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Travel Blogs from Dingle
On the Road Again
On the move again, riding a bus through the Irish countryside. I caught the 11 AM bus for Dingle--a 6 1/2 hour ride due to transfers and waits in Limerick and Tralee. Impressions... A flock of geese in a farmyard. Trees with their trunks covered in vines, and their leaves changed to yellow, sometimes edged with orange. A thatched-roof whitewashed …
In Co. Kerry
... pour. It did not stop until we got closer to ballymarkeery. It was a bit scary as there was a detour onto a road that was not really suitible for high volume of traffic and rough terrain. We did not really relax until we stopped for tea at the same house we attempted to go to on route to Dingle. Then we went home.
I have some photos and pictures that will be posted. but am having difficulties uploading them and adding them as soon ...
Rain and Mountains
Last weekend we ventured to Killarney for a day trip. I can honestly say, when I envisioned Ireland, this was what I was picturing.
Killarney is a beautiful little town. The houses are all in a row and multicoloured. Little pubs were everywhere to be seen, and the weather acted very Irish (wet and cold, all day).
We ...
Day Eight – Dingle Berries!
... the Blasket Island Center. The Blasket Islands were inhabited until the late 1950’s. Several bad storms and crop failures on the islands forced the government to evacuate them off of the island. The population had been dwindling since the start of the twentieth century. A lot of the children had been immigrating to the mainland or America.
Life was ******* the islands. It was as Celtic as you could get. In the ...
Breathtaking Cliffs / Acantilados Imponentes
... y la pasamos muy bien. Fueron tan amistsos!
Saturday morning the owner of the hostel took me and two other guests over to Dingle in her car. I guess it's normal practice since they are so far from anything, and I really appreciated it! Dingle is a little bit bigger of a town than Cloghane, and it sits in a natural harbor. It's really touristy, especially on bank holidays like today! Around every corner there are traditional ...