Whirlwind Part 2

As promised, this is the 2nd installation of the Whirlwind Trip series ... :P... Anyway after a night's stay at Penzance we were actually undecided where to go. Only decided during breakfast where we should head to and decided to go over to Lizard's Point (the most southern tip of the British mainland) and also to the Eden Project.

The Lizard's Point is about an hour's plus drive from Penzance. The views in Lizard's is superb unspoilt natural beauty. You can wiki up The Lizard here. Lots of history and significance of the place is mentioned. I would rate it better than Land's End which is a little too commercialized for my taste.

The Lizard Point

Awesome, breathtaking view from the top!

The boathouse @ The Lizard's Point... skin divers and spear fishing guys set off from here

Suppose to be some posing glamour dudes... :P

Mainly farmhouses are around this place... lots of "booby traps" around like the one you get here in Malaysia... hahaha.

Gigantic rock formations...

After spending sometime trekking around the walk paths we decided to head to the Eden Project. Just heard about the place but don't really know what it's all about. Was contemplating among ourselves whether would the place be worth the 15 quid entrance fee (RM105!!). The space looking stuff sold it (check out the pics below), so off we go.

Basically the Eden Project is a project (duhhhh....) where different environments is recreated in a sphere (called biome). They try to replicate the exact environment to the extent that the plants can thrive and grow. When we were there the 2 biomes ready were the tropical biome and the mediterreanean biome. The desert one is in the middle of construction. The Eden project tries hard to send the message of global warming, recycling, energy efficiency and they are aiming to be a zero waste site, meaning they reuse/recycle 100% of every waste produced. Cool huh?

Malaysia is listed on the tropical biome and they have an actual replica of a rumah kampung and even the old kapchai used!... I was pretty amazed how close they could replicate the malaysian environment... it was really hot and humid! Anyway much more information and pics can be obtained from the wiki site here. Meanwhile some of the pics below:

The biomes. On the left is the tropical biome while the mediterreanean biome is hidden

Signboards in BM!

The tropical biome, similar to the jungles of Malaysia

The Mediterreanean biome

Basically that sums the quick trip that we had. It was interesting, tiring and petrol consuming trip. Haha... so that's it and I'll cover 1 last place in my next posting... cheers!