The Eden Project

The Eden Project is home to many types of plants ranging from England itself to tropical countries. It is one of the biggest tourist attractions in Cornwall and used very often for school field trips because children would learn more about botanics and gardens. They also hold exhibitions and workshops for people or arranged groups who'd like to learn more about sustaining the wildlife and saving nature more effectively. In summer they have stage built up for music festivals. And turns out, there is an accommodation as well for people who would love to stay overnight!

To be honest I went here because I was interested in seeing the unique architecture, kinda reminded me of the Blue Cube for Olympic 2008, Beijing's Aquatics venue, only this one is a group of half spheres which they called Biomes. Two of the largest ones were filled with Rainforest (it is the largest indoor Rainforest in the world) and Mediterranean theme respectively. I was a bit disappointed because I saw rainforest before since I'm from a tropical country, but maybe it'd be a different experience for the visitors who are from the other side of the world. In the Mediterranean part there was a small garden of sunflowers though, enough to excite and stop me to take pictures.

On that day the weather was very warm and being inside the Biomes just added the humidity level. However we can get refreshed in The Eden Kitchen, Med Terrace (inside of the Mediterranean Biome), Juice Bar or Eden Coffee House. I found The Eden Kitchen was very cute with rows of long tables and self-served drinks and food, felt like a high school cafetaria, you know? Anyway, adults price is £25, students £20 and it's 10% cheaper if you buy the ticket in advance online.

T-shirt - Primark

Dress - Surabayan designer; Elizabeth Njo May Fen

Shoes - Nike iD

Bag - Kate Spade

Sunnies - Urban Outfitters

Hat - ASOS

Socks - Sox Galeri

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Mousehole And Porthcurno

I know, I know. The names are a bit quaint. Those are places, FYI.

Cropped tee - Primark

Cardigan - Body & Soul

Shorts - Vou by Gena Diguci

Shoes - Nike iD

Bag - Kate Spade

Sunglasses - Urban Outfitters

Hair by Olivia Djo

Photographs of me by Fitria Tjandra & Wendi Tay

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Summertime Madness

Journey to Cornwall requires around 6 hours from London Paddington. We took a morning train and stopped at a station called Carbis Bay. The house that we booked from Booking.com was around 10 minutes walk. We had to pass through a small woods, and the road was kinda uphill from there. The owner had a pick-up truck that carried our small luggages and dropped it at the house later on so we didn't have to carry it our own.

We arrived, put our belongings, walked more uphill to Tesco, shopped a lot of snacks and food ingredients because we planned to cook during the 4D3N stay. There were 9 of us in total and it was always crowded, especially if 8 of them were girls with chirpy voices.

We walked to have some lunch and then to the first beach which is Carbis Bay. That wasn't the main attraction in Cornwall (St. Ives is but we'll get to that), but since we lived closer to Carbis Bay, that was the first beach destination. It was too chilly to take a dip, so we didn't. We should've known, it's England after all. However, the sky was beautiful, the weather was breezy and sunny at the same time, one of those pretty moments in the UK. I might get a lot of sunny days in Indonesia, but I have to say that the skies in the west part of the world can somehow be more captivating than in this tropical country, or at least in my island, Java (because I cannot say for Bali or Sumba or the more untouched parts of Indonesia). They are photogenic. Here? Not so much. You can see it for yourself.

Photographed by Fitria Tjandra

Dress - Primark

Top - Vou by Gena Diguci

Hairband - DIY

Bag - Kate Spade

Shoes - Nike iD

Sunglasses - Urban Outfitters

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