Tom, our tour guide, was a bit of a dick but knew his stuff and was really very funny...
The Dublin Spire - erected for the milenium, but 2 years late : )
The church in Drogedha, home of the mummified head of St. Oliver Plunket...
St. Oliver Plunket bids you good mornin'...
a Round Tower where monks used to hide out from viking raids, in a very picturesque cemetery...
not the wicker deer + cart in the foreground...
i've started taking photos of flowers for some reason. don't ask me why...
COWS!!!
'nuff said...
representing Catholic and Protestant Ireland. the hand's don't touch, but if they ever find peace the statues can be pushed together so that they do. it's very sweet...
the hostel we stayed at in Derry. i just liked the sign above the door...
one of the hardline Protestant areas of Derry - note the red-white-blue on the kerbs...
the people who created the Free Derry murals all over the Catholic area of Derry...
you can't see very well in the shot, but that's the Palestinian flag flying. call it solidarity...
a really great pub in Derry owned and operated by a certain Irish quasi-political group...
i have no idea why these old guys gave us flowers, but sometimes you just have to go with it...
flinging poi around on the Giant's Causeway in the rain. some things you just have to do...
i had Paul fire off shots on Burst Mode - some of them came out really well. i couldn't move around much because it was REALLY windy, raining and slippery...
i found out later that one of the other guys on the tour snapped this while i was taking the photo previous. gotta love it : )
the Giant's Causeway is really very cool to wander around. shame it was freezing cold and raining at the time...
the obnoxious green bus we were traveling around in. 2 of these have been burned out in Belfast in the last few years...
the rope bridge is nowhere near as scary as everyone says it is...
the Europa Hotel - the most bombed building in the world because the IRA took to targeting journalists, all of whom would stay here...
it's OK, i treaded softly...
Ireland's spoiled with amazing scenery, so sometimes you just have to sit and look...
dipping my toe in the North Atlantic at Strand Hill...
freshly made donuts OM NOM NOM!!!
i really fucking loved Galway. it has the best vibe...
the folks i spent most of my time with: Jodie and Paul from NZ, Jordan and Jamie from Canada. everyone on the grass was drinking, so we hit the off-licence and chilled out. good times!
The Quays Pub in Galway. awesome place...
it pays to advertise...
saying hello to Oscar in Galway...
It's great to be on tour with a bunch of friendly folk. This is Pam from South Headland...
good times in yet another pub. this is Claire from Sydney...
a little castle who's name i forget. you're supposed to walk around the walls and ask a question, and by the end of the day you'll find clarity...
Vic is conformingly non-conformist...
where the limestone off the Burren drops into the ocean. hoorjay for long-term erosion!
this was totally awesome, and yes, this drops off on both sides...
sometimes, silliness ensues...
Paul having a nap in the sun at Strandhill...
This sign was all that was standing between me and adventure. It was easily defeated...
existential conversations to the tune of: "fuckin pretty, ey" "yeah" "woah" "hmm"
the Cliffs of Moher. less than a foot from me left boot is a 250m drop...
seriously - it's a LONG way down...
because sometimes you just have to...
Canadians are all Moose, apparently...
the Dingle Dolphins off the town of Dingle on the Dingle Peninsula...
Killarney has a beautiful National Park adjoining town. it has green grass and little streams and castles and cows and all sorts of stuff...
Blarney Castle...
... and yes, i kissed the Blarney Stone!
Blarney Castle has some lovely gardens to walk through. the other guy is Nathan from Canada. top bloke...
The Witch's Kitchen. why, i don't know. cool? totally!
view from the Gravity Bar at the Guiness Storehouse in Dublin. 8 storeys up, 360 degrees of windows...
Camoflage!
the monument Bono and The Edge paid for...
possibly the most famous pub in Dublin...
the Ha'penny Bridge in Dublin, with Conor who took a group of us on a 3-hour walking tour around the main sites. worth doing - check out NewEurope online...
a very stern-looking Michael Collins...
Oscar's so cool he doesn't care who sits next to him...
the GPO where some of the 1916 Rebellion holed up for a week before being driven out...
you see these everywhere in Dublin. now if i could just convince them to swing by my place and fill the swimming pool...
