We only had one full day in Belfast.
In order to ensure that we were able to see as many attractions as possible in one day, we booked a tour with Allens Coastway Tour which costed us around £16 per person. Our tour guide on that day was very friendly and entertaining. I can’t remember his name though. I wish I had written this down somewhere but I didn’t… It was not Allen for sure.
The first place that we visited was Carrickfergus Castle. We were given around half an hour to walk around the area. Given the limited time, we didn’t get to tour inside and only managed to take a few pictures with the castle as the background.
As we were touring on bus, we got to see Antrim coast road. I would say that it was one of the best landscape view I have ever seen so far.
The next stop was Carrick A Rede rope bridge. This was one of my favourite place on that day. The 2 km walk was breathtaking.
The rope bridge itself was a thrill. Let’s just say walking on planks hanging on a rope suspended 100 feet above sea level with no safety net was not my thing. The wind on that day was crazy too‼ I was holding onto a rope that was angled at 35° because of the wind and I am definitely not exaggerating. However, the view that we got when we reached the other side was worth the risk (okay, maybe I was exaggerating, a bit). I could sit there all day (partly because I didn't want to cross the bridge again) and admire the vast seascape.
Next was a lunch stop at The Giants Causeway Café. We ate our packed lunch there with Uncle Boy, a Filipino who lived in US that was on vacation. He was a bit too friendly but that’s another story to tell. :P
We then had a quick stop at Bushmills whiskey distillery because why not? Ironically, we went to the washroom and took our wudu’ there and ended up being the last group to get on the bus…which raised the question “did you girls buy many stuff?” HEH. We were actually busy taking pictures with the red phone booth outside...
The second last stop was Dunluce Castle. We stopped there for a photo op.
Our last stop was the main attraction of the tour - The Giants Causeway. I love the myth behind it; two giants trying to fight with each other and the causeway was one of the giant’s doing to reach the other giant. It had a hilarious ending too (read more of the story here).
We returned to the city centre around 7:00 pm and continued to wander around before returning to Tiqa's house. I was very satisfied with the tour. I saw gorgeous views, experienced wonderful stuff and learnt a lot of random things along the way. It is definitely something I would recommend to other people because the trip itself was priceless!
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