It Can Touch The Sky

Over the weekend, touring the Highlands of Scotland once again, I thought a lot about this land. I have concluded that Scotland lacks initiative. This can be a beautiful country if only it puts its mind to it.










































See? Some of the most beautiful landscape I have ever seen. And this from a kid that's seen most of Sri Lanka, Taiwan, and the US. Scotland can be charming, too, with its highland cows (cowbacca) and sheep. This weekend, we got in several "highland traffic jams" as sheep crossing the road held up our tour buses.














But for Scotland to be a truly great tourist attraction, it has to try a little harder. Castles, for instance, should be interesting both inside and outside. Battlefields should perhaps only be attractions if they actually impacted history in some faint way and most importantly, the weather should be clear for more than three hours a day and at least two days a week. Because wretched weather conditions cancel hiking plans and photo-ops, and create conditions hazardous even for walking, like yesterday:


















More stories on the weekend. From weeks past. And how I have trouble with hostel breakfasts, will trickle in sometime in the near future. Exams are upon me, as are springtime, laziness, and things to do, so we'll see.