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Originally Posted by Tarek Morgen
I dont remember the name of the area (but to my knowledge the next town was over 15 miles away. It was at the northcoast, in a small, fjord like area. When there was no fog (at about two days) you could see one ir two islands of the coast. It was about 3 hours drive from North Ireland. (But we regretted that whe drove through it. That was in August 2001, and when we entered Londonderry it looked like a war zone. No one was walking on the streets, garbage everywherer. Every second car was an armored Police truck..we were pretty glad when we got it behind us.)
Ah and the one who managed to get to the town one time with car for a supply run, (it took several tries because of rain, fog, and sheeps blocking the road) did encounter some communication difficults as seemingly nobody spoke english there (or wanted to).
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Mmm the North can even now with peace be
very grim and unfriendly, though the Fjord like place is almost certainly in Donegal...was it by any chance called Inishowen? That's also very close to Derry - which is a gawdaweful place, much of NI is like that, and I say that despite being from there (Newry, County Armagh, is my hometown).
Hopefully with a working government the 'sludginess' of urban NI will disappear, as well as the horrible segregation - it's a beautiful place when you see it shine, it just doesn't get to shine much.
If you ever come back, you should tour the South or West, we're friendly folk, our surroundings are stunning, and there's less sheep
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