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The Wild Atlantic Way

Feluccas sailing up and down one
of the most beatiful areas of the Nile
near Aswan.

For me, just the mention of the Wild Atlantic Way es and quaint fishing villages. Watching this dramatic
in Ireland conjures up adventure and romance. The landscape from our ride was great, but it wasn’t until
rugged west coast route is the world’s longest defined Denis pulled over for one of our many stops that we
coastal touring routes, stretching from Malin Head to could hear the crashing waves, feel the gusting wind
Kinsale Harbor. Driving the highways and byways of the and taste the briny ocean mist.
Wild Atlantic Way is a dramatic journey of soaring rug- For a photographer, it would be hard to beat our stop
ged cliffs and lively historic towns and cities, and spec- along the highway near an imposing cliff with the ruins
tacular castles perched by the sea. Unfortunately since of ancient Dunluce Castle, one of the most dramatic
the Irish drive on the wrong side of the road, I would not sights on this trip. The ruins of the 14th-century castle
be doing the driving, But fortunately, we had Denis to are perched 100 feet above the rocky shore. In the
man the wheel, which made me an eager spectator in foreground sheep peacefully graze on the brilliant green
the back seat. coastline. I took my shots with my trusty Olympus cam-
We began in Galway and explored the Irish coast up era and a few more on my amazing Samsung Galaxy
to Belfast. The most spectacular stretch for me was Note 8 just in case.
the Causeway Coastal route dotted with sandy beach-

The dramatic scenery of the Wild Atlantic
Way. Right Mary waves under an ominous
ocean sky.

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