We traveled by a double decker bus from Galway to the ferry depot near Connemara to catch a ride on one of the ferries that taxi tourist and locals back and forth to one of the three islands. I took a few pictures of the boats that were docked near the ferries and also of the surrounding countryside. (so pretty)
The trip from the main land to Inishmore was about an hour long, and I'm grateful that I don't have a weak stomach since the ride was a bit turbulent from all of the rocking surf. It is really a beautiful sight to see the spray coming off the side of the boat as it plows through the waters off the West coast of Ireland.
When we arrived, we were supposed to explore the island on bicycle to help us get a much more up close view of the island.
The island was remote and surprisingly untouched. Mid-way through the bike tour we ended up on the west side of the island where we were to meet as a group to have a reader's theater performance of J.M. Synge's play "Riders to the sea.". That turned out to be an interesting performance considering the play in which it was being performed.
In order to get to the location for our play we had to first traverse a long and steep hill up to the cliffs of Dun Aengys which has a fortress that was built approximately in 2500 b.c.
At the top of the hill is another cliff similar to the cliffs of Moher, but with one interesting difference. There is no barrier to prevent people from leaning over and falling from the cliff.
The following are just a few more shots that were taken of this spot and from this view.
To close the day, we made our way back to Dublin to stay the night at another hostel right down on Temple Bar. What an experience that was. The room we were assigned opened out onto the street directly overhead a very noisy and raucous pub.
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