Killarney Valley Hotel And Suites

... the southern side of the peninsula. Since we were trying to see all the antiquities on our map, we had to stop at the beehive huts. We paid our 2 euro per person toll and walked up the hill to the structures that look like beehives, hence the name. They’re made of stone with no mortar to hold them together. The little settlement had five buildings and one stone in the outer wall had a cross inscribed on it.

That completed our journey around Slea ...

... the table near us were Americans from upper New York State. They were on a pilgrimage with their priest, and they were having a wonderful time. We had a nice chat with them before we left.

We walked about the harbor area for a while, stepping into and out of shops before going back to the b&b for a while. We took a little nap and woke to clear skies, so the exploration of Dingle continued.

We drove to the ruins of the 12th century Kilmalkedar Church which has an ogham stone ...

This has been an incredible day! After leaving the Oakfield, we drove through Kenmare for the last time, and set our course for the Dingle Peninsula. While driving through Killarney National Park, we stopped at Ladies View. It got its name because the view so impressed the ladies-in-waiting of Queen Victoria when she visited it. We had been the only car on the road, and we were the only ones in the usually crowded car park. When we stood ...

... so I’m okay with that.

Coming back, we took Morty’s suggested route up through the center of the peninsula, going west to east. We went through the Ballycasheen Pass, then turned south to go through another. The road was full of potholes which were nicely marked with yellow paint, but we couldn’t go faster than 15 m.p.h. After making it through the Ballaghbeama Pass, and skirting the sheep that lined the road, we wondered if Morty was ...

We decided to do the Ring of Kerry trip, a lovely trip around the south west cape of Ireland, approx 160 kms on our own than on a bus.. glad we did they were full of old Americans.. woops!! There was heaps here that we didn't see as we only had a few days until Amy had to head back to Australia. We did the ring in an anticlock wise direction, good in the fact eveyone else goes clockwise, bad because half way around ...

... would have some nice mountain views, so we headed that way.

Eventually we began to see signs saying "Large Vehicles: TURN BACK NOW!" and "NO BUSES! TURN BACK NOW!" The road narrowed and the incline grew a little steeper, but it was still manageable.

Five minutes later...not so manageable! The Pass turned out to be a narrow single-lane road carved into the edge of a mountain, with a 2-foot-tall rock wall at the ...

... Cardiff castle so that I could get back to the bus before we departed. Everyone else was very prompt so I was the last one aboard - eek!. I have managed to post a few pictures (on the wrong day but you should be able to find them) today is the first day we have found a fast enough internet connection to manage to upload the pictures.

Woke up at our usual leisurely 11am, Steve and Sophi either at work or about to go. Sam burnt some photos onto the computer in anticipation of taking a lot more that afternoon. Niall came around at about 2, and we stocked up on chocolate bars and water at the service station down the road before we headed out to the trail. Frances got a bit of a sting, and a lesson in harmless looking European flora, from a roadside nettle as she got out of the car, before we started off up ...

... answer your question Dad, no we have not visited any pubs yet, we go and go all day long and we are ready for bed early, plus it would cost too much to go out. Tomorrow we are catching a bus to Dingle Town and we will spend two nights there and then we are off to Galway for three nights. We plan on calling our relatives in Germany when we are in Galway to inform them when we will be in their neighborhood.

... t). But the people behind the desk were friendly and helpful, and the place was clean--the most important criteria. Finally relieved of my backpack, I headed out to wander the city. Downtown Cork is old and atmospheric, set on both sides of the river (which in fact has two channels at this point, so part of downtown is on an island). The nearest main street to my hostel had expensive restaurants, an art school, a theatre showing a musical, a secondhand bookstore, a ...