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... rd protestant area and were shown around by one of the protestant taxi drivers. it was just a quiet suburban area but it was quite scary listening to him talk. the uda (ulster defence army - pro uk) and ira (irish republican army - pro republic of ireland) have a cease fire now but aparently they're still active just not officially armed. when we first got in the taxi the driver asked us if we'd seen any ira members, we said no and he said how do you know? then he asked if we ...

... out<br>catching some waves. Too bad we couldnt post pics yet, but we'll probs<br>post them a few times in between countries if we have time. We're in<br>Belfast<br>now and once again, have found a great B and B...tomorrow we head to<br>Scotland ont he Ferry. For tonight, just an internet cafe and a cup of<br>Starbucks coffee. Home Sweet Home. <br>

well hello everyone from Belfast, Ireland! Today we started our tour of Ireland - and it has been an eye opening experience so far! To set the scene, there are about 40 people on our big green bus - mostly Aussies, a few Kiwis, a Canadian, a German and a token American. Our tour guide is Michael, who says feck and **** more than anyone else i have ever met. <br><br>We set off this moring, although our itinerary was slightly altered. Michael (in his ...

Took a drive into Belfast this evening as I've never been before and I was curious to see it. I drive round in some trepidation as the is city has quite a violent past that is still quite vivied in my mind. I feel like I'm running some kind of guantlet by being here.<br><br> It was an odd experience in some ways, I would driving past housing areas that look like they've seen better ...

... and get walking access. I had seen on the internet that Silent Valley was a nice place to visit, so we ended up following road signs to there. The road went inland and took us up closer into the mountains... When we found Silent Valley we realised it was a bit too late in the day to ...

... 8th Dec Sunset Tour Sunday 9th Dec Sunrise Camel tour, Sounds of Silence Evening Dinner Monday 10th Dec leave Ayres Rock 1145 arrive Singapore 2045 Hotel Pan Pacific Tuesday 11th Dec Half Day City Tour Wednesday 12th Dec Night Safari and Dinner Thursday 13th Dec Sentosa Friday 14th Dec Saturday 15th Dec leave Singapore 2325 arrive Newcastle 1050 Sunday 16th Dec

... District could hear us coming and decided to start raining! We ended up in Windermere, in a nice camp ground with amazing views...which of course we couldn't see through the cloud! It could have been so beautiful with out the rain.. slightly disappointed we trailed our way to Newcastle via Hadrians wall...still raining! Newcastle again we parked on the beach.. although ...

Finally we're on the road. Newcastle may not seem like such an exotic location, but after weeks of fifty-hours at work plus tidying, sorting, boxing and moving, it seems like paradise (melodramatic? moi?) We had a great night out on Tuesday night (Halloween) at Mono catching a brief slot with everyone and saying our goodbyes. John, mate, apologies - ****** as a ...

... as a stop off to the South Pacific / Asia or v.v. - covered one of our flights to Tasmania (Sydney -> Hobart) So, the flight itinerary (v.37) is as follows : 19/01/2006 London -> St Petersburg 22/03/2006 BKK -> Hong Kong 22/03/2006 Hong Kong -> Tokyo 25/03/2006 Tokyo -> Perth 29/03/2006 Perth -> Ayres Rock 31/03/2006 Ayres Rock -> Cairns 19/04/2006 Sydney -> Hobart 04/05/2006 Melbourne -> Christchurch 07/06/2006 Auckland -> Santiago ...

... concrete wall that has outlasted the Berlin Wall and zig-zags along the streets as a means of keeping the Catholics and Protestants apart. The gates are open during the day, but even now are closed during the night in order to minimise potential violence between the two sides.<br> <br>We continued on into Shankill Road, the site of rioting against police and the Army less than two months later, and finished by passing through Sandy Row in South Belfast. The streets of ...