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Blarney Castle, Republic of Ireland
Blarney Castle sits north of Cork in the southern part of Ireland, its most famous for the Blarney stone which if kissed give you the gift of the gab! The castle is situated on an impressive estate where the entrance … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Home and About, Ireland
Tagged All Ireland Rocker, ancient, architecture, attraction, battle, battlements, blarney, blue, building, castle, century, cork, county, culture, eire, europe, exterior, famous, fantasy, fort, fortress, garden, green, Hill, historic, historical, History, house, ireland, Irish, landmark, landscape, Medieval, old, palace, park, past, republic, rock, ruins, saint, Shamrocker Adventures, Shamrocker Tour, sky, stone, tourism, tourist, tower, traditional, travel, tree, Vacation, wall
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Dingle Peninsula, Republic of Ireland
Nearing the end of the All Ireland Rocker trip with Busabout / Shamrocker Adventures. Today we explore the Dingle Peninsula, a stretch of land jutting out to the sea that like most of Ireland is breath taking and green. It … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Ireland
Tagged atlantic, background, bay, beach, beautiful, blue, Busabout, cliff, cliffs, clouds, coast, coastal, coastline, county, Destination, dingle, dunquin, europe, grass, green, head, Hill, ireland, Irish, island, kerry, landscape, natural, nature, ocean, outdoor, peninsula, rock, rocky, scenery, scenic, sea, seascape, Shamrocker Adventures, Shamrocker Tours, shore, sky, stone, summer, sunset, tourism, travel, Vacation, view, water, wave, waves, wild
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Inis Mor, Aran Islands, Republic of Ireland
Today we leave Galway to check out Inis Mor, the largest of the Aran Islands just off the coast. We had to walk 1.5 blocks from the hostel to catch the charter bus, everyone from Shamrocker Adventures and some other … Continue reading
Posted in Home and About
Tagged aengus, altantic, ancient, aonghasa, aran, background, blue, Busabout, cliff, coast, coastal, cycling, dun, europe, fabric, galway, grass, green, house, inis, inishmore, ireland, Irish, island, isle, landscape, natural, nature, needlework, outdoors, panorama, pattern, prehistoric, pullover, rock, ruins, scenic, sea, seascape, Seven Chruches, Shamrocker Adventures, shore, soft, stone, summer, tourism, travel, view, village
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Kinlay Hostel and Galway, Republic of Ireland
Finally after a long day of travel from Londonderry we arrive in Galway and get dropped off at our Hostel for the evening… a perfect fit for a day of almost zero exertions… you like stairs right? The reward was … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Ireland
Tagged architecture, attraction, Busabout, center, city, cityscape, coastal, cobblestone, colorful, crowd, Destination, europe, exterior, galway, Galway Ireland, historic, History, hostel, hotels, ireland, Irish, Kinlay Hostel, landmark, Medieval, ocean, old, pedestrian, port, pubs, quay, restaurants, sea, seaside, Shamrocker Adventures, Shamrocker Tours, shop, stone, structure, tourism, travel
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Connemara Countryside – Republic of Ireland
The quintessential Irish landscape, endless rolling hills of green. It feels like we drove through the region for hours but with every new bend in the road was another breathtaking view. In a way it was good I was on … Continue reading
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Tagged beautiful, beauty, blue, breath taking, calm, clifden, clouds, cloudy, coast, Connemara, countryside, county, county galway, europe, fertile, forest, galway, grass, green, Hill, holiday, horizon, idyllic, ireland, Irish, lake, landmark, landscape, lough, meadow, mountain, national park, nature, old, outdoor, outdoors, panorama, reflection, rolling hills, rural, scenery, scenic, sheep, sky, summer, sunny, sunset, tourism, tranquil, travel, Vacation, view, water
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Escaping the Ottawa winter of 2014
Escaping the Ottawa winter of 2014 With cries of “ENOUGH ALREADY”, I found myself finishing off the month of March with a snow shovel in my hand, once again valiantly heaving shovelful after shovelful of that darned white stuff (SNOW!!!) … Continue reading
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Vancouver, B.C. to Snoqualmie, Washington
The day started off fine. The kayaks had been loaded the night before so my plan was to leave reasonably early from my brother’s place in Burnaby, B.C. Was cool enough overnight to deposit a light film of frost on … Continue reading
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Tagged foggy driving conditions, tourist attraction, travel, Washington State tourism
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Tennessee Aquarium, Chattanooga, Tennessee (Part III)
In the River Journey building, you start your tour in the lower levels where there is a wonderful display of seahorses but first I had to get past the Horseshoe Crab (Limulus polyphemus) which, I guess, was the display creature … Continue reading
Posted in Aquariums, Tennessee, USA
Tagged amoebocytes, big fish, building, chattanooga tennessee, creatures, dwarf seahorses, E. coli, endotoxin, fresh water, freshwater tanks, frogs, Ghattanooga, habitat area, horseshoe crab, image, Limulus amoebocyte lysate, Limulus polyphemus, lippopolysaccharide, little fish, lots of fun, nice ride, parenteral drugs, pharmaceitical, photography, photos, poisonous frogs, public aquarium, ramps, river journey, seahorses, tennessee aquarium, Tennessee River, test, testing, travel, unique construction, Vacation, validation, water ecosystems
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Tennessee Aquarium, Chattanooga, Tennessee (Part II)
The first part of this multi-part posting of my visit to the Tennessee Aquarium focused on the orchids and butterflies exhibits and a few of stingrays on exhibit. This Part II highlights the reefs and the jelly fish displays. The … Continue reading
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