Saturday, 31 December 2005

Glimpses of Geilic & Celtic Culture---Wicklow,the Garden of Ireland

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This long winding road looked as thou it came directly out of a painting!!!

long_winding_road
I was so awed by this long winding road which seemed to have no end at all!!!!!

grave_yard
This is celtic cemetry inside a 16th century monastery.The cross scrible shows that the monk lived in 17 th century!

guiness_flowing
This brook is the origin of the mighty lake that flowes thru the centre of Dublin!The water is so dark in color,that the irish say that it looks like "Guinness"!!!!!

monastery
This is the meditation tower for monks.The entrance is 6 feet high from the ground,w/o any ladder!

ancient_graveyard
Another 16th century cemetery!

eating
Mashed potatoes with beef stew(everything was white in color,yuck!!!

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The lawn at the background is fully natural,and is spread thru acres!!!

in_hat
how does this look???

hug
This is the wishing pillar!!If you hug it, and wish something,the belief is,it wud come true! I cudnt even hug it completely cos of its width.So our guide used his arms as extension to mine LOL!!!!!

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4 comments:

  1. Anonymous1 January 2006 at 04:26

    ya, it's true only to an extent..u can use flickr or any other image hostong sites like imageshack, photobucket etc which will allow hotlinking from them...a small new year tip...u can use gif files with imageshack and photobucket..flickr allows only jpg...

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  2. Anonymous3 January 2006 at 02:39

    u lookin cute in jumpers....photos r very nice...taken by?

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  3. Swathi3 January 2006 at 03:03

    Madhu..ooops....didnt mention courtesy to photographer...as usual my husband, sajeev!!thanks for reminding me that...
    love,
    swathi

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  4. Anonymous19 February 2007 at 09:50

    Hei Swathi.

    I like Glendalough as well very much indeed. Did you go to Powerscourt yet?!
    Take care and do keep well. Rii xx

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