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 Before your trek... Feb 03, 2008
By Zinta Aistars
"Writer & Editor"
I've long been a fan of the Globe Trekker travel series. Each one has its own trekker, apparently chosen for just that journey, with a great sense of adventure and humor, a willingness to go off the beaten path and take adventure (and misadventure) as it comes.
As I begin to make my own plans for my personal trek to Ireland, it was a no brainer to turn first to Globe Trekker. I plan to view many other similar videos, read various books (and down a few pints in contemplation), because my approach to travel is to do my research first, then leave the guides behind and throw myself into the adventure. This Trek's travel guide, Ian Wright, is a terrific intro to an Irish journey. He has the brogue, the humor, the silly grin, the willingness to bumble, wince, earn blisters, down pints, down more pints, get lost, grumble at endless rain, and make friends with locals to show us not how tourists get by, but how the Irish live.
Beginning his journey on the Antrim coast in Northern Ireland, he then explores Belfast. The Irish pubs are all you would wish them to be. He sports his first creamy Guinness moustache in a 150-year old pub (and I make note to find this idyllic place for my first truly Irish Guinness), slurping down oysters on the shell with lemon alongside. Next, he hitchhikes and rides trains along the coast south, to Dublin, then Cobh and Kerry. The eye glories in the Irish landscape of bogs and endless green, mountains wrapped in mist, stony cliffs dropping straight into the sea. Ian visits the Blarney Castle to kiss the Blarney Stone for the gift of gab... and comes up speechless. He visits Celtic ruins and makes pilgrimages and enjoys boat rides to more islands, fishes with an Irish fisherman for mackerel, and dances a jig with Irish maidens.
And drinks more Guinness. If this travelogue is at all accurate, this beautiful island has nothing else to drink from coast to coast but Guinness.
I'm packing my bags.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
 Five Stars For Ian Wright Jan 14, 2010
By Robert I. Hedges
This DVD was a certain winner for me: I love Ireland, I like "Globe Trekker", and my favorite travel host is Ian Wright: I was not disappointed. I have been to Ireland many times, and have always loved it for too many reasons to list in a brief review. In this DVD Wright visits some of the most famous Irish locales (Belfast, Connemara, Donegal, Dublin, Cobh, and Kerry, just to name a few), and manages to meet numerous unfailingly cheery people along the way; of course many of them are enjoying a locally brewed beverage to keep their spirits up!
What's not to love? Ireland is called "the Emerald Isle" for a reason: it's beautiful and green, the people are friendly and easygoing, and the historical sights are dense and interesting. This is one of the best episodes of "Globe Trekker" and I recommend it to anyone interested in Ireland. Better yet, visit yourself: you won't be sorry!
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 Globe Trekker Ireland Oct 23, 2010
By Nina
I was disappointed in this video. If you are a fan of blurry camera work and sped up train trips, this is the movie for you. There are occasional bits of information, such as the information on hurling, and you get glimpses of the different towns but it seems to have a lot of drinking in pubs and very little other than bike riding on back roads in Ireland. The actual scenery of each area is a bit sketchy for me. I would like a bit more content and better filming. I have been to Ireland twice now, and was hoping for ideas of new places to visit.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Really dis appointing Jun 17, 2010
By Joan Lartin-Drake
The host is delightful but the content is extremely thin. I have been to Ireland 5 times, for a total of perhaps 60 days, and I wanted a DVD to show my son, with whom I am traveling to Ireland this summer. I couldn't believe how little substance there is in this DVD. It was raining in Kerry, OK, lots of jokes about the weather but what about Kilarney, the Ring of Kerry, Dingle peninsula? It made me wonder if the previous reviews were written by friends of the presenter.This is more like a home movie with a charming but egotistical host. There was more focus on the host than the country, really, what a waste.
A little disappointed Apr 23, 2011
By Gibson7779
After going to Ireland for our honeymoon the year before I bought a few Ireland DVDs as part of a gift for my wife for our Anniversary. Since there were a few to choose from I ended up buying all 4 I looked at...this one I wish I hadn't. While it was entertaining in the fact that host goes around to different parts of Ireland and jokes around with the locals they do not show a lot of the land. We were hoping to get a DVD that showed a lot of places we were at (which were many), but this was definitely disappointing. This is more of a light-hearted look at Ireland without going into much detail. The host is a little goofy, which made it a little comical (being a young guy I like comedy), but was not what we were looking for. I found myself asking "Where are the rest of the sights?" after he would pass through a town/county and only show one or two quick spots. If you are looking for an in depth look at Ireland, this is not for you. Probably never watch it again and would return it if I could.
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