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May 11, 2023 – Belfast, Northern Ireland
One of the highlights of Belfast is Titanic Belfast, a great museum devoted to the ship Titanic. You may have heard of it. It was built here. There are lots of displays explaining the design, construction, working conditions of the ship builders, Belfast in the early 1900s, the voyage of the Titanic and the sinking…
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May 10, 2023 – Belfast, Northern Ireland
Took the train to Belfast late this morning. It took just over two hours from Dublin. The train isn’t fast. The isle of Ireland just isn’t large. Wish I could say the train ride was a pleasure but there wasn’t enough legroom. Sat at a table with three other people and it was hard to…
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May 9, 2023 – Dublin, Ireland
Went on an excellent day tour to Bru na Boinne about an hour’s bus ride north of Dublin. Bru na Boinne is a Neolithic ruin site with several passage tombs under great man-made mounds. These tombs and other artifacts date back to about 3500 BC, 1000 years older than the Egyptian pyramids and 500 years…
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May 8, 2023 – Dublin, Ireland
Visited Trinity College, established in 1592. The big attraction is The Book of Kells, an ancient manuscript painstakingly created by monks around 800 AD. It’s the book of gospels of apostles Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. The Book of Kells is written in Latin and adorned to the hilt with intricate drawings. The book is…
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May 7, 2023 – Dublin, Ireland
Arrived in Dublin, Ireland this morning. The weather was good, not raining. It rains a bit in Ireland so I had a good afternoon of sightseeing in the center of the city. Saw a little of Dublin Castle, St Patrick’s Cathedral, Christ Church Cathedral, Temple Bar area, River Liffey. My Airbnb host gave some recommendations…
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March 3, 2023 – Santo Domingo, DR
Took a minibus back to Samana then caught a guagua to Santo Domingo. A guagua is a bus about half the size of a regular bus, like the one in the photo. I’m staying in a little hotel near Parque Colon in the Zona Colonial. I return home tomorrow so this will be my last…
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March 2, 2023 – Las Galeras, Dominican Republic
Today, went on a tour by boat to three nice beaches near Las Galeras. They were playas Fronton on the tip of the Samana peninsula, Madama, and Rincon. The boat was about 18 ft long, open with bench seats. About a dozen people and three crew members went. It was a fun, bouncing, sometimes pounding…
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March 1, 2023 – Las Galeras, Dominican Republic
Got a ride on the back of a motorbike to Javo Beach on Rincon Bay about a mile from my Airbnb. Cost 100 pesos. The bay might have been the last stop Columbus made before sailing back to Europe. Some historians think his last stop was Samana Bay where I was the last two days…
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February 28, 2023 – Samana to Las Galeras, DR
Took a minibus from Samana to Las Galeras, an hour ride. The minibus was smaller than a regular sized van. It held 14 passengers and it was full. It cost 200 Dominican pesos or less than $4. Grabbed lunch at a little restaurant on the main road in Las Galeras. That was 500 pesos or…
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