Liverpool Choronicles : Chapter 12 - Scotland!! (Day 3 + 4 Ends)

Let's continue from day 3~~
After visiting Urquhart Castle, we head straight to the city of Glasgow. The scenery from Loch Ness to Glasgow was amazing. Here's some pics:


We stopped by half way to take pictures because the view was just breath taking.


Mini waterfalls.



Scenery that can be seen only in movies.


We met some biker gang on the road. Cool~


And the most magnificent of all, rainbows.. That was the first time in my life seeing a full rainbow. Which almost made me belief there's really a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow(scottish leprechaun myth).


We reached Glasgow and checked in to our hostel around 10pm. Nice room, a bit old and spooky, but still nice. We went out to grab a bite at the local fish & chip and head to bed.

DAY 4.
We explore a bit at Glasgow, but did not take much pictures cause it's just like most cities, shopping malls, shops, clubs, u know what I mean. So after a while, we head to our next and last destination, Lake District!


Windermere of Lake District~ Rainy day, washed most our mood for exploring there.


A small harbor.


Boat boat boats!


Duck duck ducks!


Well, it could have been fun if it wasn't raining. A lot of ducks take shelter at the shore of the lake.


Each of the small boat have names, this 1 is called Gypsy.


A Wishing Well. Throw a coin and make a wish! I would have made a wish if my hands wasn't holding a camera and an umbrella...

We head back to Liverpool after that. It was a really tiring road trip, especially for the drivers, Thanks a million for those who drove during the trip! Even though it was tiring, we had a really fun time during that 4 days in Scotland.

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~

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.

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~

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!