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>Liverpool Trip

Posted by: dianateodt on: August 4, 2008

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Too tired with yesterday Whitby Trip. This is the 1st time I felt tired with the trip that I joined. Fuuuuh!! Never been so tired even London trip which takes 3 days. Maybe this feel days not enough sleep. However, need to wake up early coz going to Liverpool today!

For this trip, there are 2 persons I would like to thanks to. First, is my KTAR hostel friend, Mei Tzeu for letting me stay with you during my stay in Liverpool. Her hostel in Liverpool was known as Marybone. Thanks to your housemates too for the wonderful and delicious dinner. Sorry for troublesome you especially during sleeping time :P.. Second, is to Adam coz accompany me for this whole trip..Thanks so much to both of you

First and foremost, what Liverpool famous for?

Liverpool Football Club..Nehhh…I’m not interested with it but I also went there to search for sourvenir coz Liverpool famous for that. As usual, keychain is my best selection as sourvenir.

Besides Liverpool FC Official Club Store, we also visited Albert Dock which being requested by my friends to this place if going to Liverpool city. This place is one of Liverpool’s most important tourist attractions and a vital component of the city’s UNESCO world heritage Maritime Mercantile City. As well as being the number one tourist attraction in Liverpool, it is also the most visited multi-use attraction in the United Kingdom outside of London with in excess of four million visitors per year. Amongst the many attractions at the Albert Dock are the Merseyside Maritime Museum and the Tate Liverpool.

The Beatles Story Exhibition is also located at Albert Dock. Should I said more about this group? You should know better than me :P..

Last but not least, this is the main reason I went Liverpool for..”Superlambananas”.. They will only been display till end of this month, if not wrong..However, so sad that I unable to take more with them coz insufficient of time..Haiz.. Anyway, they are so creative and each of them are different from others.

A collection of Superlambananas

>Whitby Trip

Posted by: dianateodt on: August 2, 2008

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The sea, the harbour, ship, dracula not forgeting fish & chips..

Yes, everything mentioned by the senior, friends and lecturer are here…

As usual, all of us wait in front of hub and the journey takes about 2 hour and 15 minutes..

Nothing much to see as most of us were searching which restaurant are famous for their fish & chips. Finally, under Zen advise, we choose “MagPie Cafe”. Option: Dine in or take away. And we choose take away as dine it takes lots of time and it’s huge (as described by my housemate who dine in). We sit nearby seaside while enjoy our view.

Next, we climbed the 199 stairs.. It’s must be very very very high…No, we were wrong.

By the way, I getting lazy to described bout our journey at Whitby coz most of it was what we always done when we visit other places like take pic of building, landscape, etc.. So, let’s picture desribe more about our visit to Whitby..Just one thing that we unable to search for is Dracula.. =.=”

Talking bout sourvenir, I can’t find the perfect keychain to describe Whitby.. So I just bought some special sweets and postcards. 😦

Tomorrow activity:

Liverpool, here I come

>Wales Trip [Part 3]

Posted by: dianateodt on: June 30, 2008

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>30th June 2008

Rhossilli, Swansea

Rhossilli is a small village near Swansea of Wales. It is an area designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. At the southern end of the bay is the outcrop of rock called the “Worm’s Head”.

Rhossilli Down and the beach

Worm’s Head with causeway exposed at low tide

Being owned and protected by National Trust

Three Cliff Bay, Swansea

The bay takes its name from the three sea cliffs that jut out into the bay. The beach is an important asset for locals and visitors and routinely qualifies for Blue Flag status. As a consequence, dogs are banned from the beach between May and September. Three Cliff Bay also appeared in a music video entry for The Red Hot Chilli Pepper.

Saw the three cliff?

Nicole Hui Xiang and I at the beach

Also being owned and protected by National Trust

One thing I like about Wales is…everywhere you go, sure you will see dogs..Dogs are everywhere; here and there…

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>Wales Trip [Part 2]

Posted by: dianateodt on: June 29, 2008

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Previous post of Wales Trip [Part 1] is about Cardiff Bay. This time around Part 2 is about Cardiff city centre, which is the capital of Wales and a small tiny little island known as Barry Island.

Having our lunch at Queen Street before depart to Barry Island

Cardiff Railway Station, from here we took train to Barry Island

Inside the train..Almost alike our KTM but much better as not crowded…

Some info of Barry Island. Barry Island is a seaside resort, forming part of the town in South Wales. Barry’s stretch of coast has the world’s second highest tidal range, of 15 metres (49 ft).

After that, we went back to Cardiff City centre. Before heading back to our backpack loudge, there a few buildings you shouldn’t miss when visiting Wales.

1. Cardiff Castle – Cardiff may only have been a city for 100 years, but there has been a castle here for nearly 2000 years. Tours of the castle interior take place throughout the day, or visitors can just enjoy a stroll around the picturesque Castle gardens. The newly opened 6m pound Interpretation Centre will also present for the first time the story of the Castle and its 2000 years of history, offering visitors a unique opportunity to learn about the different phases of the Castle’s development from the Romans through to the modern day.

2. Millennium Stadium – When the stadium isn’t hosting major sports matches or concerts you can take a tour of the 74,000 seater stadium. Walk down the player’s tunnel, try out the Queen’s seat in the Royal box and discover how they removed the curse from the away-team changing rooms.

>Wales Trip [Part 1]

Posted by: dianateodt on: June 29, 2008

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>29th June 2008

Before this, I had talked about Wales before but this time around, we will know more about Wales. Wales is my first overnight trip during my study at United Kingdom.

Wales is one of the four “home nations” that make up the United Kingdom. The other 3 home nations are England, Scotland and Northern Ireland. For your information, Northern Ireland and Ireland are totally different. Northern Ireland is not part of Ireland, which located at the north of Ireland. Wales is rich in history and natural beauty and has a culture distinct from the rest of the UK. Travelers are attracted to Wales because of its beautiful landscape, the wide open spaces of its stunning national parks and the wealth of history and culture.

Our first destination is Cardiff Bay. Cardiff Bay, is a home to a large freshwater lake for sailing and water sports. It has been redeveloped in the last decade by the old Cardiff docklands.

Cardiff Bay’s notable buildings

1. Wales Millenium Centre presents international opera, ballet, modern dance and musical. “Art Sherpas” sun tours of the front and backstage areas and free live music performances take place in the foyer everyday lunchtime. The Wales Millenium Centre is home to the Welsh National Opera.

2. Cardiff Bay Visitor Centre – The Bay Visitor Centre, also known as The Tube is a home to exhibitions and displays on the history and development of Cardiff Bay, including a scale model of the entire city.

3. Norwegian Church was first established in Cardiff Bay to serve the large community of Norwegian sailors working in the docks. Its main claim to fame is as the church where author Roald Dahl was christened – today, however, it has been converted into a cafe and art gallery.

4. Pierhead Building – contains an interactive exhibition on the role of the National Assembly. The clock of the building is unofficially known as “Baby Big Ben”.

5. The Seneed is the home of the Welsh Assembly Government’s debating chamber, where visitors can join a tour of the eco-friendly building, or watch Assembly debates from the public viewing gallery.

Cardiff Bay

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