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| O'Connors pub |
First off, if you ever visit Killarney and want to stay on the cheap. Stay at Neptune’s Hostel. I can’t say enough about this place. The staff is friendly, the place is clean, and the other travelers were open and ready for anything. The first night I arrived around 8pm and nothing was open for dinner except a small convenience shop. I purchased a few things, needlessly, and went back to the hostel where two Israeli girls, Noy and Leeron ended up inviting me to have dinner with them. Though they hardly spoke English and I not a word of Hebrew, we hit it off. The three of us and several others that we met following dinner ended up heading over to O’Connors for a couple drinks and some local Irish blue grass music (Don’t ask me…). The band was very cool and even let Noy and Leeron jump into the mix with the metal washboard thing. I swallowed my Guinness and threw some darts with Brian until closing.
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| My new friend |
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| Muckross Lake |
I woke up the next morning and took a late start to hiking around Killarney National Park. I will say this is an excellent little town because you can walk 5km south or west and end up along a lake loop through the national park. I opted to go south and check out the famous Torc Waterfall and Muckross Lake. I like to give credit where due and having a waterfall 5km outside of your town is awesome, but seriously, this is a little baby waterfall. How does it end up attracting tourists from around the globe? I mean, yea… If you’re in Ireland and happen to be in Killarney, take the little amount of time and check it out. I’ve met some people that have actually come over to Ireland specifically to see this thing…
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| Torc Waterfall |
I know… RIGHT! It’s a little creek cascading over some rocks. It's very pretty and I would see it if you’re there, but don’t go there to see it. It’s not like it’s…
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| Iguassu Falls (Brazil) |
When I returned to the hostel, I met Dian. Though our group bumped into her the previous night, I didn’t realize how cool she was until now. She’s traveled since she was 19 and has been to 76 different countries around the world. I loved hearing about where she has been and what she’s done. She invited me to have dinner with her so we threw together a stir fry of what we had (Or should I say she had since I provided zero of the food). Turns out she was in Ireland for a house swap and was based in Galway. I hadn’t planned on leaving for Galway until Saturday or even Sunday, but she offered to give me a ride Friday morning. I may not know much, but I do know that you do not turn down a ride somewhere when it is offered. It couldn’t have been any better. We headed north along the coast and made a few wrong turns that turned into a few amazing turns. Cliffs of Moher, who? Yea, go to Kilkee and hike along the trail they have for their cliffs. Bam!
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| Cliffs of Kilkee |
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| Dian and me |
Yea, we swung by Moher and for 6 euro (per person) I’ll tell you how they look from out the car window. I never understood how any country can charge for you to see its landscape. Dian and I pulled off the road up-a-ways and trespassed over to the Cliffside. They’re nice and all but go to Kilkee instead. Plus, there is a nice beach right before the cliffs inside the small bay. We made it up to Galway safely and Dian invited me to stay the weekend. How could I say no?
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| King of The Burren |
