Isle of Wight

Went to Isle of Wight for 3D 2N Wednesday to Friday.
Excellent! Beautiful island!
Some pics.
This is the Ferry (St Catherine) we took from Portsmouth to IoW. Damage: about £71 (depending of headcount). Once parked, everybody must go up to the lounge or wherever as long as not in the car. View on a good day is superb.

This is the Needles - the name 'Needles' is believed to have been derived from a slender tapering rock pinnacle which was formerly situated a little to the north (i.e. on the Alum Bay side) of the present central rock. This needle-shaped rock, about 120ft high and known as 'Lot's Wife' collapsed into the sea in 1764 with a crash which was said to have been heard many miles away! The stump of this pinnacle can still be seen at low water where it forms a dangerous reef.

URTV Moment

Alum Bay is rocky and the sands are of many colours. Going down to the beach - you can either walk down or take the chair lift. We chose to walk down .. jimat sket beb! Beach is not sandy however, but made of pebbles! Close your eyes & listen to the pebbles knocking each other with the ebb & flow of the sea. I like.

Needles Park - kind of a mini park. Check out the sand store .. fill in souvenir glasses with colourful sands of Alum Bay. See how glasses are made. Play mini golf. Layaaannn!

Sandown: Dino Isle - IOW is one of the world's great dinasour localities. Probably the 4th richest dinasour localities in the world. I think about 15 species were found on this island. This Dino Isle is rather small but full of info on dinasour.

Sandown Beach - quite a nice beach. But nothing compared to Tioman lah. This portion of the beach is just infront of Dino Isle, ada jetty.

Ventnor - ramai gak orang but beach is full of sea weed plus its sand is reddish. Sandown sand better.

I count at least 12 layers of building structure starting from the street level. Reminds me of Switzerland.

Shanklin - a lot of old houses like this in Shanklin. Dell told me the beach here is better than Sandown. Tak sempat nak pegi beach.

Ryde - singgah before leaving for Portsmouth (from Fishbourne Ferry jetty). Had lunch at Alexanders .. pekena Fish & Chips last kopek.