Ireland at last (PART 2)

The Ring of Kerry is 179km of road that circles through absolutely stunning mountains on the West Coast of Ireland. Our camera let us down a little with the long distance mountain shots but heres a couple of pictures of the coastline (its the Atlantic Ocean!). In the distance you can see the Skellig Islands where a community of monks settled in 600AD. The ruins of their monestry remain but we had no time to catch the boat to see it.
Traffic jam Ireland style.
On a beautiful sunny day we thought we were back in Lorne on the Great Ocean Road when we bumped into a beach full of people. And there were Surfing lessons.

Another few curves in the road and we arrvied at the manificent Cliffs of Moher. The photos don't do it justice but 12 Apostles don't even come close to this place for spectacular. The tourist office is built right into the hill and has a great exhibition that shows how the Cliffs developed over millions of years, the wildlife, weather patterns and human life on the Cliffs. The place was teeming with tourists but the car park is massive and nicely positioned out of view.

We were thrilled with the pub music in Ireland. Every pub had a collection of musicians, sometimes planned and sometimes travellers who'd walked off the street to play. We bought several CD's and a book of music for Jane to learn on her fiddle!!

This jam session is situated in a large room that is a cobbler's shop by day and pub by night. His tools are all just there on the shelf.

We've both had enough Guinness for a while now. But boy, it does taste good with oysters (we had to try it once!).