Thursday, April 12, 2007
the beautiful lake district
Day 3:
It was 8 something in the morning, in the car, my eyes are glued shut with sleep but i manage to eventually pry them open, and so continue our Road Trip again.. Had quite a buzz of excitement over the whole trip.. Along the journey, drove in betwwen the hills and mountains, I was drawn to the lovely way the milky white sheep on green hills, matched up with the blue blue sky. It was too beeeautiful.. I couldn't stop snapping photos..*never want to put myself into the pics as it would spoil the scene* Lol.. ;p
Isn't it beautiful ?
The papa sheep, mama sheep and the babies..
an hour flew (more like drove... *hehe)
Finally we reached Lake District ! head for a quick brush up at a public toilet and wander around that place.. As i breath, i could smell the cool fresh oxsigen, the wind hit on me and wrap me up ! *freezing*
It looks more like a fishing village for me.. *hee*.. People prepared their boats, brought along their dogs.. mostly were senior citizens. look, how relaxing is their life hur ;)
This creature caught my eyes as it swam towards me, bringing the flow with it.. the clear water reflects it's beauty.. the swan !
We rent a small boat, 28 pounds for an hour.. and drove ourself out to the lake.. 'brroooombrrroooommmm' the boat manage to move only 50km/hr speed *phew* Til the mid lake, while enjoying the scene and wind blowing to my face, the engine shut down suddenly !
"Aaaww, What happen !!!"
..and the boat floating, complete unbalance. I went panic and in real worried that I would go drowsy and faint - seasick! [which I had a bad experience before when i was a child] I wave hard, hoping somebody could see us ! *felt so tiny* hee.. A boat saw us, they thought we were waving for fun. *ugh* No!! Come here ! We need help ! We wave them to come !
Finally, they came ! *relief* phoned up and seek for rescue team ! haha.. sounds so dramatic ! The rescue boat towed our boat back and get full refund back! *yey* ;p
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Threlkeld Quarry & Mining Museum. Oh ! how can I forget this museum ! The Old ticket man thought I'm a kid ! *urh*
T.man : There's 2 types o'ticket. 5 pounds for the mine adit tour, and 3 pounds for the museum tour.
Isaact : So, how much we have to pay in total ?
T.man : Well, 5 pounds for adults, 2.50 pounds for the child [POINTING at me], same goes to our museum tour, 3 pounds for adults, half price for the child [pointing at me AGAIN]!
Shu Hui and Houy See non-stop gigglin at the back.
*aaaww !!
After we paid, there're few other tourists and a old tour guide waiting for us ! The ticket man yelled to the tour guide "There's 4 more ppl for the tour ! Thhrreeeeee adults and Oonnnnnnneeeeee child !! *covered my face* everyone's looking at us, especially ME !! *sigh*
3 Adults and 1 Child [that's me!] ;(
The Old mining tour guide
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.................continue - Edinburgh
Labels: Black and White, Easter Holiday, Lake District, Life, Photography, UK, Water
4:15 PM
Manchester
Day 2:
Manchester . Spent a day discovering Manchester city. Bought ourself a Metromax ticket, hop into the tram stop by places and places. Manchester City quite small tho !
The tram
Manchester city seems like a *Brownish-red city* for me...
China Town
I was amazed by this Hilton skycraper building !! Stand-alone modern glass building in the middle of city, surrounded by old low-rise buildings. A big contrast between it!
Okay, here comes the famous Old Trafford Stadium - Manchester United Football Club !
When comes to night, we start our journey again to Lake District. Slept overnight in the car.. took a hot bath at a highway station ! ;p
Labels: contrast, Easter Holiday, Manchester City, Photography, UK
12:40 PM
Easter Holiday
It's already the 2nd week of Easter hols. Can't believe i'm back from 6 days of road trip.. things just flew by.. been having a real fun and interesting days. We rent a car and........... wOOoohOo ! Day 1 : London . Morning . get dressed and packed ! Rent a Vauxhall Astra 1.6 car from 'national'... [sadly, non of us aged 25 and above, got to pay extra charged] Stop by a shop to get a book of A-Z Great Britain map. We -Isaact, Shu Hui, and Me (3 map-idiot) flip .. flip .. flip .. flip "Huh?? how to read this map?" hahaha ;D we then approached an OLD man with an antique specs. *how shame we are* Isaact: "excuseme, how to read this map eh?"O. man: "oo, where are you going ?"
Me: "Edinburgh"
O. man: "Eeedinburrgghh. Ah! use M1 motorway! hmm.. COME Come, lemmi show you!" grab an EXTRA huge map from the rack and start showing us..
We drove from London way up to Manchester for a night.
Labels: Easter Holiday, London, UK
11:34 AM
