A trip to Ireland would be a dream vacation for most people. It's a wonderful experience to be able to explore the Wild Atlantic Way, meander through the beautiful Lakelands and its small towns, and soak in the thrill of urban life in Dublin. Well, the good news is that all of this can now come across the Atlantic, thanks to an NY travel photographer.
The advantages are pretty obvious, considering that most people would be hard-pressed to take a jetliner across the Atlantic for a holiday. Not to mention the hassle of traversing the length and breadth of 26 different counties. It's now possible to skip all this pain and enjoy the same thrill of Irish holidays with an art book.
Those who get the book will actually be able to skirt past a vacation's most distasteful parts. County Clare's Cliffs of Moher are an iconic sight and among the mos-visited tourist attractions in the country. Unfortunately, this popularity also means that visitors have to face a tourist trap experience with expensive parking, hordes of tour groups, gift shops and other such commercialized aspects.
Anyone thumbing through an art book gets to bypass all the commercial kitsch and simply enjoy the cliffs towering hundreds of feet above the Atlantic. Similarly, a visitor may be having a wonderful time wallowing in the warmth and comfort of heady Irish brews in the pubs of Dublin. Under these circumstances, a two-hour train trip from Dublin to see the medieval capital of Kilkenny hardly seems the wise thing to do.
There is no such problem for those thumbing through a book of pictures. The turn of a page and a blink is all that is needed to hop over to Kilkenny. Oh, and no train tickets are needed here.
Blarney Castle is similarly a popular tourist attraction in County Cork. The Blarney Stone is supposed to have magic powers to bless people with the gift of the gab if they kiss it. It's just as possible that a picture of the Blarney Stone taken by an travel photographer has the same magical power. After all, a picture is said to be worth a thousand words, and that's a lot of gab.
The advantages are pretty obvious, considering that most people would be hard-pressed to take a jetliner across the Atlantic for a holiday. Not to mention the hassle of traversing the length and breadth of 26 different counties. It's now possible to skip all this pain and enjoy the same thrill of Irish holidays with an art book.
Those who get the book will actually be able to skirt past a vacation's most distasteful parts. County Clare's Cliffs of Moher are an iconic sight and among the mos-visited tourist attractions in the country. Unfortunately, this popularity also means that visitors have to face a tourist trap experience with expensive parking, hordes of tour groups, gift shops and other such commercialized aspects.
Anyone thumbing through an art book gets to bypass all the commercial kitsch and simply enjoy the cliffs towering hundreds of feet above the Atlantic. Similarly, a visitor may be having a wonderful time wallowing in the warmth and comfort of heady Irish brews in the pubs of Dublin. Under these circumstances, a two-hour train trip from Dublin to see the medieval capital of Kilkenny hardly seems the wise thing to do.
There is no such problem for those thumbing through a book of pictures. The turn of a page and a blink is all that is needed to hop over to Kilkenny. Oh, and no train tickets are needed here.
Blarney Castle is similarly a popular tourist attraction in County Cork. The Blarney Stone is supposed to have magic powers to bless people with the gift of the gab if they kiss it. It's just as possible that a picture of the Blarney Stone taken by an travel photographer has the same magical power. After all, a picture is said to be worth a thousand words, and that's a lot of gab.
About the Author:
"Ireland in Word and Image" by Jay Ben Aldersberg, NY travel photographer, captures unforgettable images of The Emerald Isle. To check out this amazing book, come to the Jay Ben Images website today at http://www.jaybenimages.com.
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