Johanna and I made a trip to Plymouth last weekend. It has been raining for the past 3 weeks in London. We hope to get some sun there.
We took off on Friday night on a National Express coach and arrived at 6am in the morning.
After checking in to Holiday Inn, we managed few hours of sleep before making a start. It was sunny indeed. We found out from the locals that the weather there has not been any better than London's for the past few weeks, so we were very lucky to be there on a sunny day.
The beachfront of this city is nice, especially with a hill right by the beach, which means we could look out far into the sea and the surrounding areas. We had a stroll along the coast before taking a cruise to the naval base. There are quite a number of warships along the way. Johanna had the chance to try out the famous Cornish ice cream too.
After the cruise we headed to Barbican, the cool part of the city, for lunch. Food is exceptionally cheap at Plymouth. We visited the Plymouth Aquarium after lunch. Despite being the biggest in UK, this aquarium is nowhere near the aquariums in KL or Singapore, probably due to its age.
We had a slow walk back to the hotel and had a pleasant time dipping in the swimming pool before enjoying ourselves in the steam room.
Dinner was served at the penthouse of the 11-storey hotel which provide great view of the sea. But the food was really disappointing.
***We woke up early next morning for breakfast at the penthouse again. I took off to the beach for some photos after breakfast and was fortunate enough to see a big submarine being escorted back to the naval base.
We checked out around noon and walked around the inner part of the city. There was nothing much to see. We ended up at a square with a big screen watching Wimbledon final with the locals.
After having lunch at a new mall right on top of the bus station, we departed for London.
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