Blogs from County Galway, Ireland, Europe - page 37

Ireland -Doolin, Aran Islands & Cliffs of Moher Monday 24th & Tuesday 25th March Doolin is set right on the west coast of Ireland and right near both the Aran Islands and the Cliffs of Moher. It’s a great spot to stay - not only is it beaufitul countryside, but its close to a lot of things to see and do. The landscape is entitrely different from Killarney but equally lovely. Its more open, rugged and farm-like, yet the mountains and the coast line are right there also. The villages are not so far apart, Liscannor is only about 9km away, this is a sweet little town set on the river/ocean(?) and they are famous for the gorgeous Liscannor stone with which so many Irish houses and walls are made from. We are staying at Doolins ... read more

This past week, we had our program sponsored tour of Ireland. All of our lodging, travel, and entrance fees were paid for by Central. We had to pay for our own food, but the first hostel had a really nice kitchen and a Tesco just down the street, so we saved a lot of money making our own meals. We went to Ireland because it is a Celtic nation like Wales, and the two countries share a lot of history and culture. The landscape is very similar, as well as the food and overall culture. We spent the first part of the tour in Galway and the last couple days in Dublin. This entry is about the first three days of our trip. We got up on Saturday morning and took a bus to Holyhead on ... read more

Darren well the journey i've been eat, sleep and drinking for the last 6 months is finally here. tomorrow myself and Michelle will hit the road for Dublin for our flight at 6 a.m. on Friday morning. three weeks of no work. we're fairly gonna rack up the air miles (22,000 in total) and 7 different flights, enough of a carbon footprint for a few years. first up is Chiang Mai for 4 nights before we get an overnight (14hr) train to bangkok where we will spend two nights. Then its on to Phuket for two nights where Michelle is booked in for a couple of days in the spa so i suppose ill go too, to keep her company!! Finally we head to Phi Phi, to a small resort with a beach only 150 meters ... read more

this is the start of my travel blog that will take me from galway to dublin to amsterdam to bangkok to chiang mai to bangkok to phuket to phi phi and back.... read more

So this is our first blog entry and it'll be short because im hardly fit to compose sentences after last night. It was a great night. Seamus brought a few from our team out for dinner in Cookes (yum!!). After we were nicely dined and wined we headed to Buskers to join Jacinta and anyone else who had showed up. Well! By god was i embarrassed we had reserved an area! The bar was practically empty! Down by the back where we had reserved a few had gathered and it quickly filled up. Thanks to everyone who made the effort to come out. Really appreciate it. Unfortunately things got a bit wild then with bottle of champagne being bought for us (thanks girls!) and then someone handed me a sambuca! and its that sambuca that im ... read more