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| Our boat |
It was a cold and cloudy day. Got up early and headed toward the Aran Island. We decided to go to the closest and smallest island- Inis Oirr. It was only a 35 minute boat ride over very choppy water (verse 95 minutes to the large island). I managed not to get sick. I did abandon Adam with the kids. Alexandra got sick all over her mitten.
It was cold and windy on the island and we were stalked by a “guide”. We ended up jumping in for a quick ride around part of the island for 10 euro. We saw an old ship that was crashed in the sea in 1960 and left to rot. We learned about the 250 families on the island. Every person has a plot of land. If it has already been cleared then great, otherwise it has to stay as it is. Also there are very few gates, so if you want to get your animal/machine in or out then they just remove the stones from a portion of the wall and build it back when they are done. Their current main income is tourism but before it was farming/cattle. We also visited several other sites, including a grave yard, ruined fort and saw a “lepercon house”. Before heading to the playground and deciding to head home. Fortunately we all kept our lunch down. Upon returning, we saw more dolphins and a man took a swim for fun. Yikes cold water.
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| Before the ride started |
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| Dolphin |
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| a guide |
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| The destroyed ship |
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| The Lepercon's house |
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| The walls of each family's plot |
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| The Swimmer |
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