kellypocket (kellypocket) wrote, @ 2003-09-11 20:59:00

:luck of the draw:
so, have you ever endured something painful or horribly boring to be fabulously rewarded in the end?

that IS me right now.

i have only half an hour ago stepped off a 12 hour bus ride and onto the quiet streets of the north wales town of porthmadog.

i literally just pointed to this place on a map because it had a backpacker's.

i was a bit stressed because i arrived just after dark and i wasn't sure where the place was, but i knew it was a good walk down the road.

well, the local bus drove up just one minute later and the driver was nice enough to drop me off right in front of this cute 2 story house with christmas lights in the window.

i had envisioned this cozy place in the snowdonia forest with a fireplace and nice warm beds, but of course, as i have learned, that probably wouldn't be the case...i was wrong.
it is exactly how i pictured and for only 12 pounds, with breakfast!

oh, and lawrence of arabia was born in the bathroom here.

the guy showed me where the mountain paths begin just outside their gate and i have an entire dorm to myself!

i walked just 100 meters down the road and got chips with curry, always a tempting treat when one hasn't eaten for 7 hours.

tomorrow i will take the world's longest narrow gauge railway up into the mountains to explore and hike...supposedly there are waterfalls and lakes and of course, sheep!

i am not so sure i will want to leave here onn saturday...maybe i will just stay through the weekend.

i watched the rare sunset from the coach as it buried its way into the atlantic.
the rain had just cleared leaving a perfect blue sky on the hilly coast of wales...it's much like the irish west coast, my fav place in the world.

i feel good.

you should too.

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