ok from edin onwards i blogged on paper le so can just copy, faster.
went to our dorms straight, wandered abt while waiting for fred and huiting to reach. we roamed abt in the old city towards the city into the new city where we saw a boy juggling fire sticks. but he not very pro leh. merv went forward when he ask volunteer but also dun get wat he want..total confusion.
had lunch buffet in the old city..really alot of variety but no discount given leh, as promised by ah qiao, the lady carrying the board on the streets.
went into edinburgh castle..very big castle indeed. surprisingly the crown of jewels room does not haf super duper tight security leh...or at least doesnt look like..maybe all the sensors or alarms hidden. to the chambers of POW, amy actually said they're quite ok wat..she dun mind staying there! haha crazy....
getting dark and cold le. went back hostel to take our coat before gg to the not-worth-it night tour. plus it's raining..the guide has quite a strong accent leh, if dun listen hard, i cant catch wat she talking lor. she just talked on and on while bringing us to the different parts of the city and the graveyard. i was super drained of energy during the tour la..soo tired. stayed over at cowgate's hostel with the finland grp..damn cold lor..heater not working at all and i was half wet. rushed over to broodies in the morning to join the rest. then we all took bus to the highlands and farewell to merv who's leaving for london tat day.
slept thruout on the coach lor..cmi..never listen to the guide. accord to ht, i was like slp then wake up snap some photos of the scenery along the way, loch (lakes) and valleys (cant remember the scottish name for it) then slp again. no la but i heard the guide say something abt the myths and heard the song. sounds nice leh. saw a video and toured the castle and saw the loch ness haha..only got the monster statue there lor..but still got one whole family one leh..
at night we sent the rest to the coach station..tried to find some scottish pub but erm..haha so farnie lor..everytime we walk into a pub..everyone will turn and stare at us. strange.
next day up to the hill...poor jiafang carried my backpack for me despite me insisting to carry it myself..edel's heavier one was carried by fred...haha guys so ke lian. took pics of the monument and the view of the town. we went to slack in mac waiting for our train back leeds.
yup stayed over at fred's house again. really love to go over lor..always got nice meals. he cooked laksa still got shrimps one lor..damn nice. but next day morn early flight..quite stressed...quickly call cab but the reception like so lousy one. finally got one coy which is quite efficient, sent us to bratford airport on time..we quickly checked in and up the traumatising jet 2 which landed super hardly in amsterdam. woke me up suddenly lor.
oh yes how can i forget the super pek cek thing! i lost my GP rechargable batt and charger la..someone just shun shou qian yang be4 they check out lor. it's only the starting of the 3 wk long trip leh..damn suay.
