A day at the UNESCO site in Scotland.

Salam,

Today's activities is visiting Scotland latest UNESCO heritage site, New Lanark World Heritage Site. 

Return ticket from Glasgow Central is £7.50 which took around an hour. Arrived at Lanark Station, you can choose either to take £1.45 for a 10min bus or just take a walk and enjoy the scenery of the town for less than 30min. 

Crazy us waiting for the train at Glasgow Central. 

I always find church buildings in Scotland interesting and have the touch of ancient. Not sure of the correct architectural term.. But oh well, i'm an engineering student. What do you expect. Haha. 

There's a retail park near the Lanark station. This picture is taken on our way to the site. Nice view right? 😁

Another building that catch my attention. Abandon school. 

I would love to live here. Who wont love this view? 

Almost there..

We're here!! Yey!!! 

Love the foresty look! Keep calling for Jacob and Edward.. But no one reply 😭

Tadaaaa. This is New Lanark World Heritage Village. Pheww. We made it safe and sound. 

Can't stop taking pictures

More..

There's a sign saying this way to the school. Who want to go all the way up there? Haha not me. Well.. Not this time. 😁

Oh yaa.. Here's the bus if you are lazy to walk all the way from the train station. But be warned, most of the passagers are elders. Shame on you! 😅 

Nice archy tree

The hotel. If you are thinking of spending the night here.

There's a garden on top of the roof. We forgot to go there 😭

The water from the river that will get thru the mill.

River Clyde at the Heritage site.

There's a path you should take to see the Falls of Clyde. Here are some of interesting view along the trail. Took around 1 hour. 

Love this! 

Can you see the humble river?

Almost there...

Tadaaaaa. We spend almost 45 min while having some noodle we brought for breakfast. Haha lovely view? Of course it is!!! 

Another view of the Falls of Clyde.

Some interesting bench we found there. 

Another part of the river before we headed back. 

Love the cliff. Just be careful. 

One more picture of the river.

Love the sun rays 

Yey! We arrived back at the visitor centre. 

This is the old water turbine they used before. 

The water mill

Caramel Flan with Lanark very own ice cream. £4.10. Taste ok. 

Before we headed back to the train station, we stop for a while at the town. 

Lanark town

Lanark Train Station

St Mary Church. Nice architecture. Right in front of the train station. 

And that's all what we did today. 

Oh. We rest for another hour at George Square. Hahaha 

I will always remember Glasgow 

Peace and out 

Budget tour Scotland

Salam,

I am thinking of starting another blog for my very own 'Budget Travel Guide' for Scotland. As I always spend time searching for the best, cheapest and nicest places to visit in Scotland. Just a thought 

First episode.

Edinburgh

If you are like me, motion sickness freak, you probably would prefer train just like me. 

It costed £12.60 for non rail-card holder. Around £9 for rail-card holder. There's few options for the route. I prefer lesser stop trains as if will usually take around 1 hour to get from Glasgow to Edinburgh. 

There is seriously a lot of things you can see in Edinburgh. If you are looking for 'budget travel' like me. Bring your own food. And let's look for the free places to visit. 

We are lucky today as Edinburgh is having one month Fringe Carnival. So it is  arts everywhere. On the streets, in studios and even ones with entree fees. So today we are focusing on the free stuff (as always) 

This is on the Royal Mile. Great!! 

Epic crowd! Love it! 

I always love the building here 

This is not something we can see everyday. I think.. Haha . Oh and this carnival will last until 23 August 2014 

Victoria Street which turn out to be the real Diagon Alley of Harry Potter. Come and see this if you claim yourself to be Harry Potter's fan 

I was hoping they would say this is Knockturn Alley 😁 

I got a balloon!! Yey! 

So much of Harry Potter spirit. You need to come and try the coffee JK Rowling sip when she was writting the books. 😁

The inside of The Elephant House. Try to come here off peak as there are lines of people to get in. 

Happy us with our coffee. Small Cappucino cost me £2.25 

Cappucino at The Elephant House. Taste ok for a £2.25 for a cup. Great atmosphere. No wonder she chose this cafe for the ideas 😁👍

Nice right? 

One thing that amaze me was the toilet. All those message was for either Harry Potter or for JK Rowling herself. Great effects now that everyone came just to write on the walls, on the ceiling and even on the toilet seats 😱 

The next stop is Edinburgh University. Right in the city. 

And for the sake of being here on a Fringe Carnival day, we went to see one of the show. It was a mesh up of Harry Potter and Peter Pan and it was great!! And again it is free. Haha 

Edinburgh Central Mosque 

After the visit, we came to this park for lunch. The Meadow. Great place to bring your kids to play for a while. 

Happy tummy happy us. 

The journey continues. The Underbelly. Looks cute isn't it? Haha 

The entrance for Edinburgh Tattoo Show at Edinburgh Castle. 

The seating area. We did not wait for te show as the ticket is quite pricey and it starts at 9pm. 

Oh yes. Great way to spend hot sunny summer day. Ice cream. Not any ordinary ice cream. This is Mackie's Scotland Luxury Dairy Ice Cream. Great taste for just £2.30 

Edinburgh Castle and the crowd

Almost 5pm, we waited in front of the Bobby Statue to join the Harry Potter trail walking tour. 

This is Gemma. She is a superb Harry Potter Guide! She knows everything!! Love her to the max!! The tour took 90 minutes. A great way to spend your minutes as Potter's fangirl 😁

Professor McGonagall got her name from this poet 

Me in Sorting Hat

Omg! Tom Riddle got his name from here!! Wonder will he be proud for that?

Hogwart!! Even with all the 4 houses. Blimey!! 😱😁

Other than The Elephant House, the is one of the first cafe JK Rowling spend time to finish her books. 

Read for yourself

Interior of the Spoon

Where Diagon Alley got the shape from. 

Thanks Gemma for the tour!! You are great!! 

Edinburgh University

The ground

Always love old buildings

Calton Hill from far

Princes Street 

Picnic in Princes Park 

Great view from the park.

The Edinburgh Station where the journer ended for today. 

So, that's it for today.

Peace and out.