Ireland Photo Gallery: The Wild West Coast It's Ireland's Gilded Age! So go on: Surf a mythic 40-foot (12-meter) break, kayak the crystalline coastline, and hike the unmarked wilds. But please, for your own good, don't step in the fairy blood. Photograph by Alex di Suvero
We were invited to attend a sea kayaking guide course, taught by Jim Kennedy (pictured). The government currently subsidizes students' sea kayaking classes. Universal sea kayaking—progress indeed!
Jim is a champion distance paddler and coach. He and I shared a tandem with my cameras and no dry bag. Here, I was holding my camera backwards at the water's edge. —Contributing Photographer Alex di Suvero