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Yeah it really is a beautiful part of the world. If you get a chance, try and get to Clare's Cliff's of Moher. Also unspoiled and breath taking!

Hello fifitrix 100. Welcome to TravelGumbo and thanks for your comment. We have yet to find a place in Ireland we don't like! And the Cliffs of Moher are truly spectacular. Our write-up on them is at this link if you're interested

Imagine a waterfall with a precipice over three and a half miles (5.5 km) long and a drop of over 400 feet (120 m)!  By comparison, Niagara Falls is about 1/10th as wide.  Think of the millions of gallons of water pouring over it each...

 I lived in Spokane for almost seven years.  I love the region, a beautiful forested hilly area between the great mountains of the Cascades to the West and the Rockies to the East.  The Spokane River runs through the heart of the city,...

    In a most improbable feat of natural engineering, a beautiful nearly 200′ (60+ m) waterfall was plopped in the middle of nowhere.  At least many would call the rolling grasslands and eroded lava formations of...

DrFumblefinger visits an interesting fountain in Catania, featuring an ancient elephant carved of black lava, and an Egyptian obelisk.

How can you resist visiting a geologic formation created by giants?  I couldn't!  Situated on a five mile stretch of Northern Ireland's rugged Antrim coast, the Giant’s Causeway is well worth going out of your way to see.  In...