Cork20th - 22nd August 2009Currently sitting on a bus waiting for it to take us on the 3+hour journey to Kilkenny. The weather is incredibly ordinary, again, but we did manage to almost have a rain free day yesterday. As we leave Cork, there are cyclists on their way here from Killarney on the Tour of Ireland. We miss seeing them by only an hour or so. Lance Armstrong is racing with them and apparently doing quite well. Throughout this blog is going to be a big n...

Killarney, Co. Kerry17th - 19th August 2009 - Happy Birthday Biks!!We had resigned to the fact that we were going to spend most of the day on a bus, or in between catching buses, so it didn't disappoint us too much when, of course, the liquid sunshine was falling from the sky. We raced down the hill and had to do a little sprint (with all our packs on) to catch the bus into town, and avoid 20 minutes waiting in the rain. We made it into town and headed straight u...

Galway 14th - 16th August 2009So I'm currently sitting in the lounge room of the most fantastic accommodation we've had since we left Australia. We're booked into an student apartment at the University of Ireland in Galway. We're supposed to be sharing the apartment with others, but theres no one here, so we've got a full apartment to ourselves, for the price of a hostel bed. The only downsides are that it is a fair hike into the city, and Dan blew up the microwa...

Dublin10th - 13th August 2009After arriving at our hostel in Dublin, we had a really good chat with the guy in reception about all the things we should and shouldn't do in Dublin. He gave us a map and highlighted all the best things to do, and definite places to avoid. It was fantastic. We set off in search of some dinner and a few drinks, and headed off to a big food area the guy had told us about. However, we couldn't find the entrance, so we kept walking. It m...

Haggis, Highlanders and Hairy Coos Edinburgh - Post trip - 8-10th August 2009 Alright, so Edinburgh during the festival is insane. Absolutely crazy. People just walking everywhere, and the Royal Mile is jam packed with buskers and street performers and groups doing bits out of their shows. I cannot compare it to anything else I've ever seen. It was just mental. On the day after our tour ended we just strolled up and down the Mile and were handed enough flyers ...