Back from Belfast

Belfast. The last of all my trips in Ireland. Don't get me wrong, Ireland is a beautiful country by itself. But stunning scenery after stunning scenery, after a while, all the coastal views + natural wonders + green pastures look the same.

The city by itself was pretty cool, much bigger than Dublin, buildings are taller, shops open later. Pubs are better ! Looking around, you will not get the sense of the legendary violent history that went past this city just a few years ago, protestant versus catholic.


Little lucky things happen to us on the way, like suddenly seeing this street march on the road.

Finding the Belfast politically charged murals

Locating the restaurant, Morning Star, named as Ireland's Best 100 pubs, and also for its pub food.

Finding the famous rope bridge open in the last week of the year.



Now for the unlucky, getting pelted by HAILSTONES when I was making my way back on the rope bridge. It was a cold, windy day to begin with. I was wearing my overcoat, jacket, 2 long sleeve shirts AND still freezing my ass off. As we made our way to the rope bridge, the sun came out. It was beautiful... blah blah blah.


The night before, we met a bunch of happy backpackers in the dorm that we were staying in. Happy, because they were all a bunch of strangers playing drinking games. The three of us already had a bottle of whiskey among ourselves, popped out the bottle of gin that I bought, started to drink their beer, cider and vodka. The night went by in a really hazy way, the next morning = HANGOVER. While hungover, I lose my contact lens down the sink. Hungover + Blind.

After we crossed the bridge over to the island, it started raining. There was no shelter. As we crossed the open, exposed bridge, rain started coming down on us. Then it felt like someone was literally slapping my face. Then i looked down and saw little white stones at my feet. HAILSTONES. Such is the nature of Irish weather, you get something new every 5 mins.



The Giant's Causeway was stunning, but after the rain and hailstones (Cold + Hungover + Blind + Wet), i was looking like a deranged person wondering around a bunch of rocks.