Dingle, Ireland, to Cork, Ireland. Today was the biggest, most important day of the whole trip - my birhtday! And it was a day where Liz absolutely outdid herself! It was an early start to the day as the air was electric with anticipation. Liz woke me with a big birthday hug and the first surprise of the day - she had somehow in the middle of the night smuggled a present for me!! and what a present - I am now the proud owner of a Nintendo Wii (if only we had a ...

Galway, Ireland to Dingle, Ireland. After a reasonably slow day to the day, another great breakfast, and a last wander around town, we set off toward Dingle. We took the advise of our hostess and headed for a ferry that would cut around an hour out of our driving time, and bypass Limerick (a town that according to everyone we spoke to had no cultural value at all, and was well worth missing). The drive landed us in Dingle late afternoon. A small coastal town, h...

Derry, UK to Galway, Ireland. Leaving the campsites behind us for the moment, the plan was to find somewhere to stay in town when we arrived. We parked the mini in a centrally located, over-crowded carpark, where we met a lovely lady quite randomly that gave us hints and tips on what to do while in town. She and her daughter showed us into town and to a tiny street market (where we were later to sample some of the finest crepes in town!!) We found an internet ...

Belfast, UK to Derry, UK. This trip was specially tailored to see the giants causeway, the 8th natural wonder of the world. A few hours in the car, we were there in overcast weather, but that didn't really matter. this place is amazing! Talk about snap happy, we drained the battery life on the camera and took over 100 photos (they are to follow, promise). Two doses of scenic overload and we were on the road again. Derry, being the next point on the map. Very ...

Ayr, UK to Belfast, UK. Another early start saw us to the ferry in Stranraer, about an hour south of where we had camped the night before. The downtime on the ferry gave us an opportunity to catch up on blogging (to get this thing up to date!) and to figure out our next moves through ireland (because it hasn't been planned bar the locations). When we arrived in belfast, it was straight to the TIC to find a place to stay for the evening. After much deliberation...