Tuesday, August 08, 2006

Scotland

What can I say... it's a tired, emotional, happy and meaningful trip to Scotland, with 18 other coursemates, 4 cars, 19 loafs of bread, 19 tupperwares... lol*... with a heart which headed towards a same destination - Scotland...
Before we can successfully depart, problems of renting enough number of cars occurred. At this very moment, it really tested our patience and maturity to sort things out ourselves. Finally, we all figured it out together and departed in the evening which was 5 hours later than the time we're supposed to leave. Anyway, as a slave of instant gratification, I was all happy and so much looking forward to this Scottish trip squeezed out of a 'holiday' weekend~ and it was all worth it!!

These were our cars stopping by at the roadside, so captivated by the scenery of the lakes along the highway.

And these were the lakes... unknown yet beautiful. It's just hard for me to take a deeper breath seeing these lakes worrying that it might disturb the mirror reflection of the sky. The serenity was priceless and it mirrored many of the greatest moments...

During the Scottish trip, I would never get bored looking at the fields stretching to the horizon as well as the fluffy sheeps. High up the sky we have stars scattered through the sky; and on the ground, we had these cute lil sheeps to adorn the green green grass! =) It will never be too late for you to appreciate the nature, the beauty of the flora and fauna and the ba ba black sheep...Guess the temper of this sheep wasn't really good! as you can see, his face was really BLACK!! gosh~~~

After spending a night in the city of Inverness, we headed to Tomatin, the whisky distillery:

Everyone of us had ourself a glass of 12-year-old Tomatin whisky... a glass as in just a gulp of whisky in a glass for us to taste and that little alone was enough to make us tipsy and get going to our next destination, the Loch Ness!!!!

Before we continued our journey, we took our group photo happily together!! =D

Finally, the LOCH NESS....................................................mystery and intriguing lake that once inhabited by Nessie the long neck monster.

Long long time ago, there's a guy called St. Columba is said to have seen the monster, better known as Nessie in this lake back in the 6th century. But until now, it hasn't been proven true of its existence... soooooo... do you believe so? that this monster is living or sleeping somewhere in this lake? I do believe that Nessie really does exist before, but also i think it has become extinct now. The logic is simple and it's just lie behind the outllook of the Nessie, you see, Nessie looks so much like its cousin from the Jurassic Park, the dinasours, so I bet their fate can't be too differed than to become extinct in the world. Anyway, before I left Loch Ness, guess who I met?!!!!

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Nessie appeared just to say Hi... scared me~~~ lol* =>

The following day, we went to John O' Groats, which is another sight in Scotland due to it's located at the most notherly part of the mainland Britain. The northestttt! yet it felt much hotter than in Liverpool... how to explain that?! haha...

Point of Stoer - for the last day of our trip. It's kinda emotional to be here in the first place, as some stayed in Inverness and some others insisted to spend a night in the cars to continue the journey to the ultimate Point of Stoer, and we made it!!!

the lighthouse at Point of Stoer

Look at these breathtaking view of sea and cliff... for a moment I'd wish my loved one is here with me, we'd be hermit and spent the rest of our life here, live happily ever after~ and bla bla bla... heee!

Last but not least, Edinburgh!!!

The windmills blew me a crisp breeze on the journey back and my mind felt oddly lucid out of sudden, that, I just had a dream in Scotland~