Commons Inn Cork

... there having circumnavigated the world by April 2011. My plan is to sail from St Lucia through Panama Canal, down to Equator and on to the Galapagos Islands which will take up the the end of February, I am hopeful that I will be able to continue to the Marquesa Islands and on to Tahiti which would bring me to the end of April - then home.

My skipper Stephen has his own blog http://blog.mailasail.com/alady

... action and by this point we realized that we were very tired and it seemed better to rest at this point. A few of us spent the night researching for the trip ahead. We used the Let's Go Europe 2009 book and I would highly recommend this to anyone who is even thinking about traveling. It is so helpful and points you to all of the things you would want to see and how to get to all of the spots in the most budget and time efficient manner.

... the graveyard and sketched it while the sun went down. creepy? alex thought so, i wasn't as creeped out. for dinner that night we went to the grocery store and took advantage of the kitchen kinlay house had and made some sweet dinner...noodles and tofuuu. a nice relaxing day and getting some sketch on after a pretty unproductive dublin.

... for the trip.
It took us about 2 hours to drive to Cork City, traveling highway most of the way. The day, once again, was brilliantly sunny. Cork City was very quiet. We were wondering where all the people were. We walked down many an empty street and the traffic was very light. Then it hit us, it was Sunday morning. Everyone was in ...

4 days to take off........

The backpacks are packed and we are getting the final few bits ready for our 9 month trip around the world. I am nervous about the unknown but I woke this morning and felt a huge pang of excitement - it's really starting to hit home that we are actually doing this - no more mammy's dinners or ...

... water). But the only thing that still gets me is the damn bag tax! which brings me to a story. the other day I was buying two bottles of cider for when I was going to get together with my friends. so they put the cider in a paper bag because plastic has tax. But what does it always do in Ireland?! it RAINS. I always talked to my friends about how "one of these days, this bag is going to break...." So, as I was walking back to my apartment, the bag ...

Champions League Final with the Parfreys (Man U. over Chelsea on penalties)
-Seamus not watching the match because he was too nervous (bet on Chelsea to hedge bets [United supporter])
-obviously match preceded by Ladbrokes, where we get screwed again
Au Brog afterewards
-Kev ...

... afternoon elapsed it seemed pertinent to get off my lazy, good for nuthin clacker and keep moving, trundling against the grain of the swelling hurling crowds. Cork felt like a bit of a ghost town today, with most of the shops all shut and half the town walking north on towards the big game. Got myself back up the steep hill to Sheila's and discovered that Sheila was harbouring a full decked out cinema on the bottom floor of the hostel, so i got myself ...