On the second day of our Easter trip we spent couple of hours visiting some places in Cork, and after we went to county Kerry ?Äï to the mountains, to the Killarney National Park.
Views outside the window were so beautiful, that I was taking shoots almost during the whole journey. Alas, the photos taken from the speeding jeep ware not so good, except one:
The unicorn statue towers over the road, and appears so suddenly that you can get an impression that this fairy tale creature is going to jump over the valley.
About 7 pm we left the main road for a small rough road that leaded through the long valley over the long lake to the foothill of the gravy mountains. Just down below one of the peaks there was our hostel ?Äï a nice old farm enclosure with the old white houses, chickens, goats, and fish swimming in small stone pool. Those hostels placed in old traditional (I guess) Irish enclosures are very good idea and they are the best places to rest after mountain hiking.
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One of the old houses of the hostel enclosure.
Kitchen, reception, and bed room of the hostel keeper.
Irish country roads, available only in the west of Ireland
Our hostel at night
On the next morning our company splited to two parties. The lazy one stayed at the hostel curing their handgovers. And the other one ?Äï including myself ?Äï woke up early and went to Killarney National Park to see the lakes, Torc waterfall and to have some mountain hiking on the path that leaded from the Torc waterfall to the top of the Torc summit. The views from the path were outstanding and remarkable. Unfortunately the path disappeared and we could only come back or walk cross-country.
Gardens of Killarney National Park
Gardens of Killarney National Park
Muckross Lake (click to enlarge)
Muckross Lake (click to enlarge)
18 metres high Torc waterfall
slopes of Torc
Hermitage on the slop of Torc
View from the slop of Torc to the Muckross Lake and Lough Leane (click to enlarge)
View over Upper Lake (click to enlarge)
Bush on the slopes of Torc
View over Upper Lake. Cross-country run
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