What is going on members of the Barrio
It's Jon coming to you from Killarney, Ireland
On the Southwestern part of this amazing country
And i'm going to be here for a week and a half
Exploring, I'm starting off today
I'm going to go a travel blogging conference called TBEX
And they're taking us on a tour of Killarney National Park
Which is one of the most famous parks in the entire country.
Let's go check this out
And this is our little bus compared to all the huge ones here
I've got this really cool castle behind me, it's called Ross Castle .
I believe it's from the 1500s
And we're going to be kayaking on this lake right behind it
Has everybody kayaked before
All professionals ?
Sort of.
Are you all good at the lambada?
Well that's a strange question
Because this morning you're going to be going under a bridge
Where you're going to have to lie back
As you go under, to get out to the other side of the island
We've got like professional wetsuits on right now
It's actually starting to rain, it wouldn't be Ireland unless it was raining a little bit right
So check this out
And let's get in the water with my go pro
Alright guys want to say hi? Hello
Staying warm?
This is the natural Irish weather
Natural Irish Weather
Fantastic
We've been doing all sorts of crazy stuff in the water here
We have been racing, we've been going underneath rocks
I have no idea how those go pro shots came out
But I do have Elly behind me
She is paddling doing a lot of the work
She has a really cool blog
I'm going to link to it below
She's a little camera shy
But she is a great kayaker
And also from Hawaii
So I owe her a lot of credit for some of those cool Hawaii videos
Say Hi Elly, Hi Jon
We're getting all that rain that we didn't get. We brought the rain to?
You brought the rain thank you very much guys. Oh you're welcome
You kind of have to do like that.
You ready , go..
Now i'm ready
We're alive, everyone is waiting for us
The kayaking tour was really cool
But I think all of us here want to stay dry
Get warm, so we're going to get lunch right now
And then we're going to do more exploring
I ordered the lamb, i've been told that it is legendary here.
That this is like a 5 course meal coming up
PIgeon
The lamb in Kerry is absolutely exquisite
Because the sheep graze all up the mountains
And in the sides of the hills around here
And they drink the water washing down the rivers and streams.
Down the mountains
And they're eating heathers and lovely thurbidge and those unpolluted unfertilized grazing.
Probably the tenderest, best lamb I have ever eaten before
Walter was on to something
I just finished that 5 course meal which was incredible
I know that this is not a luxury vlog But we can pretend once in a while.
Now we're going to go with a local guide to the national park.
From everything I've heard
It's the first national park in Ireland
This is going to be a very interesting tour
Here you are in 10,000 hectares of the, i'm not biased at all.
The most beautiful land.
That you could ever wish for
It's absolutely fantastic
It's my 2nd overall day in Ireland
And the sun has yet to shine
I'm keeping my fingers crossed that we will get an hour or two of sun at some point
In the next week and a half
And ignore the sound of that drone behind me
It's actually not me for once flying it.
So he's the tour guide?
Yeah, absolutely.
I have Peter with me from the Irish tourism board.
And I want him to judge my Irish accent
And i'm going to tell him what I heard yesterday
At the restaurant during my first dinner.
Ok Peter, ready to rank this?
Let's go?
He told me and i'm going to do my accent.
You have no seen Ireland, unless you've been to the south?
How is that?
You know who Connor McGregor is?
Yeah
Like Connor McGregor
I'll give it a 6 out of 10
A 6 out of 10
That's not bad
There's room for growth so
We'll do it at the end of the event
We'll see how your accent has improved.
What happens if you hug a tree in Ireland?
All of your stress is going to leave you
The national park is absolutley beautiful
Especially when the sun does actually come out
After a lot of rain
Very green, as you would imagine with all the rain they get here
Really cool as I step over puddles
This national park is absolutely gorgeous, if you are coming to this part of Ireland
You would seriously be doing yourself a disservice
Not to be hiking here
Stunning views everywhere you turn
And now with the sun out, i'm really enjoying this day
Originally when Killarney grew up, it would have been a really popular, hunting, fishing area.
And they used to get groups of men who came together
To do shooting parties
To try and hunt deer
And shoot all the deer
And that's how it originated, stag parties they were always male parties
Where they went after the deer
That's where it came from.
And now we have them all out here? All out there
Is this normal after a hiking trip to drink some gin. It is yep
This is what I call the end to a tour, we are getting local gin
Fun tour
Alright members of the barrio, vlog number 1 from Ireland is in the books
That was an amazing day walking around Killarney national park
As I said before
You must check it out
If you do come to this part of Ireland
Special thanks to TBEX and all the sponsors
For letting us come out for the day, i'm going to be putting some links down below
To the kayaking and the walking tour
I've got at least 4 more videos coming out from Ireland
So make sure you're subscribed so you don't miss out on anything
Guys thank you so much