Rushveala Lodge Oughterard

Due to a number of reasons, my travel plans have changed.<br><br>Now, I will be leaving on November 10th, to arrive in Delhi.<br>I'll spend 4 weeks in India then fly from Chennai to Singapore on December 8th.<br><br>I will travel overland through Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Singapore and China, then fly out of Hong Kong to Perth on March 11th.<br> <br>I will send 7 weeks high-tailing it through Australia before leaving from Brisbane to go to New Zealand on ...

Day 3 led us up north a bit along the Atlantic Ocean to the Cliffs of Moher and Galway. <br><br>If you haven't heard anything about the Cliffs, I would highly recommend researching and visiting as soon as possible. The weather is a bit temperamental but it is honestly one of the world's most beautiful places. The cliffs are 100s of feet above sea level. They overlook the Atlantic and the water can be seen splashing up against the ...

... the national history museum in the morning and the Guinness museum in the evening was a very interesting contrast. I think I'm getting old...I almost enjoyed the former more. Maybe that's just because it was free :)<br><br>After the Guinness tour, it was about 7pm so we decided to try to find dinner. I've never really realized that I've adapted to Spanish culture until that point. We were out, wandering around trying to find ...

... a site to behold. We walked around the tourist part, but we were soon done with that and decided to venture off the beaten path a bit... Now I am sure you all know that I am pretty accident prone, so when we went to the area that was "off limits" (though there were a ton of people hopping the wall) I was a bit scared, but I survived and got the best pictures of the day from it. It was really neat to be off of the pavement and away from the walls ...

... this place ... is our luck running out?! Ugh. But okay ... we ended the night well, we met James and the gang, Galway born and raised. Drunk and comical. They were good guys to talk to. They told us about their jobs, schooling, what growing up in Galway is like ... blahblahblah. So it was nice. We stayed at McSwiggin's for an hour and a half or so, and called it a night. We met some nice folk, found out which bars were in ...

... was just long enough to mean we had to wait another week for a ferry as the prices for uk ones has shot up so much now as to make it unfeasable to go that way. That's all thnkfully behind us now, we have fnumena outside. All the work is done on her and we started loading up our stuff today hooray!! So excited!! Scruff is all sorted, it's a minefield of different information from differnt sources, I had to play at detective to get to ...

... I was about ready to throw in the towel when we turned down a road that had no cars on it. It was wonderful - and absolutely beautiful! We stopped a lot for water, ate bifis (basically slim jims/beef jerky) and saw lots of horses and cows (no sheep). We made it to Rossaveal early (ferry port) and boarded an early ferry (4:45). We arrived in the Aran Island of Inis Mor around 6pm. Ok, going to the next entry now...

... well equipped to handle all tourist needs. Oughterard is located on Lough Corrib and the Owenriff River runs through town. Though we didn't do any fishing, we saw lots of boats and fishing gear in the area. There are several day trips you can make from Oughterard, but two notable attractions are very close and we recommend both. Aughnanure Castle Located just outside of town off N59, this castle is ...

Music is a language that I miss. I miss the communication that comes through the subtle elongation of a note, the minute flash between the eyes of the knowing musicians who are in tune to the rhythm of the gathered few. So I was desperate, yes desperate to recharge my musical reserves. I needed to do something before I left to help me survive the next few months without a musical connection. It had been too long. 'What are you doing tonight?' Joy asked. With ...

... there, there was nothing to see. There is a display of the different marble pieces that have been quarried from Connemara, in colors of black, greens and red. The show room which sells marble products from the area, has the largest display of Connemara Marble jewelry in Irleand. Clocks, Marble eggs, chess boards ...