Blogs from County Dublin, Ireland, Europe - page 127

so we arrived in dublin yesterday morning after a 12 hour bus trip. the bus was terrible! what a horrible idea. i'm not sure why we didn't check about flying, i suppose we just didn't think about it. our hostel is interesting. the room is tiny and there is only one bathroom for the entire floor of about 10 rooms. we are sharing a room with another girl and a guy. the girl is really nice and from australia. we have met so many people in the hostel thanks to a huge common room where the computers are. we haven't seen much yet because we were so tired when we got in yesterday. we walked around alot and all the sights seem to be in walking distance, which is awesome...we'll save some money on transportation in ... read more

Travel Period: 14 - 16 Apr 2007 A short trip to Dublin. Me and a friend got on Ryanair fly from Stansted (London) to Dublin. Not too far, just an hour journey. The airport of Dublin, surprisingly, was quite small. We then took a bus to Dublin city bus station (40min). Isaacs Hostel is just next to it, quite handy. I have booked it beforehand, £13/night for a mix dorm bed. Issacs is definitely impressive compared to other guesthouses. Not only was it the biggest of its kind that I've ever seen, it also has the most comprehensive facilities (by the standards of a guesthouse). The only downside is probably it's too busy, too many people. It has 200+ beds and I would say more than half of the travellers are Spanish (at least Spanish speaking)! ... read more

Its as easy as ABC.. Thats right Another Bloody Castle! Once you seen one castle you seen em all! haha no not really, every castle is that little bit different and all have their own special features.. Not sure what Dublin Castles are though, this was a rather boring castle I must admit, very big as many people lived inside its walls at one time but yeh not much to see.. I've seen better castles! From Dublin Castle I went off the City Hall which houses an exhibition about the history of the city, this didnt thrill me either or maybe I just really wasnt in a "tourist" mood today.. After City Hall wondered down to the Museum of Archealogy and History.. and yes this bored me too! haha must have been the mood I was ... read more

Have finally done some actually sightseeing here in Dublin now hehe, as opposed to just seeing the shops, my god have I seen the shops! Anyway last night I went on a night Ghost Bus tour on Dublin which basically just takes you around telling you ghosts stories all about Dublin with the guide trying to scare the beejesus out of u.. Didnt work with me but he kept getting these 4 American ladies it was hilarious! have some photos of this tour which i will upload as soon as I can.. Definately something I would recommend doing though.. Then today I went on an all day tour to Glendalough and the Wicklow Mountains, words cannot do justice to just how beautful this really was, have got photos, again will upload when possible, the scenary was ... read more

Geo: 53.3441, -6.26749Having fairly hectic week packing and farewelling...But the booked itinerary so far is - 31Mar07 Copenhagen-Dublin 6Apr07 Dublin-London-Mumbai-Goa (nice accom. booked week one Goa Hotel) Indian details yet to be nailed down we going to cover al ot of India though in 2 months 6Jun07 Mumbai-Sydney-Cairns arr 070607 *drive Port Douglas (nice accom. booked Port Douglas Hotel) 15Jun07 PD-Cairns-Sydney 16Jun07 Sydney-Fiji 22Jun07 Fiji-Sydney (nice accom. booked Fiji Hotel) 24Jun07 Sydney-Shanghai 27Jun-28Jun Train Xian 29Jun Train Beijing 3Jul Trans Mongolian Express 5 Jul UlaanBaator Mongolia 9Jul Irtutsk Siberia 10 Jul Lake Baikal Siberia 14 Jul Moscow 18 Jul ST Petersburg And To be confirmed- 20 Jul Tallinn 22 Jul Riga 24 Jul Vilnius 26 Jul Kiev ?? then train through Germany?? 29 Jul Get euorstar from Brussels to London... read more