Saturday, 3 June 2006

Salthill Beach --Galway

 


Galway---westeren most part of Europe


 


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This beach doesnt have any waves touching the shores...(i dont know why)


 


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These rocks have mussels growing in it in large number...naturally....


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The sea almost looks like a river, w/o a wave....the island u see on the back ground is Arran Island.


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Among the black weeds that u see on the rocks there are live mussels ...


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Mussels thousands in number are seen on these rocks....


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This creek (dont know its name, was on Oranmore, on my way to Salthill)


 


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A smoothies bar in Oranmore (just posed for the photo! ;-)


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On the park, before Oranmore town centre...(again just posing...)


.....next trip is on tomorrow...if the weather is sunny, may be I can be a natural photographer, again!!!

12 comments:

  1. And ur hubby says that you donno much abt photography !....hmmmmm.....daivame !.....Ireland is crawling up the charts in my " TO GO " list ..thanks to ya !....May be its the camera and the place .....Nice snaps !....

    Take care
    Manu !

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  2. hey cheeze, thanks alot..u commented almost immdtly after i posted... and my hubby read it also! thanks!

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  3. all lovely pics. Thank u Swathi

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  4. Really beautiful pictures of Ireland,and especially the mussels, I had never seen them like that in their natural habitat before. Ireland is beautiful, reminds me of my home- Newfoundland. Thanks Swathi.
    Cheers,
    Trupti

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  5. Good Photographs... Seems now photography becoming your passion... :) Mussels one is good
    I am waiting for your next post ... and wishing that weather there will be sunny so that we may able to se some more beautiful snaps... :))

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  6. You always take such great pics. Nice eye. :-)

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  7. nice photography

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  8. Great photos Swati, I guess the water must be cold. Didnt see a pic of your hubby though? Lols. Whats a smothie bar?

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  9. really nice pic...i love 3rd one....

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  10. boootiful.
    keep posting more!

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  11. sekhar-----thanks to u, for visiting my pge and commenting.

    Trupti----welcome to my page!! ireland is very beautiful, esp in the sun, which is very rare here.i have also never seen mussels in their natural habitat before....Newfoundland!!! so u r N.American?? I have heard it as a very beautiful place...

    rinku---thanks alot...weather was sunny and i have 75 snaps with me. some i posted. some i have put it in my yahoo album.

    lisa---(blush) thanks dear...

    prakash---thank you for visiting my page and thanks for the comment!

    jacob---water was cold(for me!). But there were alot of kids in the beach. I was wearing sneakers and we wanted to take the bus back(2 hr jrney)...so didnt get into water. ;-(

    My hubbys pic is there in my album..u can see it....in blogs, i usually post nature pictures.....
    Smoothies are milk shakes mixed with fruit juices.Here, bar doesnt mean our 'indian bar'. Alcohol shops are usually called 'off license' shops!

    anu--thanks dear!!!

    prasanth--oh! u r back! and thanks alot!

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  12. beautiful place!

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