The view from Trim Castle

Trim is a town in County Meath, Ireland.   And it has a very old castle. When you're near the top, the view includes a crescent-shaped modern hotel with a very blended design (foreground), buildings in the historic town and modern housing estates in the background.  August 2007.

Charlottetown Backpackers Inn in 2007

Only little larger than the average suburban home, this was the Charlottetown Backpackers Inn, in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada in June 2007, just a month after it opened as a Hostelling-International hostel.

With with only 20 beds, and lovely owners who who really liked what they were doing, it was a very chilled place to stay.

The West Cross, Kilfenora Cathedral

A celtic cross, located approx 300m west of Kilfenora Cathedral in Co Clare, Ireland, photographed in July 2007.  Less ornate that many carved high crosses, the carved figure is  traditionally interpreted as Christ OR a nameless bishop/ecclesiastic (ie, no one really knows).

The bridge across False Creek

 

This is a side-on view of the eight-lane Granville Street Bridge going across False Creek in Vancouver, Canada - taken in June 2007.

A ferry - for bicycles and pedestirans

These super-cute pontoon-style open-air, passenger and bicycle ferries ran along with classic water taxis in False Creek, Vancouver, designed to accommodate cyclists and pedestrians crossing the inlet.  Phtoographed in June 2007 - I'm not sure that I was brave enough to get on board.   But the pics of what amounts to a water-bus-stop in a wealthy marina are interesting.

Port of Seattle

An American harbour-side sunset