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Ireland

B&B or hotel

[July, 2011] We stayed in a hotel called Kingfisher Lodge in Killarney in Ireland. According to my guide book, it belongs to the category of B&B, though there are quite a few rooms and I…

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Colour of the houses

[July, 2011] I noticed the vivid colours of houses in Ireland. Not only retailers but ordinary individual houses are also painted with bright colours. When they do not paint, the houses are very dull grey….

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Misty Cliff of Moher

[July, 2011] This is Cliff of Moher, a very famous tourist destination in Ireland. This was the second time for me to visit here and both time it was cloudy. Especially this time it was…

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Barren Burren

[July, 2011] This is a view of Burren in Ireland. Burren is an area with ground of limestone. No tenderness here. The structure far away is a kind of ancient tomb. It used to be…

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A town with Hippies

[July, 2011] This was the second time for me to visit Galway, a city in the west Ireland. Compared with the last time, I felt that more hippies were around in the city, like a…

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4:30am

[July, 2011] The tour in Ireland was organised by the same company as the one we joined last year in Scotland. They arrange the accommodation by asking customers their preference (ie.budget) and this time in…

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Idyllic ruin of a monastery

[July, 2011] This is a photo of Clonmacnoise, a ruin of an old monastery in the middle of Ireland. It was founded in the 6th century and since then for a long time, it had…

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World Oldest Distellery

[July, 2011] he first destination of the 5 day bus tour I joined in Ireland was the oldest distillery in the world.Of course it was in the morning.Whisky is more famous in Scotland, but Irish…

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A Hotel with Goth Atmosphere

[July, 2011] We stayed in Trinity Capital Hotel in Dublin. I chose this hotel only because it was located in the centre, easy to get to the gathering place for the tour we joined next…