UK Trip December 2015 - Part 10 - Exploring St Andrews, Scotland and Ice Cream!

Continuation from:

UK Trip December 2015 - Part 09 - Albany Hotel, St Andrews, Scotland 

Next morning we started early to explore the small town of St Andrews. Typical British weather, dark and gloomy. Even the townspeople tend to stay indoors.

The gang with warm clothing on.

The city of St Andrews is not that big at all. Here is the map of the town. I guess you can cover the whole 'city' withing half a day of just walking.

Off we went.

Some ruin castle near the sea.

Was told that in summer, stage shows are held here.

The beach looks rocky. Unlike our sandy beaches in Malaysia.

I bet in summer this place would look just beautiful.

A typical street in the city.

The tea shop where Kate met Prince Williams.

The opera.

Every city review we visited, The Jannettas Gelateria was mentioned as the 'must-visit' place in St Andrews. Despite it being a cold December, we were in the mood for ice cream.

There are tons of flavours. We got the proprietor to choose the most sort after. We were not disappointed. A cup of hot chocolate can never go wrong too.

This was after we went through the town.

No rush, so we enjoyed sitting in the nice comfy ice cream parlour.

A family photo.

A typical creation - a sundae.

To be continued.

Disneyworld 2014: Magic Kingdom, Disney Electrical Parade Show - Part 13

Please refer to the previous entries.

After the Lion show, we left Animal Kingdom. Since it was still early i.e. 7:00 pm, we decided to visit Magic Kingdom and try to catch some light shows. When we got there, this was the scene that greeted us.

The last time I saw this was back in 1996.

The Disney Castle was bathed in shimmering white light to represent snow and Christmas. The weather was just brilliant.
 

We were very lucky as 5 minutes after we arrived, the Disney Electrical Parade started.

The first float.

Originally, I though the castle will only be bathed in white light but actually there was also a light show on the castle itself.

After this ended, the fireworks started.

To be continued.

Previous postings:

Disneyworld 2014: The first leg - Part 01

Disneyworld 2014: The second leg - Part 02

Disneyworld 2014: The third and final leg of a very long inbound journey - Part 03

Disneyworld 2014: Checking into Disney's Port Orleans Resort, Riverside - Part 04

Disneyworld 2014: Hunting for our first dinner at Disneyworld - Part 05

Disneyworld 2014: Shopping at Orlando's Premium Outlet - Part 06

Disneyworld 2014: Shopping and jet lag don't mix; the aftermath - Part 07

Disneyworld 2014: First day at a Disney park. First stop, Animal Kingdom - Part 08

Disneyworld 2014: Animal Kingdom, Dinoland - Part 09

Disneyworld 2014: Animal Kingdom, Asia - Part 10

Disneyworld 2014: Animal Kingdom, Africa, Safari Ride - Part 11

Disneyworld 2014: Animal Kingdom, Africa, Lion King Stage Show - Part 12

 

 

 

Sungai Klah Hot Springs, Gua Tempurung & Kellie's Castle - Part 4 - Day 2 - A visit to Kellie's Castle near Batu Gajah

Please refer to the previous posting.

About 70 km North of Sungkai is the town of Batu Gajah where you will find Kellie's Castle. An uncompleted castle of a Scotsman.

The grounds have been beautified with tourists in mind.

The tourists reception area is on one side of a river while the castle is on the other side. A walking bridge linked both sides.

If the castle was allowed to be completed, it will be one heck of a house.

One section of the house was completed by the museum authorities to show how it would look like if completed. Looks nice using period furniture.

There are actually two houses on the property. The first is a normal house which was destroyed during World War 2. My son posing next to an old wood fired oven in the destroyed house.

The castle as seen from the internal courtyard.

This is part of the destroyed home which used to house the previous owner of the property. The plan was them to move to the castle when completed and keep the original house as a guest house.

Mine and my friends' from Bahamas' kids.

Some write-up about the family that owned the property.

The riches of Malaya enabled the British to be wealthy.

More information.

The long corridor on the first floor.

View from the first floor.

On the roof.

A plaque to commemorate the first lift shaft in Malaysia.

A plaque that commemorates the original house.

Group photo.

To be continued.