_20060704_ On the way to Omey Island by Low Tide

Ancsa, on October 12, 2007, said:

nice car..:)

♫ Swissmay, on October 12, 2007, said:

Thank you Ancsa! But I didn't mean the car. :-)

It's the sea here, which I found interesting, because at low tide you can pass to Omey Island by car! see title!

Greetings, May

Ancsa, on October 12, 2007, said:

I know what u mean I just like that car!:)

♫ Swissmay, on October 12, 2007, said:

It was my hired car and did quite well. :-) May

♫ Swissmay, on July 3, said:

Merci, Domi! C'est ici, qu'on peut traversé la mer avec la voiture pour visiter l'île, quand il y a la mer basse. J'ai fait la photo à peu près au milieu du passage. Merci!

Une bonne soirée,

May

Hazel Coetzee, 2 days ago, said:

Good heavens, May - I haven't heard of Omey Island and it is amazing that you can actually DRIVE THERE at low tide. But then so much of Ireland was amazing to me, an old "Suid-Afrikaner"...!! ;D

That's a great photo, thank you - very very interesting. Our tides in SA are not nearly as pronounced as those in Europe - they only seem to advance a few metres higher up the beach and higher up the jetty, at high tide.

Warmest wishes, Hazel

Ancsa, 2 days ago, said:

hey May!:) I've just discovered now that it was a Ford Focus,and it's the same car which I learnt how to drive in this summer!:D "my" was black too!:P

Have a nice day!:)

♫ Swissmay, 2 days ago, said:

Hazel, thank you so much! It was an amazing adventure, I was surprised that the surface was so compact. I asked a local person who drove along from the other side, if it was safe at this time, he reassured me, but still, I drove cross-eyed to the island of fear, the water might surge from both sides. ;)) Warm wishes, May

Hi, Ancsa, congratulations to your achievement of the driving license! I liked this Ford Focus very much, it was brandnew, my only fear was, I might scratch it along the thorns, which stuck out in the narrow roads. But the only really challenge was, when I had to pass a tar-sprayer in function, but since the car was black... ;)) That was in 2006.

This summer instead I was very unlucky with the car company, where I rented the car. The first one they gave me, broke down after two hours drive, then I had to wait for six hours until I got an old replacement car Hyundai, which was a nightmare, not even the radio was functioning. I was prepared to anything on the lonely roads I usually choose, travelling alone. The first time in my life that I was tired of my holiday. I will never again hire a car of the company Sixt/Murray at Dublin Airport. Unfortunately I couldn't choose the renting company, because I hired the car through an agency on the continent.

My very best wishes, May

Ancsa, 2 days ago, said:

I really loved this kind of car,it's beautiful!:) and I see that "your" was brandnew(2006),as I can see it on the licence plate. When we were in Ireland, our car was a Nissan Almera,we hired it at the airport.

Im sorry that you had problems with the car company in this summer..:( I hope Ireland and the photos compensated you! :)

Waiting for ur new shots!:)