A 9-days trip all around the beautiful Ireland is about to begin: 2000 km from Dublin to the Giant’s Causeway, from the oldest whiskey distillery in Bushmills to St. Patrick’s grave in Downpatrick, from the breathtaking Cliffs of Moher to King John’s Castle in Limerick.

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RESPONSIBLE TRAVEL

If we want to travel the world, we need to have a world. As the climate suffers visible changes all over the Earth, today more than ever we have to realize that the cars, planes, ships and trains we use during our trips have an impact on our planet. And we have to do something. We have to travel responsibly. Otherwise, we might be the last ones to see the wonders of this world.

That's why this Irish Tour will be the starting point of a new project: planting a tree in every country I visit. It's only a modest contribution to sustaining the environment, so that future generations can enjoy this planet as I do; but by 2020, an estimated 1.5 billion people will be traveling each year. Consider 1.5 billion trees: it's about as much as the Amazon rainforest loses annually.
When it's grown up, that tree in Ireland will produce every two weeks the amount of oxygen consumed by my car during this 2000 km trip. A few more weeks and it will also compensate the CO2 emissions of the flights from Bucharest to Dublin and back. Any such trip will be marked on this website with the GREEN TRAVEL logo.

If you want to help this project, feel free to donate any amount you think it's appropriate.