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Day 7: Dingle Peninsula

September 14, 2007

We are driving to Dingle town on the Dingle peninsula

This is Inch Beach. It's on the way

We sat here for awhile while I tried to get over the kitten incident

The Dingle peninsula is huge and very scenic

Still driving along on the southern part

Lots of green. We are definitely in Ireland

And now the sun is out - yay!

Other tourists were at this pretty spot too...

OK. This might have been our favorite spot in the whole trip

This is Minard Castle. One-lane sketchy road getting here

All the giant round stones were naturally tossed from storms

It was just so peaceful and beautiful

Close-up. You couldn't climb in it, unfortunately

Green rocks and stream going into the ocean

I told you we liked this place

Trying to get the boat in the distance

Now you can see more of the rocks

Last one! :)

Ok now we're at Dingle Bay; Dingle town is to the right

Harbour at Dingle Bay

Guy selling tons of olives at the street market

I told you dolphins were vicious!!!!!!

The super-fantastic view from our awesome B&B

Our room at Emlagh Lodge

The amazing view from our room

Now we went out driving. We did the Slea Head loop

Along the way there are ancient beehive huts

These are about 1000 years old, and still waterproof

Hi, Matt

They have a whole little city of them

A better shot of a beehive hut

baaaaah

The Dingle peninsula has lots of green cliffs

...and water. Lots of picture-taking opportunities

It's so pretty everywhere

The drive takes forever because you pull over a lot

See the sunbathers?

We had the best weather too

Don't fall, Matt

I'm running out of scenery captions

Matt and more green cliffs

We're pretty high up

The ramp is for boats going to the Blasket Islands

You can see the Blasket Islands in the distance

Now we've driven around the tip of the peninsula

These flowers are EVERYWHERE

Here's an example

Gallarus Oratory. This thing is about 1500 years old

And waterproof, and these didn't use any mortar

From inside the Gallarus Oratory

Back to the scenic cliffs

Random town (I use the word town loosely)

Almost done with the drive

baaahhh again

Here's our B&B. It faces the harbour. Looks like a postcard

Walking into Dingle town from the B&B

Dingle town