{"id":9633,"date":"2014-06-30T16:41:36","date_gmt":"2014-06-30T20:41:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dougbardwell.com\/db\/?p=9633"},"modified":"2018-03-06T23:32:54","modified_gmt":"2018-03-07T04:32:54","slug":"ring-kerry-tour-done-right-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dougbardwell.com\/db\/ring-kerry-tour-done-right-way\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ring of Kerry tour done the right way"},"content":{"rendered":"

Possibly one of the most popular bus tours is the Ring of Kerry in southwestern Ireland.\u00a0 Promising picturesque countrysides, exciting mountain roads and panoramic seaside vistas; it\u2019s got something that seems to appeal to everyone. Starting at Killarney, the typical tour takes a counter-clockwise tour of the Iveragh Peninsula in County Kerry with stops at all the big roadside pulloffs for pictures and at some of the obligatory souvenir shops.<\/p>\n

While thousands upon thousands have done the Ring of Kerry that way, there\u2019s so much more to be seen if you travel it by yourself.\u00a0 That\u2019s why I resisted the urge to visit there, until I had a couple days to spend and until I had my own set of wheels.\u00a0 This year, piloting my own Bunk Camper motorhome, I could stop at any vista that appealed to me, and could stay as long as I liked. Follow along and see some of the sights people on the bus totally missed.<\/p>\n

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Super Hint:<\/strong>\u00a0 If you want to see the Ring of Kerry without fighting the throngs of bus tourists, start your tour late in the day (as they are all finishing up), spend the night somewhere on the southern part of the ring and then start again the following morning when you\u2019ll be miles and miles ahead of the crowd for day two.<\/p>\n

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In August of each year, the people of Gillorglin spend a week celebrating Puck Fair and the centerpiece of the fair is a wild goat (the puki<\/em>) on display in the town square. To remember the unrivaled merriment for the rest of the year, they had a bronze sculpture made and erected it alongside the river.<\/p>\n

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First stop I made that the buses certainly passed was this charming area in Caragh Lake where a field full of horses and adorable ponies were grazing.\u00a0 Our neighbor actually raised Kerry Bog Ponies and so to see them actually grazing in Kerry, Ireland was kind of a kick.\u00a0 I probably spent a half hour here, taking pictures and trying to have a conversation with them.<\/p>\n

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