Weekly Photo Challenge – On The Way

Posted on May 29, 2015

Category: Irish man in the Middle East Tagged: Motorbike, On The Way, postaday, Transport, Travel, Weekly Photo Challenge

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Nepal – In better days (2)

Posted on May 28, 2015

MB mentioned the Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal in last weekend’s post. A few words of explanation:

Category: Irish man in the Middle East Tagged: Bagmati river, Budhism, cremation, Culture, Hindu, Kathmandu, Nepal, nirvana, Pashupatinath Temple, Photography, Travel

Falcon Souq – Qatar

Posted on May 27, 2015

Doha, capital city of Qatar, has a very interesting falcon souq, right next to a falcon hospital. Both are part of the much larger Souq Waqif. Read More

Category: Irish man in the Middle East Tagged: Aviary, Birds, Culture, Doha, Falcon, Falconry, Kazakhstan, Photography, Prey, Qatar, souq, Talons, Travel, Waqif, Wildlife, Zoo

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Journey to Istanbul

Posted on May 24, 2015

From 30,000 feet with a Galaxy E7 13mp camera phone. Nothing special.

Category: Irish man in the Middle East Tagged: Adventure, Aerial, Clouds, Jet, Photography, Plane, Sky, Travel

62/38. Yes!

Posted on May 23, 2015

A lot in the international press about the Irish referendum of late. The 62/38 Yes vote was announced only minutes ago. Read More

Category: Irish man in the Middle East Tagged: #Hometovote, #IrishPride, #MarRef, Constitution, Gay rights, Homosexuality, Ireland, Irish referendum, Legislation, Lesbianism, LGBT, Marriage equality

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Weekly Photo Challenge – Broken

Posted on May 22, 2015

Morning has broken. December 2012.

“Find beauty in something broken” said Cheri in this week’s photo challenge.

The first days of any trips back to Ireland are always a special treat. The somewhat boring sandy scenery of the Middle East gives way to the ever-changing weather and incredible scenery (even in winter) of Ireland’s south west. Morning Nr. 1 for MB often involves a pre-dawn rise from sleep and a walk along ‘our’ road with camera in hand. 21 December 2012 was one such morning and had great red skies. Was photo heaven. MB took this one, and many similar, 200m from his front door on that particular morning. No enhancement. Exactly as shot.

Category: Irish man in the Middle East Tagged: Beauty, Broken, Ireland, Limerick, Photography, postaday, Red sky, weather, Weekly Photo Challenge

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Nepal – In better days

Posted on May 22, 2015

Nepalese authorities have stated in the last week that many of their ancient monuments and temples may have to be demolished due to the extent of the recent damage suffered. Read More

Category: Irish man in the Middle East Tagged: Bagmati river, Durbar Square, Earthquake, Kathmandu, Kumari Devi, Monkey Temple, Nepal, Pashupatinath Temple, Swayambhunath Temple

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Weekly Photo Challenge – Enveloped

Posted on May 15, 2015

Enveloped

14 Year old daughter of MB (aka MB2) was in Madrid a few weeks back and captured a great shot which is appropriate for this week’s photo challenge. The image of the inside of Real Madrid football club’s home ground – the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium – was taken by MB2 using the panorama setting on her camera phone. Proud dad!