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Post by Patrick on Feb 17, 2009 16:10:41 GMT
You're supposed to name another place while you're mocking mine. ;D Ohhhh! Hereford then!
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Post by beth on Feb 17, 2009 18:28:01 GMT
Dayton (Ohio)
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Post by trubble on Feb 20, 2009 9:47:51 GMT
As I have undertaken to play this game as a travel guide to ireland... NaasThings to do in Naas include: travel through it to a nicer place. Amazing what people will write about...
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Post by riotgrrl on Feb 20, 2009 19:46:07 GMT
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Post by beth on Mar 23, 2009 1:59:48 GMT
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Post by Clover on Mar 23, 2009 7:35:48 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Mar 23, 2009 9:16:07 GMT
Gillingham. The one in Kent next to the "other" Rochester . Don't knock it, I used to live there and we used to spend Friday night by the sewage works (watching godwits).
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Post by trubble on Mar 30, 2009 6:51:41 GMT
Moneygall Yes! That Moneygall.
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Post by beth on Apr 5, 2009 15:48:26 GMT
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Post by trubble on Apr 6, 2009 6:48:51 GMT
Love the statue. Poulaphoucameaning: The Ghost's Hole aka Blessington Lake Villages were flooded to make this reservoir, now doubling up as a nature reserve and very beautiful but when the water's low you can see the tops of the houses, creepy. The Dam all but blocked the waterfall there. The word Poulaphouca is used in James Joyce's Ulysses as the sound a waterfall makes: (THE SOUND OF A WATERFALL IS HEARD IN BRIGHT CASCADE.)
THE WATERFALL:
Poulaphouca Poulaphouca Poulaphouca Poulaphouca.
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Post by beth on Apr 17, 2009 6:02:07 GMT
Very interesting, trubble. Cool photo. It's getting to be a challange to come up with something that neither begins nor ends with an "A" Albuquerque (New Mexico) Fascinating part of U. S. www.itsatrip.org/
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Post by trubble on Apr 21, 2009 9:24:19 GMT
I'm enjoying reading about places I wouldn't have thought of reading about. Such as Albuquerque. Enniskerry.Sweet town/village in Wicklow, South from Dublin - if you ever go there, go to Powerscourt: Beautiful gardens to walk around, trees, statues, pet graveyard, Japanese gardens, tall skinny waterfall, posh shops, farmer's markets, very nice cafe/restaurant, golf course, it's the business!
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Post by beth on Apr 21, 2009 15:35:53 GMT
Quote: I'm enjoying reading about places I wouldn't have thought of reading about. Such as Albuquerque. Me too, trubble. Enniskerry looks lovely. I'll pass the information on to a couple I know who are planning a trip. Yam Island (aka Turtle Back Island), Queensland, Australia The London Missionary Society (LMS) established a station at Yam's western end making it possible for a permanent village with people settling around the mission. Many of the men took jobs on pearling luggers and a pearling station operated on Tudu during the 1870s with another at Nahgi (Mount Ernest Island, southwest of Yam). Pacific Islanders working at Nahgi station later settled on Yam. During the Second World War, many Yam men enlisted in the army, forming C Company of the Torres Strait Light Infantry Battalion. Despite their seafaring background, Yam people were fairly isolated from the outside world until well after the War.
An airstrip was constructed in 1974 and the island's connection to the Torres Strait telephone exchange occurred in 1980. Yam has provided the Torres Strait with important political leaders including Getano Lui Senior (grandson of the first LMS teacher Lui Getano Lifu) and Getano Lui Junior, former chairman of the Island Coordinating Council.
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Post by trubble on Apr 24, 2009 8:35:26 GMT
Muckanaghederdauhaulia
(In Irish: Muiceanach idir Dhá Sháile - meaning pig-shaped hill between two seas)
The longest placename in Ireland but you don't have to use to A at the end, have the E, as it's usually called by it's Irish name. In fact the English name is just an English spelling of the Irish pronunciation.
It's deep in the Irish Speaking area of Galway, savage sea, rocky fields, a bit of Auld Ireland without being twee.
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Post by drewsmom595 on Apr 25, 2009 4:06:41 GMT
Acapulco -- one of the most beautiful cities at night that I have ever seen. The city is crescent shaped, and if you eat at one of the restaurants in the mountains overlooking the city at night, it is so romantic.
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Post by beth on Apr 26, 2009 4:49:27 GMT
Osaka 3rd largest city and 1st capital of Japan (sorry about the "a") This photo is in Minami, Osaka's largest shopping district. See this page for festivals and events. www.osaka-info.jp/en/search/list/event.php
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Post by lonewolf on Apr 26, 2009 16:50:16 GMT
Osaka 3rd largest city and 1st capital of Japan Funny, but I had always thought that Nara was the first capital of Japan and then Kyoto. Dumb me!
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Post by beth on Apr 26, 2009 19:12:05 GMT
Osaka 3rd largest city and 1st capital of Japan Funny, but I had always thought that Nara was the first capital of Japan and then Kyoto. Dumb me! lone, I could easily be wrong and am always happy to learn. I thought Nara was the old name for Osaka, just as Heian-kyo was the old name for Kyoto. If you want to correct me, feel free.
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Post by beth on Apr 26, 2009 19:38:34 GMT
Anaheim, California, U.S. OC Disneyland Great Beaches SHOP Shop shop
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Post by trubble on May 6, 2009 13:23:23 GMT
Midleton, Co. Cork. Famous for its whiskey. Midleton Very Rare is the most exclusive whiskey ever produced in Ireland. Distilled three times by John Jameson and Son, the whiskey is carefully aged in indidually chosen oak casks. Midleton Very Rare is only available in strictly limited quantities as just a small number of casks of the finest distillates are personally selected by the Master Distiller each year. It is reserved for the appreciation of only the most discerning judges of fine whiskey. Each bottle is individually numbered and each label signed by the Master Distiller at the Midleton distillery. Around €120 a bottle. And delicious.
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