Thursday, 4 October 2012

IRELAND DAY FOUR - INIS MOR, ARAN ISLANDS

Man a bit over these early starts but they have all been worth it so far. I'm sure Inis Mor will not disappoint :) Took a 45 min bus ride to the Ferry. Now this was one ferry ride that I was so happy to see finish. The sea was so rough and I was so sick, I got off that thing green! I settled pretty but swore black n blue that I was now a permanent resident of the islands :) We had choices here, we could either hire a bike, a horse n carriage or just walk around the island for the day. Me Julie and Chelsea decided that the best way was the horse n carriage as someone couldn't ride a bike eh Chelsea ;) Turns out it was the most fun way, had a cool guide and our horse was called Dolly :) We were taken to an area where we had to get off and walk about 20 mins to  Fortress Dun Aonghasa, this place is a 3000 yr old iron aged ring fort perched on the edge of a 300m cliff above the water .  You could actually lie on these ones and hang right out over the water depending on how brave you actually were. I did a little but Jatini, man she went all out :) The horse n cart was waiting for us once we got back to the drop off point.  We were then taken on a tour of the rest of the island.  We saw some seals, old ruins, miles n miles of stone walls,  3000 miles of them  in fact. The locals of Inis Mor speak fluent Gaelic, it's pretty awesome to listen to. Not one I think I would have a hope in hell of learning ever :) Dolly out horse could smell home and close to it she bolted, she couldn't wait to get home. We still had some time before the ferry was going back, yes I changed my mind I was ready to face the wild seas and risk looking green again :) We stopped into a restaurant and had a good feed of a massive serving of Fish n Chips, so delicious but seriously it was massive and boy do the Irish know how to fry an awesome chip!  However much to our horror some weird chick had decided it was a good idea to strip down to her underwear and go for a swim in the harbor,  it was freezing, but i guess as the saying goes "no brain no pain" Now time for the ferry ride home and yes is was a good one, the seas had calmed down so I felt ok. Got back to the hotel but no one was very hungry so we decided to just go to a pub for some good Guinness and some good Irish music. Had a good night chatting and laughing with new friends.

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