A discussion of the fine art of Adventure, and how to live in an Adventurous Manner, by several Gentlemen who know a (very) little bit about the subject.
While on adventure, or about the house, the importance of a good knife should not be overlooked or under appreciated.
I carry a knife with me almost everywhere, generally a small folding pocket knife. Maybe it is just me, but I find uses for it everywhere; opening letters and DVDs, cleaning fingernails, removing zip ties and packing straps, trimming errant flowers from a brides arrangement, cutting limes and stirring cocktails. I just feel a bit better prepared for the day when I have it, kind of like carrying a bottle opener.
We mentioned the official LGA Curios Cabinet in our last podcast when Gentleman Jesse presented us with the plaque of St Brendan’s Boat, so I thought I’d present some pictures of both for our listeners. The plaque represents the possible discovery of America by St Brendan in his leather canoe some 1000 years before Columbus.
The Hans Cottage Botel, mentioned by Andy and me in our recent LGA meeting as one of our strangest accommodation experiences, has a website. The copy on the site mentions the inhabitants of their lagoon – also a point of podcast discussion – and includes one which we forgot. How could we fail to mention that our hotel (pardon me – our botel) was built over a crocodile-infested body of water?
Also, and I’ll ask Andy to back me up on this, I believe that the gentleman pictured on the homepage may be the one who, in our story, was asked to remedy the coffee/tea mixup.
In any case, if you ever find yourself near Cape Coast, Ghana (not Kumasi, as we stated on the podcast), and are in the mood for a… unique hotel experience, we highly recommend the Hans Cottage Botel.
I’m just back from a short jaunt around the Republic of Ireland, and here are a few photos of the trip. The slideshow starts in Dublin, then heads to Dingle town. Then (the bulk of the photos) comes the Dingle Way – a walking trail that goes around the perimeter of the Dingle Penninsula. I hiked 41 miles of the Way, from Dingle town to the village of Cloghane. Finally, we finish off in the city of Cork.
