Tawau, London and Manchester: Part 4

The 4th Day

There wasn't much activities on the 4th day, which was a Monday because sis have some works that she needs to finish.  We did however went out to a nearby supermarket called Sainsbury's for lunch and groceries shopping.  The whole setup of the place reminds me of Gilroy Outlet Mall in California, USA

Sainsbury's Supermarket

Around Sainsbury's Supermarket

Other shops opposite Sainsbury's building

While mom and sis were doing the groceries shopping, I went over to the check out the SportDirect shop to see if there's any good buy esp. football jersey.  Some items are offered at very attractive price.  If comparing a dollar to a dollar and if my salary figure is in GBP, I'd patronize the place very often.  Still, some of the items in the shop could still be considered as expensive to the British.  I.e. a Manchester United jersey that costs GBP 70 is considered as expensive because you could buy a lot of groceries with that amount of money.


The 5th Day - Random Exploration

Now, I called the 5th day a random exploration is because I'd expect that I may be lost or may ended up stranded at a location until I could figure out how to get back home.  Did that happen?  Yes it did.

The surrounding neighbourhood, taken while I was walking to the bust stop.

The bus stop.

The bus stop name.

Before I go out, I have decided that I'm going to visit Trafford Centre again to visit the sport shop where my sister got the football gear for her son to buy the jersey of the football club that I support.  I did a check on the Internet to find out how to get there by bus and wrote down the instruction for reference.  Eventually I did managed to get to Trafford Centre.  It cost GBP 5 just to reach Trafford Centre.

Outside Salford Shopping Centre.

View from the upper deck of the double decker bus.

View from the upper deck of the double decker bus while still waiting in Salford Shopping Centre.

Along the ride...

Passed by some neighbourhood...

Trafford Centre from the opposite road.

There are no direct bus that could reach Trafford Centre from where I was staying, so I have to change to another bus at a place call Salford Shopping Centre.  The whole journey took me about 1 hour just to reach my destination.  It was drizzling that day, so I didn't snap much outdoor pictures.

After I reached Trafford Centre, I went to check out the sport shop, JJB Sports, only to find that it was closed for good.  I thought that it probably was closing for that day, but found out later that this JJB Sports retail shop will be closed for good because they have been bought over by SportsDirect, and the result of this takeover is the closure of a few retail shops.  So, my trip there is considered as a bummer.

Then, I tried to find my way back home by taking the bus.  This time however I was not able to fully follow the instruction and as a result, I went back to Salford Shopping Centre again.  I tried to figure out if I could take the same bus that I took that morning to go back home, but thank God before I do that, my sister came to pick me up instead.

As my sister picked me up from Salford Shopping Centre, she told me the place is not really that safe esp. later into the day.  It was here where the riot in 2011 in Manchester took place.  This is quite interesting though considering that I only saw senior citizens being the majority there, so it never came to my mind that the place is a danger zone.  So after knowing this, I'll try to avoid visiting that place esp. late afternoon.