Friday, August 22, 2003 (Enniscorthy – Republic of Ireland)
Motoring through the countryside. Arrival in the
Emerald Isle.
Day 163. Once again I’ve allowed myself
to lapse a little with keeping the daily journal up to date. We left
Leigh-on-Sea several days ago and took Ree-Ree and Shalina to Heathrow airport.
We enjoyed their company immensely and Ree-Ree’s predictable tears
terminated our time together.
Since
then, we’ve spent the past couple of days motoring through England and
Wales to Fishguard where we boarded a ferry to Rosslare in Ireland. We
weren’t too interested in spending too much time in Southern Wales as we
are planning to pass through the supposedly much more picturesque Northern Wales
in a few weeks time. What we did see of it, as we passed through, was green and
lush but the weather never really cooperated and so we spent just a couple of
days in campsites as we travelled farther
Westwards.
Arriving in Ireland was a
real treat since it is another country we can now add to our list. Technically,
this is also true of Wales with the exception that I holidayed in Wales when I
was just a kid (physically that is). Our first impressions of Ireland were
initially pretty good. The sun came out and the people are very friendly. This
positive first impression was tempered, however, with the realisation that
Ireland is not a cheap place. Fuel is comparable if not a little higher in price
and we have found all the campsites that we tried to be pricier that their Welsh
and English counterparts. In fact, we gave up on driving even farther than we
have done this afternoon in search of campsites and have parked along the road
in the middle of Enniscorthy. At the going rate of fifteen Euro per night
(excluding electricity), I dare say that we may do this more often here in
Ireland.
Posted: Fri - August 22, 2003 at 01:11 PM