Tuesday, January 13, 2015

Oban,Isle of mull and Staffa

Nature Nature Nature Nature Nature!!!
There are not enough words in human literature to describe about beauty of nature. Weekend trip to Oban, Isle of MULL, Isle of Staffa, Iona was so amazing that I wish I could live there for my rest of life.
Journey towards Oban itself is full of panoramic views of the mountains, lochs (lakes in galic) and islands, valleys then we enter to a small town called Oban. If you want to see complete Oban we should climb to hill top where you can see wonderful McCaig's Tower looks like replica of Rome's Colosseum. We took ferry to go Isle of mull, after 45min journey we reached town Craignure small village in Mull. Mull island has population of only 3000 and is connected to main land by ferry. Our Journey continued to-wards Tobermory biggest town in this island, it got nice harbor and colorful high street and distillery.


Oban


Harbour View from Top point in Oban

Landscapes in Isle of Mull

   



Next day we had wonderful bus journey towards Fionnphort to see Staffa (Fingal's Cave') and Iona. Staffa is volcanic island; this island is different from other places with natural pillars kind structures. I called this place as pillar's island. Sea was very rough, be careful when u travel in a small boat to Staffa, hahaha!!!


Isle of Staffa
Isle of Staffa famous for Fingles Cave

Getting there 
you can go to Oban by Bus, train or car from Edinburgh or Glasgow, From Oban you have only option to go to Isle of Mull is by ferry. Check ferry times and bookings if you want to take car to Island. Car is better transport getting around the Island, bring some physical maps as GPS and phone signals is quite week.
Going to isle of staff can start from other side of island, near isle of Iona, ferries won’t run if weather is bad. please check weather and call operators.
Food special 
Good fish and chip shops and you can get Oban whisky
Events and festival special to the place 
Accommodations

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