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.

Bucharest, Romania - The final day: went up to the top of the Intercontinental Hotel to check out the pool and view - Part 11

Continuation from Bucharest, Romania - More huge halls - Part 10

All the days I've stayed at the hotel, I have yet to visit the top floor where the gym and pool are located. The view on that floor was breathtaking. The clear sky allows me to see far. Took a picture of the city. Note the lack of skyscrapers as this region is located on top of a earthquake zone.

A small pool but with a well equipped gym.

The lobby of the hotel is marbled. Looks very 1980s.

To be continued.

Invited to Jakarta to present a paper at a conference - 03 - November 2013 - Beautiful morning and breakfast

Please refer to previous postings.

Woke up to a very glorious morning in Jakarta. The weather was bright and clear. Took a picture of the city from my room.

Jakarta is a young modern city. Not a lot of tall buildings yet. Not sure whether they will be building such buildings in the future as Jakarta is on the Pacific Rim of Fire.

Huge city. It stretches as far as the eyes could see.

Slept in and only went to breakfast at 9 a.m. (watch is still in Kuala Lumpur time). Breakfast was at Satoo Restaurant.

Surprisingly, it was not full. But the food choices was plentiful.

Enjoyed my breakfast.

To be continued.