Doolin & Aran Islands

Ok, so it is Friday and I'm sorry I haven't been able to get to a computer. This one I am on is shitty so I can't put any pictures up. I will be able to in 2 days when I get to Gallway...

Anywho... in Dooblin, we, Jonathan (Israel), Yuval (Israel) and Kyle (Canada) headed out to the most AMAZING pub in the world.

It was so quaint and there were 6 people sitting around a bench playing traditional, and i mean traditional, Irish music. It was so amazing I almost cried! WOW... wait until you see the video. It was so so so cool.. we had a few guiness (shocker) and Kyle (Canadian) tried to introduce Yuval & Jonathan (Israel) to car bombs (they are so good here), but they didn't like chugging a beer. It was funny to watch!

The hostel we were in, Paddy's, was alright. We were able to get a 4-person room for all of us and so that worked out well. Kyle had to hitch to a nearby town to get us all $ because we heard there were no ATMs on the Aran Islands (turned out to be incorrect later). That was fun for him as he met a really cute dog.

We got to the pier to catch our ferry and sat in the sun for about an hour and laughed. Really nice...

OK so the ferry... wow... it was like from a movie... we were tossed and splashed and had to hold on to keep our footing. The waves were crashing up against our boat and people were getting a bit sick (not throwing up)... it hurt my shoulders quite a bit and they were sore for the rest of the day, but it was my coolest experience yet. We landed on the smaller island Inisheer and decided that we would return after visiting the larger island. So, we took a second ferry to Inishmore and it was just so wonderful. Good converstaion along the way with Jonathan. So, we got there and checked out the close hostel and decided to go check out the one we had reservations at (Manister house)... So, we took the 2K treck UP a hill with all our luggage and FELL onto the couch upon arrival. The hostel was TOO far away, but seemed ok. We went back down the hill to the grocery store and Kyle and I bought groceries for dinner. We came back and made a beautiful veggie (he had chicken) spread with pasta... My mouth was watering eating it.

Then, we plugged in some music, played ass hole and drank guiness thought the night and had so much fun. The other guy in our room was named Paolo (From Venice, Italy) and he was so nice. He is learning english and I taught him how to play ass hole... very challenging but a great experience. They have no washers and dryers on this island. ok... so went to bed...

In the morning... I ... yes, washed my clothing in the shower and hung it up to dry! I know i know!!!

Woke up in the morning to really shitty weather so kyle decided to still take his bike on the island and the 3 of us took a walk to black fort.

I was blown away. We walked about 8 miles today and it was so fantastic. Some SERIOUS hiking (i know i know!)... We were hiking over these rock formations and crawling over the rocks only to arrive to the most amazing cliff in the world. It took our breath away. We spent about 2 hours there all around the edge and the fort and it was just amazing. Met Paolo (Venice, Italy) and he was just hysterical...

So, we walked back, took a rest, wrote in my journal and now we're going to cook dinner and then go out to the pubs (since we didn't make it last night)... more when i arrive in gallway in 2 days... tomorrow to Inisheer (where the bars don't close and there are no police and there is a cute little restaurant on the island)... fun fun... then the ferry to Galway...

Alright... bye for now!

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