Carrick a Rede,Giant Causeway & Slieve League

Day 2, we started off to Carrick a Rede rope bridge early morning. The bridge links the mainland to the tiny Carrick Island.

I am wordless and do know how to describe. You gotta see it yourself!

According to the Lonely Planet, the bridge is used by fishermen during the salmon season, however there are now very few salmon left. The area is exceptional in natural beauty with stunning views of Rathlin Island and Scotland.

A friendly passer-by offered to help us to snap a photo. Thank you!

The bridge's span is around 20m and is 30m above the rocks below.

An old man waiting to snap a picture for his wife.

I guess they are in their seventies, yet are still daring enough to cross the rope bridge. *Sweat*

Next destination - Giant Causeway. It is the most popular tourist attraction in Northern Ireland. You must be wondering what so special about these stones?

If you notice from the picture, they are all in polygonal fracture pattern. It is the result of ancient volcanic eruption.

We met some China men there. One of them presumed we are from China too. But when we told him we are from Malaysia, he asked have we returned to China for visit. We were confused and replied no. He then said we should go back to "拜祖先".

This sounds funny to me. I told him we are born and raised in Malaysia!!! He still think that we should go back to China to pray to "nenek moyang". Insane! Alright, I might have "祖先", but I have no idea who is my "祖先" and I bet my dad won't know either.

Forget about that. We just snapped as many pictures as we wished.

Lastly, we reached Donegal (a very small town) and spent a night there.

On Day 3, we drove up to Slieve League.

Wikipedia:

"Slieve League, at 601 metres, is Europe's highest sea cliff after the cliffs of Croaghaun on the northern coast of Achill Island."

Breathtaking scenery. It's very very very cold and absolutely freezing up there. Tak boleh tahan =p

We quickly snapped a few pictures and stayed in the car.

My next destination - Chonamara National Park. As compared to Killarney National park during my Kerry trip, this is totally wasting my time. All we got to see were just vegetation and mountains, which are not particularly impressive. Oh, I forgot to mention some resident horses which are lifeless.

We then reached Galway city and spent the night there. After staying at small town for the last two days. Galway city seems so happening to me.

Probably because it's Friday night, everyone was going out to have a pint - lots of people at the pub.

We strolled around the street and had dinner there.