It was fun, and challenging of course. None of us had the experience of driving in the UK. But ya ya ya we all heard the old tales of UK drivers being gracious and polite, a far cry from Malaysian's finger-shaking, rude and oh, everything bad, really.
Well honestly...those who said that maybe had the experience driving in the UK decades ago. I think UK drivers are more or less hot-blooded and impatient as do M'sian drivers, well maybe short of the sign languages. They honk and hi-beam at you if they think you are slow (like hello, we are in the slow lane, pls!) and they drive like, really fast (drivers - all same only *pfft*). But I observe one good thing about them is that they really obey the traffic-lights. Yellow means stop. No it doesn't mean speeding 100km/p from 150m far when you see the light turns yellow ahead.
Anyway, back to the roadtrip. It was quite easy for us because of the SatNav (fyi this is my first experience driving listening to the SatNav). True, the SatNav may take us down the ridiculous routes ever - furthest, through the crazy jams, village roads, etc. But in our case, we were like, whatever, especially when the SatNav woman directed us to dunno la some jalan kampung lalu tepi2 rumah orang and kandang2 khinzir semua, to us it was an adventure!
Reminds me of scenes out of Enid Blyton's books...enjoy the pics!
A narrow jalan kampung...one lane only...ya people took over our car all the time! 
Vast vast fields...with lots of sheeps but somehow the sheeps disappear from the pic
This is the car that we drove in! Haha :P
Our 1st stop- Cotswolds' Motor Museum
Beautiful Cotswolds - its known for small pretty little cottages like these
Cute shops in Cotswolds...cute kan nama kedai "Bits and Bobs" and "Small Talk Tea Room"
Mini or "Model" Village, the whole town was captured in this mini village, even the kedai Bits and Bobs and Small Talk Tea Room tadi (see below)
Ni ha - nampak tak? After that we went to Oxford but by the time we arrived - thanks to SatNav yang bawak masuk jalan kampung dan tak masuk highway, it was already dark in Oxford. Wanted to go to the church where they filmed the Harry Potter movie, but of course, it was closed. That's what you get if you travel during autumn or winter...it gets dark by 3pm! You really had to maximise your daylight, so proper planning is advised. Hmm our case? Go with the flow ja laaa...huhu.
Then we head towards London - we are staying few nights at Lynn's house. Gosh, a sudden rush of adrenaline went through me when we are nearing London...can't believe I'm back, after 4 years...have always adore London...sungguh tak percaya, macam nak nangis pun ada...huhu...eh hello drama queen, pi main jauh2!!!
Anyway so good to see Lynn and the family yet again! Their house is nice and spacious...lama tak naik rumah yang bertangga2 ni...huhu...dan best jugak sebab makan mmg sedap :P
OK more pics! Next day's destination is Stonehenge and Bath! Sempat ke tak...mari kita lihat!
The magical Stonehenge. It was first built prolly 3100 BC. Is it like, arnd 5000 years ago? FYI the area surrounding this is vast vast field of land...sejauh mata memandang...so isn't it amazing how ppl 5000 yrs ago can actually transport stones of these sizes? And it was a hilly area - all the more make it more astonishing. Transporting these stones was an enormously impressive achievement, as most of the stones weighed more than 4 tonnes each.There are debates of what is the purpose of the building of the Stonehenge. Some says it is for the astronomical observation, as there are solar and lunar alignments to be found in the final arrangement of the stones. Like if you visit the Stonehenge at a certain time of the year, you can the kedudukan of the sun or moon or something like that la. Terrer betul orang purbakala ni no.
Anyway most concluded that it is more of a multipurpose ceremonial centre, relating to fertility, death and rebirth. There are remains of quite a few cremations and other burials nearby and inside the circle. Believe it or not, I only know of these facts while Googling to help me with this blog entry...masa kat sana sibuk amik gambar tak heran pun pasal the history behind! :P
What do you feel about a short lesson on History? OK...enough babbling!
It was cold! And shortly after - it rained and we were drenched :( (inside pic is Shammy - the friend who visited from Msia)Next destination - Bath:
We only managed to cover 1 local attraction - The Roman Baths. Well basically it is a public bathing area, the water comes from a hot spring with a temperatre of 46 degree Celcius. The hot spring was discovered in the 836 BC and gradually the complex was built surrounding the area in the later years.
To me the place was quite eerie, like somehow you can feel the presence of the people in those centuries who used to walk on the steps...well you know la those times where witches and wizards exist...in the museum you can even read some letters written by these people to God, complaining about stolen items etc together with curses for the thieves, complaints about a certain witch and many more. You have to be there to feel the eerie-ness.
We only managed to cover 1 local attraction - The Roman Baths. Well basically it is a public bathing area, the water comes from a hot spring with a temperatre of 46 degree Celcius. The hot spring was discovered in the 836 BC and gradually the complex was built surrounding the area in the later years.
To me the place was quite eerie, like somehow you can feel the presence of the people in those centuries who used to walk on the steps...well you know la those times where witches and wizards exist...in the museum you can even read some letters written by these people to God, complaining about stolen items etc together with curses for the thieves, complaints about a certain witch and many more. You have to be there to feel the eerie-ness.
"The Great Bath" - the bigger bathing area - pic Googled
More pics of The Great Bath - pic Googled
Macam ni agaknya orang dulu2 yg mai mandi kat sini - pic Googled
The town of Bath. I think the town itself is quaint and somewhat creepy...Then we headed back to London. Had dinner at Tayyab's located in Farringdon, London. It was Thursday night but omg the crowd!! The was a long2 queue, mostly the people inside were Mat Salih...British ppl nowadays are more acceptive towards Asian food, e.g. curries. Read somewhere this Restaurant served the second best curry - the first, of course Mr Gordon Ramsay himself. Haha.
While I was in London managed to eat 3 kinds of food that I have been wanting to eat...crepe from that popular crepe stall in Hamsptead, the red velvet cake at the Hummingbird Bakery, Notting Hill and of course, Taza kebab in Bayswater!!
-The crepe sedap gila! Too bad no pics from my camera :( (ada tp dlm camera Shammy)
-Taza kebab, toksah cakap la memang sedap habis...
-And the cake too! You'll go to heaven on the first bite!
While I was in London managed to eat 3 kinds of food that I have been wanting to eat...crepe from that popular crepe stall in Hamsptead, the red velvet cake at the Hummingbird Bakery, Notting Hill and of course, Taza kebab in Bayswater!!
-The crepe sedap gila! Too bad no pics from my camera :( (ada tp dlm camera Shammy)
-Taza kebab, toksah cakap la memang sedap habis...
-And the cake too! You'll go to heaven on the first bite!
* Slurp*Sorry la to bore you guys with a long and boring entry...huhu bye!
B>E<S?T+!!
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