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30 June 2026
Kim woke up with vertigo this morning. This is something he had experienced briefly many years ago but hadn’t recurred. Perhaps it was the excessive heat with the underfloor heating and the thick blankets. We don’t have a big day planned today, with just some local sights in the area (and possibly a backtrack to […]
29 June 2026
Connemara Peninsula Today, we have our longest drive from Galway to County Donegal for a 2 night stay at a friend’s B&B. We were originally meant to break the journey into two days and have only one night stay there (and one along the way tonight). We left Galway at 0800 and as with yesterday, […]
28 June 2026
Moving north Today we drive north to our nightstop at Galway but with a scenic detour to the coast of County Clare. We left Killarney at 0830 and passed through Adare, a beautiful town with a lovely golf course. It was a bit hard to stop, so we kept driving until we had an unpected […]
27 June 2026
Today, we explore the Dingle Peninsula which is noted for its scenic beauty, just like the Iveragh Peninsula that we drove yesterday. It will be a daytrip, which sees us returning to Killarney for another night tonight. We left around 0800, after having a little bit of muesli beforehand. Driving along the north coast of […]
26 June 2026
Today, we drive the Ring of Kerry, a 179 km circular scenic route in County Kerry in the Iveragh Peninsula. It is well-known for beautiful landscape which includes villages, mountains, cliffs and the Atlantic Ocean. We departed Cork before 0830 when the free parking period finishes, and drove till around 1000 when we took a […]
25 June 2026
Getting the rental car We leave Dublin today to commence our road trip in the Republic of Ireland. We started our day with a hearty hotel breakfast before leaving the hotel around 0900 to take the bus to the airport to collect our rental car. It was a short walk to the bus stop, followed […]
24 June 2026
Jail Fail This is our only full day in Dublin and we had to make the most of it. Heading out about 0915 after a full hotel breakfast, it was cool and I had an extra layer on. We too the tram to Kilmainham Gaol (Jail), which is noted for holding Ireland’s political prisoners. Unfortunately, […]
23 June 2026
Flying to Dublin Today, we fly to Dublin on Turkish Airlines departing at 1325. We set the alarm for 0630, grabbed a light bite at the hotel rooftop restaurant before taking the tram to Aksaray for the 0820 Havaist bus to the airport. Despite some initial traffic, we got to the airport in only 50 […]
20 July 2025
Today is about enjoying the atmosphere (which I already was), seeing life in a different country, living my day-to-day in a different environment and escaping the New Zealand winter. I spent the morning at the gym then ate a sandwich seated in the pedestrian mall which I had missed yesterday. After a rest in the […]
19 July 2025
Leaving Romania With an 1100 hotel check-out and 1230 bus, I had some spare time in the morning to review my standby flight options from Istanbul to Kuala Lumpur. All options were starting to get worse so I booked the most expensive standby option on Qatar Airways as a further backup. I headed out to […]