Day Seven | Road Back to Dublin
We took the rural route back to Dublin instead of the faster 4-lane “motorway,” as the Irish refer to it. The rolling hills and predominantly agricultural landscape reminded me a […]
Day Six | The Wilds of Connemara Today was an easy, but long travel day, with lots of beautiful scenery as we drove through what’s known as the wilds of […]
Day Five | The Coast of Clare
We were able to get a later start today since our drive to the coast was not far. Although it was still a little chilly out, the sun was shining […]
Day Four | Road to Ennis
The Dingle Peninsula It looks like the weather is improving and supposedly warmer days are ahead of us. We checked out of our hotel after breakfast and climbed back into […]
Day Three | Ring of Kerry
After breakfast we boarded the van and headed on our way, this time to the Iveragh Peninsula. Our original driver/guide Mick was with us, but because of EU imposed regulations, […]
Day Two | Road to Killarney
After a leisurely breakfast, we loaded into the van and headed out to the town of Killarney , where we will stay for two nights. Our tour guide and driver, […]
Ireland Country Tour
LET THE TRAVELS RESUME! Well, as we all know the last few years have not been great for traveling. So getting to go on this trip with the same group […]
Mestia – Republic of Georgia
The weather was somewhat improved this morning, but the rainy conditions over the past several days left the trails muddy and less than ideal for hiking. At least that was […]
Road to Ushguli – Republic of Georgia
The rain was still forecast at 90% all day, so our guide Sofie switched the agenda to allow us to try for a shorter, less difficult hike today, and the […]
Road to Mestia – Republic of Georgia
Another long day traveling as we continue our quest to be captured by the Russians as we hike and photograph the dramatic mountains along the Russian/Georgian border. Ok, we aren’t […]
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