Ireland Travel Experience - Part 8

Northern Ireland - which is part of UK and north east of Ireland is one of our tourist spot when we were in Ireland. Belfast is the capital city. Currency is Pound Sterling. We reached Belfast by 9.00 am. Travelling around the coastal area, the tourist guide explained about how Ireland was split into Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Northern Ireland had civil war between Catholics and Protestants in 1912 till 1960. The protestants wanted some part of Ireland to be formed under part of England. So the country was split and 6 counties came under Northern Ireland and 26 counties for the rest. 

We passed the sleeping giant mountain near Belfast city main road which was the inspiration for Jonathan swift to write Gulliver's travels.. Then we passed over the north channel where we saw Scotland 10 miles away from the northern most point of Ireland. Sea farming is famous over the coastal regions..Lime stones and black stones were seen all over the coastal way which were formed due to volcanic eruption some million years ago. 

We stopped at rede rope bridge at 11. am. where entrance was 4.5 pounds per adult. And last admission ticket was before 2.45 pm.We had to do a 15-20 min walk to reach the bridge. Took some snaps and we dropped at white bay view point for some more quick snaps..

The tourist guide also mentioned a funny incident happened in the rede rope bridge. During the visit of this bridge, a lady was so much afraid to cross it. But somehow she crossed it and was not able to cross back again. Then she was accompanied back with the help of a helicopter :)

After we finished exploring the bridge, we started heading to our main tourist spot of the day. Let that tourist spot wait until my next post....

To be continued...