Tourism and Tourist Attractions in Northern Ireland as excursions from the seaside town of Bangor on Northern Ireland’s ‘Gold Coast’ (North Down).
People locally know that there is Free Entry to the Giants Causeway, whereas most tourists think that it is exclusively a paid tourist attraction. Hence we see it as a bit of a tourist trap. However, the so-called admission charge isn’t for access to the actual coastline and the picturesque basalt columns, but for the …
Northern Ireland for me is the perfect road trip destination, with short distances between close-knit tourist attractions, well-maintained roads, and just so much sightseeing in between. A good itinerary would be starting out from Belfast City Airport, where ideal bases nearby are either Belfast tourist centre (10-min drive) or the seaside alternative with the City …
When it comes to road trips the Wild Atlantic Way has to be among the best in the world. However, it can be so much better when removing the limitations of borders and restrictions of inland attractions. As technically the Wild Atlantic Way only include destinations on the west coast of Ireland. But many must-see …
This post is not about me. It’s about a good friend named ‘Winker Watson’, who is a bit of a rebel, and I obviously don’t approve of his shenanigans shared throughout this article. Anyway, Winker Watson is fairly well travelled, and through the 6-months prior to this toll fine, he had been road tripping through …
As an “Irish” blogger I am often asked about Irish things, like “where’s best to celebrate Saint Paddy’s day”, which is just a ridiculously hard question to ask me, given I’ve never celebrated Saint Patrick’s Day in my life. Because in the city of Bangor, along with many ‘unionist’ parts of Northern Ireland, there are …
A visit to Rathlin Island may sound like a full-day itinerary in itself, but really it can be easily added to a wider itinerary along the Causeway Coast. On our visit, for example, we started out from the seaside city of Bangor, we stopped for breakfast on Belfast’s Laganside, before making a detour past Ballymoney …
In Asia, I found the secret to many a girl’s hearts was through cute, fluffy, adorable, sheep. And this was no different with Fanfan, and I remember on her first visit to Bangor in Northern Ireland, when she’d sit in the back seats of the car, with my 3-year-old nephew, glued to the window, and pointing out …
We do spend much of our years in Asia, where I find myself with unlikely cravings for Northern Irish food. As in Southeast Asian cooking, it is rare to find even an oven in a home kitchen, and I can think of few regional beef dishes other than Thai Massaman, Indonesian Rendang, and maybe a Filipino …
