Surfers of the world meet Ireland. Bundoran is one of the cutest, tiny Irish towns I have been to. This little town, known for it's great beaches and beautiful scenery, is home to some really amazing surfing. Surfers from around the world actually come to this town to witness the Irish waves for themselves. Bundoran is located in county Donegal at the very top of Ireland next to Northern Ireland, we actually drove through Northern Ireland to get there.
The place to stay in Bundoran is the Homefield Rock Hostel. This hostel has the coolest owners and the entire hostel is music themed, we're talking band photos, records, and posters plastered on every room in the hostel. The main lounge even has a piano, which we rocked out to on a few occasions. The hostel offers a ton of things to do. We ventured for the rope course. I've done many a course in my teen years, but this course was actually very intense. We got to do three courses, one of which was climbing the tower and repelling down. I even accomplished a leap of faith to a flying trapeze from a very unstable pole 50 feet up. The beaches in Bundoran are beautiful and hiking this town is a must. This walk is not for the faint of hearted though, some of the clifs we walked on had edges 100 feet straight to the ocean. One of these cliffs is used for cliff jumping. Kayaking and surfing are also extremely popular. 
Two of my friends even learned to surf on one of the calmer days and succeeded very well. The teachers were very nice and everything is set up directly through the hostels adventure school. Our room was themed in diva fashion, with Brittany and Mariah gracing the walls. A dorm style room runs for about 40 euros a night, but this included an adventure package. The price goes up with the more adventures you would like to embark on. The rooms are not the cleanest in the world, we had a spider issue or two, but the staff is awesome. The night manager stayed up with us till 4am playing guitar and told us the best places to eat and the best bars. There is a small nightclub in town and a few bars. The restaurant around the corner from the hostel had very traditional good Irish fare for great prices. This is a great way to get out of the city and have an adventure in Ireland. One of my favorite vacations I took while living in Ireland and a great girls weekend getaway.
Such great criaq! (English translation a great time)
We took Bus Eirriene from Dublin to Donegal. For students the price was a nine euro special roundtrip. This deal could not be beat.
No comments:
Post a Comment