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Inishowen is a world destination -
travel guru
23.11.15
GLOBAL adventurer Simon
Reeve has discovered Inishowen and ranks it equal to
any of the world's greatest locations.
"Don’t tell people but (Ireland) is jaw-droppingly
beautiful. The landscapes in the inner Inishowen
peninsula in the north for example, which is just a
short drive from Derry, stand muster with anywhere
I’ve been in the world," he said.
The globetrotting TV star, who has explored some of
the most far-flung places on earth, can be seen in
'Ireland with Simon Reeve' which continues next
Sunday on BBC2.
He toured north and south and east to west for the
new two-part series last summer - grappling with
pre-held stereotypes along the way.
"I was incredibly surprised by the place. And
certainly I had stereotypes and clichés," he told
'Radio Times'.
"I suppose I thought (Ireland) would be more
cut-off, more reserved, more conservative, more
conventionally backward," he said. |
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Ireland with Simon Reeve. Photo: BBC. |
"The decline in the
faith in the church is a major change in the
Republic. People said to us from the very beginning:
'We’re thinking for ourselves now',” he added.
Reeve (43) added: "Things have really shifted. And
that's not just some muppet TV presenter’s idiot
observation. The number of people going to mass has
plummeted. The Irish are still a people of faith but
they’re not obeying the strictures of the church as
they did in the past – and you’ve seen that
obviously with the fact that they’ve become the
first country in the world to vote in a popular
referendum for equal marriage.”
But he admitted that there is one Irish stereotype
he could not dispel - and that's our relationship
with booze.
"I’m sorry to go with the stereotype on that because
I like to overturn them. But it is true: the Irish
like a drink, they like a giggle, they tell a good
tale," he said.
'Ireland with Simon Reeve' continues on BBC 2 on
Sunday, November 29 at 8pm. |
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