The Wales

This was an interesting 3 day trip over long weekend, thanks to all the friends who planned it.. we guys started from London, took a bus to Cardiff..Cardiff is the capital of Wales, a nice and cozy medium sized city.. Ok, here i will mention the Thai dinner that we had and let me admit, the various Thai curries are just delicious and worth a go..
The night was spent at a frenz place, only to start next day on a car drive to larger part of wales.. Wales is beath takingly beautiful.. grass and greenery in acres and acres.. no much population and generally sweet pople.. The "welshness" is so evident in the air.. There are welsh horses, the sheep pens which just look lovely and give you a feel like white pearls have been sprinkled all over the green ground.. The sheeps are fat and healthy.. It is a farming nation, with happy people and prosperous and healthy life.. But you do feel its different from England..
The beauty about this country is, its not the destination that matters, its the journey, literally.. :) Our first stop was to Breacon Bacon National Park. Ok, there are no tigers and lions.. This is naural beauty, long lavish green grounds, lambs, some stylish small pubs and yes, we did trek to a waterfall.. I can compare it to som treks around Bangalore and Jim Corbett.. There are multiple walking trails in Wales and the idea of this place is to be on feet and cover these trails to discover the natural beauty of this place.. If you are not a nature lover, then you will this place a little dry.. The trail we took was waterfall country and it was lovely.. we did this walk on a rainy day..
We had a few hours spent on this and we started our drive to Snowdonia. This is in North Wales. And yes, we went for a trip to Snowdonia summit in a steam driven mountain railway.. the jorney up is beath taking, though you do envy the people trekking their way up, because they see all these well and experience better than the tain..This is the highest mountain peak in Wales at 3560 feet...The loveliest site are the small water bodies among green moutains.. it does look like this is how heaven should be.. Oh, did i talk about the English breakfast?? The roaster mushroom, tomatoes, marmalade, flavored yougurt and much more.. yu are done for the day if you had this and it is worth its size.. :) We tried mexican during lunch and yes do try the leak and potato soup.. Everything here is rich and fattening, the pure milk, cheese and even potato soup.. :) Its a country of mountains, animals, farmers, cold weather and lovely people, no calorie counts needed.. just trek!! :)
AND let me not miss this, every family seems to be having dog as a part of it.. there were big, small, lovely, dangerous ones all around with their families.. so, yes Dogs have a life here.. :)
We missed the castles around the place, while we drove to Pehrhyn, we were to late to enter and see the same..We managed to see the Dinorwig hydr power station and explored the largest man made tunnel.. It is a 1800 MW pumped storage hydroelectric scheme, near Dinorwig, Llanberis in Snowdonia national park in Gwynedd, north Wales. It comprises 16 km of tunnels, 1 million tons of concrete, 200,000 tons of cement and 4,500 tons of steel.. And not to mention the large motors and transformes driven by the pressure of water in reservoirs.. the tour is worth a go as this is another enginering marvel worth exploring.. You do feel bad about the destruction done to nature by Slate mining, but this is being restored now.. the whole hydro power station tour is explained by audio, and is very well structured to explain..

We stayed one night in this area, drove back to Cardiff.. The journey back was as beautuful as it culd get.. this area is worth picnicking, spedning some leasure time, you will see lots of caravans, lamb, some handsome horses, good food..

I should mention the way one of the pub was decorated around the waterfalls.. it had a huge collection of mugs collected form various places, hung o cielings, side of the walls and very tastefull done decor with a sewin machine occuoying the window seat.. :)

Thats Wales for you.. Coutry side, breath takingly beautiful, less populous, rich food, lambs, lots of moutains and yes, did i tell you?? From Snowdonia summit, you can see Wales, England and Ireland and the sea line.. It does look like heaven is here.. :)