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Introducing Ireland
If the regular polls of departing travellers are to be believed, it's Ireland's timeless traditional side that continues to hold the key to the country’s draw as a tourist destination. At the heart of it all is the often breath­taking scenery, still gorgeous enough to make your jaw drop despite the best efforts of developers to scar some of the most bits with round­abouts, brutal suburbs and summer bungalows. From the lonely, wind-lashed wilderness of the Beara Peninsula to the awe-inspiring landscapes of County Derry, Ireland is one of the world’s most wonderful countries, and worth every effort you make to explore it. The sometimes overwhelming popularity of the scenic superstars like Connemara and Killarney National Park has seen the emergence of quieter idylls as the preferred destination of the discerning traveller, who has discovered the beauty of the lakes of County Roscommon, the villages of County Waterford and the rarely visited County Westmeath. Here you can come into contact with a more genuine Ireland, the kind removed from the slick machinery of the tourist trail. Of course, this does not mean you should miss Dublin: the pulsating capital has a soul and sociability unrivalled by any other European city.

The slow grind that resulted in the end of violence in Northern Ireland has meant that the province can finally go about showing to a much wider audience that it is just as beautiful and interesting as the rest of the island. In 2007, Lonely Planet’s Blue List put it in the world’s top 10 destinations to visit for good reason the province has always had plenty to see, but the activity of paramilitary groups made the prospect of visiting a little daunting.

Contribute to shark week, Smyrna Beach

Thanks to thousands of annual beach goers and untold toothy predators hunting offshore, New Smyrna Beach is the shark attack capital of the world. That is according to the International Shark Attack File, which has 210 attacks in the beach's home county as today of Volusia, Fla. But miles of white sand and consistent surf breaks continue to draw vacationers and locals into the waters.

Ichthyologists, of course, will say you're being paranoid. You can swim and surf and boogie board with nary a worry at almost any beach on the planet. You are not a seal. Sharks do not want to eat you...or do they? I'll let you decide when you check out all of the sharks coming into shore, they are in so far for a reason don't you think?

New Smyrna Beach in Volusia County, Florida is the shark attack capital of the world, according to a database called the I.S.A.F, "International Shark Attack File". Every year, thousands of people dip their toes and then jump in, paddling past the surf and into a zone that's literally packed with sharks.

Somewhere in the mental file we all have are ways "I don't want to die," deep in the bad dreams, there's an image of a great white shark that is black-eyed and toothy, tough skinned and chomping. Maybe you first saw this 20 foot long eating machine on Animal Planet or your parents did on Jaws. Wherever it came from the image will always be there in the back of your brain.