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Cardiff and Swansea
8 and 9 of April 2009

We departed from Birmingham to Cardiff at 1245pm by National Express (bus). It costed about £8 per pax. People with rail card should opt to travel by train *I think* coz it will be cheaper and more convenient. Reached there at about 320pm.

The first thing I saw upon reaching Cardiff was its castle. Prolly because it has our flag (Malaysia) along with a few other countries' flag. It was big. But we didn't take a tour inside the castle since it will cost us about £7.50. LOL. We are kedekut/nearly broke like that. Huhu..

Entrance of the castle

dapat gambar ni pun jadilah...

The next thing I noticed was the obsession of people of Cardiff towards rugby. They said because they don't excel in football like other English country does, so they go for rugby instead..Here, there everywhere got rugby shop. AND of course, the famous Millenium Stadium where Ireland won the Grand Slam title ittew~~ I should have brought my Ireland's rugby jersey and wore it there. Kasi kena baling batu sikittt~~ Hahahaha...

one of the many rugby shop

ha'a kat sinilah Ireland menang tuuu~~~

courtesy to random guy who saw us struggling to take our own pictures. hehehe..thanx!

But anyhoo, to my dissappointment, tour to Millenium Stadium need to be booked in advance! *cries* I've never been so excited about stadium tour except this one. Should I know and think about this before we came, I would have booked, of course! Stadium tour will cost us £6.50. Kalau stadium tour, takpe, tadehal mau bayar instead of bayar masuk castle. Huu...~ Kak Ra's friend said the design of the stadium was to resemble a ship..Because the stadium is situated by the sea/bay like that. So the idea is like ship, floating on the water like that. LOL. Excuse me I'm very bad in explanation ("T_T") but hopefully you get the idea!

Haa..camnilah. Geddit?
Image courtesy of http://www.premierinternationaltours.com/rugby/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=37&Itemid=54

mahu masukk... :(

Other than that Cardiff city was a nice not so big town (relatively compared to other country in the UK that I've been lah, of course) Kak Ra kata Cardiff kampung but as always, they never been to Cork for a better definition of kampung. hehe..They also have Cardiff Bay, like a leisure complex by the urmm...bay. Ada shopping complexes, bowling, etc etc. But we didn't actually went inside them. Just sightseeing with the car sahaja. Actually there are more historical and nice places around Cardiff but coz we have limited time and limited energy (LOL!) ini sahajalah tempat yang dilawati~

Hard Rock Cafe tapi All Access Card sudah hilang bersama purse :(

In front of Cardiff Uni

Halal food is quite easily found in Cardiff. Our favourite would be Wok to Walk. Simple yet very interesting concept. Tamau ke orang bukak franchise kat Cork??? Huu...~

undilah Wok to Walk! dijamin sedap!

We also got the chance to visit Swansea, a place about 1 hour drive from Cardiff. As the name tells, the city is by the sea. Sangat cantik! Sangat lawa! Sangat mengujakan! Of course la I'm biased coz my obsession is towards watery places like this. The university is by the sea. Seteress study boleh jalan2 tepi laut, kalau terlebih seteress boleh terjun laut! Watersports like parasailing pun ada, boleh jugak surfing bila masa sesuai. Kalau air tak pasang boleh jalan2 to the opposite place. Hwaaa...very adowable saya mahu apply masuk Swansea Uni can or not?

sejukk...bajet gagah tidak memakai coat

with Kak Ra (or Kak Mai, kalau orang2 situ panggil. hee...), me cousin

Kak Ra was super duper nice to pay for our dinner at Miah's Restaurant in Swansea. Muslim community here is quite big and strong that many halal shops can be seen in this one stretch of road. Even the food in the uni pun halal, nice ay?

A big thanks to Kak Ra and her *ehem ehem* friend, Aidil, for driving us around Cardiff and Swansea. And for the delicious dinner and icecweam too (gambar takdak ITU MEMORY CARD PHONE BUAT HAL, REMEMBER?) And also special thanks to Syakira for the hospitality and also the camera. For without you, we won't have any picture at all!

Bersama tuan rumah

Okay mari pulang~