Sunday, November 19th

The Castle Maol was right outside our hostel. We stayed at the Kyleakin Youth Hostel, which was spectacular. Unfortunately we heard that the Scottish Youth Hostel Association is thinking of selling it. Silly idea since its a great location, but hopefully they will decided to keep it.

The Kyleakin harbour

We left Kyleakin early in the morning so that we would be able to make all of our 'touristy stops' on the way back to Glasgow. Here are pictures from our stops.
We again stopped at Eilean Donan Castle but this time in day light so that we could wander in the garden and really see the view. As I said before, Lady MacRae still lives there. I would love to wake up every morning and have her view, but the upkeep on a castle like that would be quite costly.
The Highlands from Carr Brae Viewpoint

This is a picture of Loch Garry from Glengarry. It is supposed to look like a map of Scotland. (If you click on the link you can again read about another Scottish legend.)
These are the mountains that make up the Nevis Range. If you look at the 'sunny' spot in the middle of the photo, you will see the peak of Ben Nevis, the tallest mountain in Scotland.

Our last tourist stop was to Glen Coe, which has an incredibly sad history of murder and treachery which can be read through the link. Other than that the Glen (valley in Gaelic) was beautiful.

For fans of Harry Potter -- this grouping of pine trees is where the scenes of Hagrid's house were shot for movies 1-3. If they filmed another while we are here, I am going. We were also miles away from the railway they used in filming as well. Very thrilling indeed!

This is the Hidden or Lost Valley where the MacDonalds hid from the soldiers during the massacre.