Easter Vacay: East Sussex

Hi peeps....this is my update for our second part of Easter Vacay..
We went to Kingston-Brighton-Eastbourne-Hastings-Folkerstone-Dover and back to London..
(in the itinerary, Ashford Designer Outlet was included, but we had no time..sob..sob..afterall this trip mainly for sightseeing okay!!we'll go there some other time..it's not that far from London anyway..)

Mainly coastal and countryside sightseeing..Well agak2 mcm jalan2 kampung UK la..
But it's worth!!Eventhough we only spent one and half day, we covered most of the main places in East Sussex which located in South UK...
Thanks a million to our tour agent..Mr n Mrs Hilmi..
With packed and detailed itinerary including time and postcodes..It was soo easy that we only had to key in the postcode into TomTom..and there we go..off to next destination!!
(sometimes we couldn't rely solely on tom2..but with my sense of direction, Alhamdulillah..sampai jugak!!hehe..jgn marah ye En.Driver!)
ooppss..tak lupa jugak Thanks to Mr and Mrs Wan for ur lovely TomTom..
(psss..we wanted to buy it..but selagi boleh pinjam and jimat GBP120..why not kan?kan??bukan jalan slalu pon..hehe..)

So there u go...
Day 1

1St Destination: Brighton

Brighton is famous with the pier and pavillion..plus also famous as Gay town!! haha..but I only discovered bout it later..patutla terjumpa couple2 yg suspicious!!And my MIL told us that last time it was like kampung Melayu..seriously, I haven't met any Malay except for our friends..

Anyhow...it was a lovely pebbles beach..and the weather was lovely too!! It was full with people..really crowded..ppl started enjoying the Spring Sunshine I guess!!
we only spent a couple of hours there as we left a bit late from Kingston..And my friend didn't manage to get a nearer parking..so tak berjumpa la di situ...

See the lovely beach..ppl hanged out on the beach...

and us too!! lepakking on the pebbled beach...

2nd Destination: Beachy Head, Eastbourne

Then we headed to Beachy Head, Eastbourne to see the cliff..It was so beautiful but I'm the gayat type..so for sure it's not me taking the pics at the cliff edge...

Beautiful Cliff, isn't it?
(pic credit to hubby)

Actually I always wanted to take this kind of pic with my family esp during the snow..but we missed it..so this time with the advantage of having our friends around, I asked hub and kids to lie down..it turned out well..guling2 mcm hindustan...best!!

This was on top of the hill..It was quite far to get on top of the hill.but we were excitedly hiked up and enjoyed the nice, cool breeze up there..tak la penat sgt..

this were the boys..the Ad three stooges..coz all names start with AD..
From left: Adham, Adib and Adam..

and this is me guling2 with my kids..haha..bile lagi kan?

Then we headed to our hotel, Eastbourne Marina Travelodge..
it's located opposite the beach!!!
Lucky us!!
so we spent the nite strolling along the beach and took some pics at Eastbourne Pier..
every beach has their own pier..it's about the same at every place..but u know..just enjoyed it!!


After dh penat and lapar, we went to get our dinner, fish and chips and lepak in the room and doozed of...

Day 2

From Eastbourne

The next morning, planned to meet up with ainor around 9 am..so I woke up at 6.30 and prepared everything..from breakfast to kids and packing...(excitedla katakan..hehe..)

then we checked out a lil bit early so that we could stroll along the beach again...plus i wanted to get some pics of the Carpet Garden.
but the flowers there are not fully bloomed yet..coz in the website I saw a nicer pics..
nvmd..


This kinda enjoying ourselves as if we're in Holland..
do u guys remember that I wanted to go to Kaukenhof..but we're broke coz we spent GBP1000 plus for our tickets...takpela..really looking forward to go there..InsyaAllah by next year I'll plan early..

and my kids..Adam with his forced smile..so funny eh!!


1st Destination:

Next we're off to see this archeological site, Longman of Wilmington
I'm not sure what it is actually..but it's a man's figure on the hill..
for more info u can go to: Long Man of Wilmington




When we reached there..OMG!! what's this place..I didn't expect anymore hiking..
(tula tak buat homework..my friend has forwarded me the itinerary,but i dun even bother to look up..plus we had a busy day travelling to Manchester..)
so I didn't prepare the right shoes..:(


Alhamdulillah, we reached up there safely..with all the horsie and sheepy poops every single steps!!Adib keep looking for the poop..u know being a small kid and was being told the poops are everywhere..so he didn't bother about other things except the poops!!so whenever he saw it..he told me: Mummy, be careful..there's a poops..I really made use of that..haha..
selamat sampai atas...


Poor my Toddy..sob..sob..habis kene lanyak...next time whenever i go sightseeing, tobat dah tanak pakai kasut mahal..lunyai habis..it's TOD'S okay!!!hopefully i can afford to buy new toddy b4 i go back to Msia..seriously kt m'sia mahal nk mampos...ade hati nk beli..but better buy handbag..kt sini okay la...esp mase sale!!*wink..



2nd Destination: Herstmonceux castle
it's a 15th century castle..to read further just click on the link..
(me malas nk tulih byk2..nk update blog pun bercinta..:P)
but when we reached there, adib was asleep and Adam was a bit cranky..maybe bcoz he's hungry..and hubby was not so keen to get around the castle..
so they stayed in the car and i went out to get the pics with ainor..then we left..they went in the garden...



3rd Destination: Hastings
beach again with pier..but this time dh a bit hot..so we took off our coats!!yeay!!!


enjoying the sunshines and the pebbles beach..


after we had lunch, we're off to Dover..there's Hastings Castle on top of the hill at the end of the the road opposite the beach..but there were too many people and we had several other destinations..but Hastings Pier was the most happenings among the 3..


4th Destination: Rye Harbour
it was not in the itinerary..but on the way to dover, there's a lot of tourist attraction..just follow the brown signboards...


5th Destination:
before Dover, we went to Folkerstone to pray..there's a mosque..
being in UK is very convenient..u can find mosques esp in Muslim area..so it's not an excuse not to perform a prayer..(i'm not trying to be ustazah here, but it's kinda reminder to myself too!!!)

6th Destination: Dover
actually it's near the English Tunnel..
u can get on a ferry to Calais, France from here..



we stopped at Samphire Hoe

Samphire Hoe was made of 4.9 million cubic metres of chalk marl dug to create the Channel Tunnel.


The White Cliffs also known as Shakespeare Cliff


I love this pic the most..
sejak dh ade kids ni jarang2 posing romatic..hehe..but this time i took all the opportunity to snapped whateva pics with hub including this..

Well after a few shots at Samphire Hoe, the camera's battery went dead..so no more pics..
from there we went to Dover Castle and Lighthouse
(dimana tom2 telah bwk masuk jln yg salah and suh terjun gaung!!thanks a lot ye tom2..nasib la terang boleh nampak lagi..kalu tak tak tau la..Nauzubillah!!)

about 7pm we left Dover and back to London..on the way back I asked hubby to lalu depan Ashford Designer outlet so next time we know the place..but he refused!!!owh..sob..sob...takleh nk argue la..he's the driver!
balik rumah..so penat..spent 2 days cleaned up the house and the rest of break with my books and project..

so that's all for our short vacation around UK..
after the easter break, I'm gonna be busy..needs to concentrate on my study.
we're scheduled for a mini test every week, Mock Final exam was scheduled on May 7 and my final exam will be on 1st June..
I think no more blogging, no more active facebooking except when ade request or watsoeva and no more spending much time on cyber world..I need to take a break for a while..maybe if ade something that really interesting i'll share with u guys..(esp on secret sale this thursday..not sure lagi..but most prolly I'll go coz my friend nk something..)
Wish me luck kay..
I do pray that I'll pass my first year..believe me studying Dentistry is not easy especially when u're doing the specialist training....being a non native english speaker and dealing with spoilt kids and english parents,it's hell!!!
but being me, I love to balance my life between study, family and social life..so hopefully i can get through all this successfully and Allah will grant me what i'm looking for..InsyaAllah..
till then..tata...