Cliffs Moher

On our second trip, we visited the Burren and the Cliffs of Moher (pr. mohair). Alas I do not have any slides of the former at the moment, but the latter are the third most visited tourist attraction in Ireland.  Basically, they're sea cliffs. So what you ask. Well, they're very high at 200m and jut out into the north Atlantic with Newfoundland the next landfall perhaps 5-6000 km away. They are also a good viewing point for the Arran Islands (Inisheer, Inishmaan, and Inishmore), and have some interesting walking tracks. The experience is highly recommended. Have a look at the attached photos.

The three dudes are Roy Jones, Kim Doo-Chul, and me. I'll let you decipher who they are! I'm staying with Doo-Chul in Okayama next week - more about that experience in a later post. The 'castle' looking affair is a 19th century folly of the kind that English nobility liked to construct, but it looked tiny from a distance against the massive backdrop of the cliffs!
This trip also visited the town of Gort. It's not that distinguished a place, except for one thing. It has a sizeable Brazilian population because they wanted to work in the meat plant and the locals did not. That was before the GFC axed the meat-works. Our session was held in the Assembly of God facilities, one of several evangelical churches in the town support by Brazilians. The church, if one can call it that, seemed to be in some sort of office building and included sets of drums, A-V systems, a stage with facilities for rock and roll bands, balloons and streamers - as well as plastic chairs. Religion, it seems, is meant to be fun.

That reminds me of my favourite George Bush joke. George is sitting in the Oval Office when an aide rushes in and says: "Mr President, Sir. I have terrible news. Several Brazilians have been killed in a fight with the Taliban. George looks shocked and gasps to his aide. How many is in a Brazillion?" Some members of our party were interested in this part of the trip ... they were Brazilians!

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