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Best of Ireland: Achill Island.
Achill Island; despite having visited Ireland so many times, for some reason, no one ever mentioned going to Achill Island. I suspect it is an Irish secret so they can have some fun without the tourists. Yet, the cliffs are higher than Moher, the Keel and Keem strand are stunning beaches, it is far less…
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Beauty of Gliding Above Mayo, Ireland
This is a video story. Even better, few if any words. let’s start with the former castle home of Lord Mountbatten…near Sligo town. Then the flying beauty above R366 of the Connemara’s. Finally, the White Cliffs of Ashleam. Thanks to the amazing, graceful and beautiful footage shot by Doug Zajaczkowski. I hope this was fun!…
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Best of Ireland: Beara.
The Irish will praise Beara, most of which lies in County Cork on the southwestern tip of the island, as one of the most beautiful places on the Island. Given the expanse of Nature’s beauty here, that is both a great compliment and insight to the Irish tastes. Ireland is a cascade of nature’s beauty,…
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Discover An Doras Bui: Northern Ireland’s Hidden Gem
The most beautiful place you’ve never heard of: An Doras Bui, a shepherd’s hut in the Sperrin Mountains of Northern Ireland. More and more people are exploring the gifts of N Ireland, but it seems like it’s Belfast, the Giant Steps, Jameson, the usual suspects…they are missing out on one of the great natural beauties…
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The Best of Sligo, Ireland: the Land of Legends, as told by Sean Cunningham.
Ireland is a Land of Legends. The modern and the Neolithic live in close proximity. The tales of giants and warriors, lovers and spirits fluidly intertwine. In so many ways, the vibrant history of the Irish (pre-British colonization) is core to their character and a vital part of their present. Few places hold more of…
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Connemara, Achill, Sligo, Ireland. A video wrap-up. (And the amazing Sean Cunningham.)
In the past few years, I have spent months driving around Ireland. Nearly all of it. With few exceptions, it has been a series of visual and personal and altogether very Human revelations — which, when Fate tips it’s hat, travelling can gift you. But it does not always happen. With Ireland it happens again…
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Can you count the many shades of green? Give up. (Gleninchaquin Park, County Kerry.)
Stories tell us that the Goddess Eiru is the body of the island and thus the people are the caretakers of her body and soul. And with such abundance and gift of beauty, how could one not? Their relationship with the land is astonishingly strong. Such is Ireland. Few places represent this astounding beauty of…
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The best lodge in New Zealand? The magnificent Blanket Bay, Queenstown/Glenorchy.
Let us begin at the end: If you go to New Zealand, and you can stay at Blanket Bay, you must stay at Blanket Bay. There is nothing — lodge, resort, boutique, hotel — quite like it. It begins with an email. After our two-night stay, Tom Butler, the General Manager of Blanket Bay alpine…
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The mysterious world of Big Sur lighthouse perched 1,000 High on its strange rock
Point Sur lighthouse; I had been to Big Sur for over 20 years and never knew this isolated, exotic monument to the sea was open for visits. A must.
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UNESCO site: the magnificent ruins of Castel Del Monte, Grand Sasso mountains, Italy.
Another UNESCO site — magnificent, haunting and mighty in its ruin On of our travel goals is to see as many UNESCO sites as possible. Why? Simply because they are a guaranteed unique and magnificent experience — whether Angkor Watt in Cambodia, or Glendalough, Ireland, these sites are all so different, and all a tribute…
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Amazing history, hiking and the inspiring though sad tale of Jack London Park
Jack London was the original American outdoors writer…”Call of The Wild” and numerous other nature/adventure novels and short stories made him famous and rich. But his real love was this enormous farm which is now a state park. It is a stunning and complex place and far more than a park — it is testament…
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