Belfast 22-8-2007

With the most beutiful weather we left Dublin in the early morning to make our route go North. Around the border with Northern Island the sun disappeared a bit for making place for some low clouds. No rain though! We went into the city of Belfast to find our way (thank you navigator "Tom-Tom Jane") towards False Street and Swankhill Road being the frontline of the Northern Irish war between the Catholics and the Protestants for many years. Reason for us to come here was to take photo's of the very impressive murals that can be found everywhere on the side of the old houses. Luckely the tension is take away a lot since the Godd Friday agreements but this area has still an atmosphere of that it does not need a lot to explode again. We did feel not unsafe here though and it is also very clear that the government tries to upgrade the poor area as much as possible. From Belfast it was only a little bit over an hour North to end on a most beautiful campsite close to the town of Bushmill and very close to the Giant Causeway that is concidered one of Irelands nature beauties. Anyway, right now it is not sunny but there is a little wind and no rain (yet). We are gonne make dinner and tomorrow we will start exploring this area. We are actually only 300 yards from an whiskey destillary so in case of emergency......! We keep you posted.

Leslie and Frans