Riverside Hotel Sligo

... noted for how far until Strandhill. We think we were halfway there when it started to rain and we realized that we were committed to going to Strandhill when a woman and her 2 kids stopped to pick us up!!! It was fabulous and the oddest thing all at once. A friendly stranger stopped to pick up two girls on the side of the road in this time of not trusting anyone and being afraid. On the way back a single guy who was going to Sunday dinner at his parents drove us back into town. We ...

... school, and realy to try out our new wheels. We were able to go out to West Cork, and up the West coast in to Connemara, Mayo, and up to Sligo. We named the little car, 'Jumbo Murphy’ (Murphy being a Cork name). He’s now a good part of the family, sort of like a second home.

Anyways, we had a great time, and I think I’ll let the pictures tell it.

Thanks for the good times Helen, Cheers.

Daniel & Luna

... them....taught us all a lesson that day...castle tomorrow night. saw our first peat bog today very strange...lots of fat livestock, sheep and cows....not me and kt....saw a church where an appariton appeared 100 years ago, mary, joseph and sheep, church deemed it true, now evrone comes there to pray. we prayed someone was reading this blog and for the suitcases to arrive. saw a 200 year old farm house, hasn't changed at all everything the same as is was back then ...

... a teacup sized plate! Chicken for me, Fish for Dan and veges. Dessert I had a apple/peach crumble..Dan had a coffee and madarin gateaux. All pretty good. We stopped by the bar after dinner and had a few pints of Guiness for Dan and Bulmers cider for me and retired to bed around the late hour of 10pm. I went to bed immediately...trying to sleep off getting sick..Dan read a book for a while. Tomorrow we are going to Galway and Ennis.

Meteo: pioggerella

Saremmo rimasti a Clifden, ma non c'era posto. Andiamo a Sligo, tappa intermedia per il trasferimento nell'Ulster.
Ci fermiamo alla Kylemore Abbey, bellissima villa sul lago. Scattiamo qualche foto senza entrare, piove. Percorriamo il tratto fra Leenane e Cong, consigliato dalla nostra guida per una gita in bicicletta. Facciamo molte foto, il paesaggio invita. A Cong consumiamo un pasto frugale, c'è un bel parco sul lago. Facciamo un ...

Back to Ireland at last... ten and a half months later than I planned, but I got here! I was greeted by the smiles of Rachel and Marion, on arrival at Dublin airport, and we spent the night catching up and eating Indian, followed by a long lazy breakfast in the unexpected sunshine in Rachel's garden. While I was really looking forward to seeing everyone again, I had been dreading my return to the Irish weather, so I couldn't believe my ...

... bagging out the band and stuff and the mountains surrounding the town, pretty kewl area though. just in a little town just outside of sligo called stand hill for some lunch and thought id catch up on my diary, just gotta go back to bus before they leave without me but missing you all heaps. bec

So here I am in Sligo (Paulas in dublin) finially getting the preperations in order. It has been a tough one organising so many things over the last while especially worrying if we would get our passports back in time (they only arrived today,2.5 days before the trip) from the Uzbekistan embassy in London (They are difficult to contact!). Similar happenings with the Tajikistan embassy in Austria (who are probably a bit better organised), with us getting our ...

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< br>Another grey and drizzly morning was upon us as we made our way to Donegal. After a tour of Donegal Castle in the middle of the town there, which was more like a fortified house than the grandeur the word ‘castle’ normally presents to my mind, we spent ...

Co Donegal

Killibeg to Donegal
Gotta love this city!

This loop, from Ballintoy to Malin Head and down to Killibeg then Donegal was a tough ~ 175 miles ~

Peace agreement was not observed between political parties, therefore, curfew is mandatory and we have to stay in house. That sucks!