Traveling to Ireland would be a once-in-a-lifetime experience exploring everything from the scenic Wild Atlantic Way to the picture-postcard towns in the Lakelands and the sublime pleasures of cities like Dublin. But, it doesn't necessarily need to have all that travel and the attendant hassles. A NY travel photographer has been there and done all that.
Most people are a bit hard-pressed to hop on board a jetliner to cross the Atlantic. Those interested in seeing the country can now skip the hassle of traveling on an inter-continental flight and then tramping around 26 counties. Just sit back and thumb through a book of pictures that has all the memories and delights of an Irish holiday.
In fact, the book's buyers get to experience the holiday's best parts without the irksome things that need to be faced in person. The Cliffs of Moher in County Clare are among the country's most-visited tourist attractions. This also makes it a tourist trap that forces visitors to pay through the nose and survive parking woes, the gift shops and hordes of tour bus groups.
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.
Someone flipping the pages of a book need experience no such pain. A turn of a page and the blink of an eye is all it takes to reach Kilkenny. No train tickets need be bought.
The best part of an Irish vacation is possibly a visit to County Cork to see Blarney Castle. It is said that the famed Blarney Stone blesses those who kiss it with the gift of eloquence. Wonder if an travel photographer's images of the Blarney Stone have the same power to grant a gift of the gab. It is very much within the realm of possibility, because a picture is, after all, worth a thousand words.
Most people are a bit hard-pressed to hop on board a jetliner to cross the Atlantic. Those interested in seeing the country can now skip the hassle of traveling on an inter-continental flight and then tramping around 26 counties. Just sit back and thumb through a book of pictures that has all the memories and delights of an Irish holiday.
In fact, the book's buyers get to experience the holiday's best parts without the irksome things that need to be faced in person. The Cliffs of Moher in County Clare are among the country's most-visited tourist attractions. This also makes it a tourist trap that forces visitors to pay through the nose and survive parking woes, the gift shops and hordes of tour bus groups.
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.
Someone flipping the pages of a book need experience no such pain. A turn of a page and the blink of an eye is all it takes to reach Kilkenny. No train tickets need be bought.
The best part of an Irish vacation is possibly a visit to County Cork to see Blarney Castle. It is said that the famed Blarney Stone blesses those who kiss it with the gift of eloquence. Wonder if an travel photographer's images of the Blarney Stone have the same power to grant a gift of the gab. It is very much within the realm of possibility, because a picture is, after all, worth a thousand words.
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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