Wales - Cardiff

23rd May 09 - 25th May 09

Bank holiday weekend and that too a bright warm sunny one! This one was blessed. Drove from Reading on Saturday morning and reached Wales in 2.5 hours amidst slow moving holiday traffic and our growling stomachs.
Spotted a blessed Mexican restaurant -Chikitos which calmed our tummys :)
Set out to drive though the city after unpacking our luggage at our hotel.
Later enjoyed some good and leisure shopping for home in Ikea. (after a long time!)
Cardiff is a big city with modern and huge buildings - not a typical UK style architecture.
Set out to Cardiff Bay in the evening and strolled through the restaurant and shops amidst a lively festive atmosphere with a large crowd relaxing, drinking and singing in the nice warm weather.

Day 2: Day of activities! Drove to the Quad biking centre which is 7 miles from our hotel. There were around 30 robust, macho bikes with 4 huge wheels designed for rough and rugged mountainous terrain. Sum opted for a 250cc bike and I got a 90 cc one :(
I struggled for the initial 10 min to manoeuvre the heavy handles but was great later when I got used to it! The instructor drove us through rough and bumpy rocky terrain and on hills and wide open grasslands too..It is in these grasslands that you can speed through down and the mountains in the highest gear. It was great fun and adventure which lasted for an hour. I enjoyed it thoroughly...looking forward eagerly for another trip as soon as possible!!

Had lunch and headed for speed power boating expedition. This too was a bumpy and rugged trip on the waves and the driver made sure there were lots of fast and quick turns and twists. The weather and wind were enjoyably pleasant and fresh.
This was good, but Quad biking was better!

Though keen on other activities like Gorge walking and Sky Rope, these had to be pre-booked :( .....anyways next time!