http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ireland/County-Kerry/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Ireland , County Kerry en-us Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:09:57 +0000 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:09:57 +0000 Howdy folksWell here I am 3 weeks before my travels and still no Visa even though I have booked my return flights tut tut getting used to using this blog craic. And it doesn't seem too bad yet.Basically the plan is to fly to New Delhi and make my way to Kathmandu in Nepal by train and bus. From there fly to Lukla which is where most people start their ascent to Everest Base Camp. Climb to http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ireland/County-Kerry/blog-440858.html Today we drove into the town of Killarney. Yesterday we drove the Ring of Kerry. We ventured off the main path and found some old castles and stone forts that had ben mentioned in a book we had. It was well worth it. We had each place to ourselves and didn't have to deal with any tour buses. We found a pull out spot along the road with an overlook of some cliffs and the beach to set up camp http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ireland/County-Kerry/Killarney/blog-440490.html Well we have made to the town of Tralee which is southwest of Limerick. We spent two nights in the town of Doolin. We rented bikes...again... and rode up to the cliffs of moher. The man explained 40 minutes up and less than 20 down. Man was he right. The views were amazing. In our Morrison fashion we needed a little more than the views that could be reached by tour bus. We enquired at th http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ireland/County-Kerry/Tralee/blog-439946.html The following pictures are from July 7 8 and include The Dingle Peninsula Circle Tour Dingle Town Inch Beach and Killarney National Park. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ireland/County-Kerry/Dingle-Peninsula/blog-439163.html Thursday 3 SeptemberThis morning we were excited to go on the Ring Of Kerry excursion. We were lucky that the rain looked like it was stopping Perfect timing. We drove off on some very narrow and dangerous roads. At one time there was a near accident when some idiot overtook us nearly hitting oncoming traffic. The coach driver rang his licence plate into the police. The views were finally what http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ireland/County-Kerry/Killarney/blog-438278.html Wednesday 2 septemberBags and breaky 7am Leave 8amThe pastries at breakfast were delicious. We headed off in fairly nice but drizzly conditions to the National Irish Horse Stud. I thought it was going to be a boring stop but it was a lovely peaceful morning. The highlight was seeing Vintage Crop whorsquos in retirement there. We saw the stallions especially Invisible Spirit who had covered http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ireland/County-Kerry/Killarney/blog-438276.html Some picture with notes to follow... http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ireland/County-Kerry/blog-436518.html Presently we're in Killarney Ireland. We've been on the road for a fair piece now. Internet connections are not always as handy as we would like and are often more expensive than we like. So we haven't been contributing to this blog as frequently as we had expected to.We're both well and enjoying ourselves and hope to make more frequent posts to this blog from now on. We spent a few days ca http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ireland/County-Kerry/blog-436515.html Ballybunion was once a very popular seaside resort with Irish families until the late 1960's. Thousands were attracted to its sandy beaches its busy main street filled with pubs for the adults and fun parlours for the kids. However when cheap package holidays to Mediterranean resorts became trendy the Irish holiday became less attractive. Better weather more interesting food and a sophisticat http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ireland/County-Kerry/blog-435655.html Allo readers. What's the craic It's me again and this time I'm on timeI would like to make a point. After spending a week driving along the south coast of the beautiful country of Ireland I am quite convinced that I have discovered a conspiracy behind the ldquodroughtsrdquo we were forced to endure when growing up in Gunnedahhellip. Ireland has been secretly stealing all the rain from th http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ireland/County-Kerry/Dingle-Peninsula/blog-434410.html Today I left Killarney but on the way out stopped off to have a look at Ross Castle and St Margarets Cathedral. St Margarets is huge and I was allowed to just wander in. The door seems to be always open. It was very peaceful.Headed out through Killorglin Milltown Castlemaine Inch and arrived at Dingle. Dingle is very nice. Went to another milltown which plays havoc with the GPS as aft http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ireland/County-Kerry/Killarney/blog-432493.html Had a wonderful sleep and even better breakfast. This morning I ordered the traditional Irish breakfast. The black pudding was excellent. Left Rivermount House at 9am and headed along the coast stopping at each town along the way.I avoided the beara peninsula and made it to Kenmare which is just south of the Ring of Kerry. This is about a 180km loop around the Iveragh Peninsula. I ascended http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ireland/County-Kerry/Killarney/blog-430838.html So here is a short clip of Ireland. We are at Dingle which is on the droopy little peninsula in SW Ireland. The Emerald Isle is green from rainshowersdrizzlemistfogsoft daysliquid sunshine all of which happen every day. We had no luck of the Irish as our Ryanair The On time Airline wasn't by an hour and a half out of Paris to Dublin. FU Ryanair We missed our prepaidno reimburse bus http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ireland/County-Kerry/Dingle-Peninsula/blog-426496.html We recently returned from a two week family holiday in beautiful green Ireland. We enjoyed it all. One of our favorite places that we plan on returning to someday is Loch Lein Country Home in Fossa County Kerry just outside of Killarney. This is a four star hotel. The views are stunning. The service is the best and the food and accomodations are outstanding. The rooms are large and plush. P http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ireland/County-Kerry/Killarney/blog-424643.html went to Killarney to get a tour bus for the dingle penincula was ok saw lovely views and landscapes of ireland but being on a bus for so long got boring and so did the driver http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ireland/County-Kerry/Dingle-Peninsula/blog-421409.html It was raining when we got up this morning and continued to rain as we had our breakfast and packed up our car to set out for the Ring of Kerry. It rained during the ENTIRE drive about 120km worth The Ring of Kerry starts just down the road from where our BB was so we left right after breakfast to get started in hopes of avoiding the tour bus traffic coming in the opposite direction. We dro http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ireland/County-Kerry/Tralee/blog-420417.html Tuesday July 7 We had a good nightrsquos sleep after our busy day but as we were drifting off we heard the dolphins whistling to each other in the bay. We began our day with breakfast at the Last Cottage Eggs bacon which is more like what we call ham here in the states white pudding scones tea and muesli. We also met the young couple staying in Margaretrsquos 3rd room Laura an http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ireland/County-Kerry/Dingle-Peninsula/blog-417264.html Friday and Saturday June 2627 Dinging Around DingleThe Dingle peninsula is one of the most amazing parts of Ireland. Itrsquos like a smaller but less crowded version of the Ring of Kerry with a little bit of everything including ancient ruins the ocean farms the mountains and music in every pub. There are over 2000 archeological sites in Dingle. One could spend an entire trip in this a http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ireland/County-Kerry/Dingle-Peninsula/blog-416578.html Today we take a short drive to Dingle a charming gaelic speaking fishing village. Had some free time in Dingle to shop and do a little lunch and then a pleasant tour around Slea Head. Slea Head was pretty amazing. Quite a view. Tonight we stayed in our very own Irish pub The Randy Leprechaun in Annascaul on the Dingle Peninsula.At The Randy Leprechaun it is in own Pub and Hostel in one. Some http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ireland/County-Kerry/Dingle-Peninsula/blog-410193.html I need to appoligize. I have been trying to catch up on my blogs and I am trying to recall back like 8 days ago. As most of you know my memory is total rubish. So if the information is not all that exciting that is my bad. I just cant recall everything that I did. Sad I know.But here we go none the less.Today I have the wild atlantic ocean by my side as I cruised down the West Coast. I ran ar http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ireland/County-Kerry/Killarney/blog-409508.html