So, during the Easter Holiday, me and a friend, spontaneously decided to visit Brighton. After reading up on Wikipedia, we were hyped up on going. According to Wiki, Brighton beach is one of the most beautiful beaches in United Kingdom. Furthermore, it is also mentioned that the beach is well known for the Gay, Lesbian and Transvestite community. Ho yeaahh, lesbians. That should be awesomee! If that's not a motivation factor, I don't know what is.
We woke up at 5am and traveled to London Bridge Station to board our train at 7.40 am. Me, being NOT an early bird, am pretty much out of the loop. Lucky for me that my travel partner is attentive in the morning. Keep in mind that this will not be a massive picture dump as I do not own a camera. You read it right, I do not own a camera. All I have is a measly camera phone for blog updates and a handy camcorder for...personal usage. :p
When we first arrived, we got ourself the map of Brigthon and then began to plan our journey. Funny thing is that Brighton sort of reminds me of Dublin. I guess it's because Brighton is more rural as compared to London.
First place that we visited was the beach. Yeah, I was disappointed because I was expecting sandy beaches like in Malaysia but instead what I found was a man made beaches full of rocks. Nevertheless, we enjoyed the view while eating our packed breakfast. The funny thing is that while we were eating, there is some random photographer dude asking our permission to take a photo of us. The feeling was quite awkward though, feels like we were models, lovers or something. Anyhow, the guy thanked us and apparently he works for some local newspaper or something. Whatever.
The Brighton bitc...I mean, beach.
Next place we went to is the shopping district. Sorry that I can't elaborate much on this because I was sleepy, tired and most important of all, uninterested. My travelling partner on the other hand, went on a window shopping frenzy. I just followed her around while she brought me to shops unbeknown to me.Next stop is the Brighton Pier. Would you believe it, there is a carnival and a casino on the pier. We went for a walk, and obviously the place was jam packed. We checked out the seafood in a cup thingy and I bought lobster in a cup for us. Not too shabby. We went into the games room and the casinos, well...nothing too impressive but it's all right.
Brighton Pier
After that, we checked on the rides. They have a couple of awesome rides, like the "spinning tea cup thingy", or the pendulum but my traveling partner was too scared to get on one of those. Hence, we settled for a game of basketball shooting in the end. The best part while playing the shooting game is that all eyes are on you. For me, I felt like Michael Jordan and managed to hit a basket. My traveling partner on the other hand... well, let's just say that she is Shaq.
Brighton Pier
The expression on my traveling partner's face when she misses her shot.
Next, we ate our dinner at a fish and chips restaurant. Mind you that there are a gazillion fish and chips restaurant at Brighton and choosing one is a totally random and monumental task. Okay, gazillion is exaggerating, but there should be at least 20, I kid you not. So we just entered this random fish and chips restaurant and began having our dinner. What can I say about the fish and chips? Hmmm...it's fish and chips, how good can it get? I'll take a Nasi Dagang any day of the week.
Now, this is food!
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