the busiest month for us, assignments to do, reports to write, it's a race against time for all of us here. After all tat havoc, we manage to get a 1 week holiday form our beloved lecturers (god bless you all) and we took the time and went on a road trip to SCOTLAND!


There are all together 13 of us in the road trip, so we rented 3 cars.


The main car was equipped with GPS. All set, and off we go~

First stop, Edinburgh! It was a 4 hours drive from Liverpool(stupid GPS nearly bring us go Holland) Once we reached, we checked in to our hostel which we booked a few days earlier, after that, we went exploring~


The Edinburgh Castle, the landmark of Scotland. There are still cannons positioned within the castle walls.

And a few more nice buildings and sculptures












The famous Scottish Bagpipe. This tradition are still maintained very well here.

And some bonus pictures:


Just for fun~

Will edit more tomorrow!

Thursday, July 9, 2009

Liverpool Chronicles : Chapter 7 - Surprise!!


1 Happy Family~

Last night the Liverpool gang celebrated my birthday, even though we are all busy chasing the dateline due to our assignment, they still took the time to celebrate my birthday for me, which I'm really really grateful! Thank A Million guys! (and for those who Tried to scare me last night, better luck next time.. wahahah)


Free beer from KIM! Thx dude.

And also Thank You for those who wishes me through facebook, plurk, sms or any kinds of wishes(except those who wishes me to die), thank you so much!

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Liverpool Chronicles : Chapter 6 - Delicious Dinner

A showcase of what we are capable of cooking!(the girls actually). A wonderful western meal in a western country~


9 sets all together.


Huge & Delicious~


The Dinner Gang~
Hope we can have another meal like that more often!