[nonhuman]

So Jessi and I went to Wales with my dad this past Spring. I took a lot of photos (over 300). About 80 of them turned out well enough that I put them online. And I just now finally got around to created a SmartSet on Zooomr of them. I think there's some pretty good ones in there so I felt like sharing. We spent most of our time in Llangollen and Dolgellau, but there are also a few pictures from Harlech Castle and from our short, but somewhat adventurous trip to Harlech to see it, as well as from the Valle Crucis Abbey outside of Llangollen and our hike out to there.

Here they are: Wales (photoset) | Zooomr Photo Sharing

A few of my favorites:




Probably my favorite thing about shooting in Wales was the colors. They were absolutely amazing. In very very few of the pictures (the middle one here being one of the obvious exceptions) did I do anything to enhance the colors, in fact I actually toned them down in a some of the pictures.

[ghporter]

It looks like it was visually a very exciting trip. Some day I'll get to that side of the water and see such places for myself. Great pictures!

[gururafiki]

Wales is a very beautiful place. My favorite is how everywhere you go you see signs in English and Welsh. It really cracks me up at the tourist centers...if your from Wales and speak Welsh then you probably don't need to know where the tourist center in Wales is, right?
One thing that always drove me nuts were the low flying harrier fighter jets that flew by every few hours.

[imitchellg5]

I really like that part of the world. England and Ireland are so cool. My dad's side of the family is almost exclusively Irish, I'd love to go back and visit the places where my family lived for centuries.

[macforray]

I like. I'm curious about the kayaks in the "sluice". Is this part of a canal system?

[Oisín]

Welsh people can be tourists in Wales, as well. Someone from the north can be visiting the south and wish to enquire about local things worth seeing.

Mostly, though, I think it’s to do with Welsh policies: as far as I know, all official signs must be bilingual in Wales. And it doesn’t hurt tourism, either, showing off that oddity they call a language a bit.


Beautiful pictures, nonhuman—Wales is such a wonderful place. I really need to go and spend some more time there (I’ve been there twice, and both times didn’t even manage to spend a full 24 hours), if for nothing else then to take a new picture of the train station sign in Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysilio gogogoch. Sadly, I’ve managed somehow to lose the one I took while there first time around.

[nonhuman]

Originally Posted by macforray 

I like. I'm curious about the kayaks in the "sluice". Is this part of a canal system?

Yeah, there's a huge canal system there. One of the towns we stayed in (Llangollen) is right on an old canal coming from a slate quarry that they used to use to ferry slate around. Nowadays it's mostly a tourist thing. there are a lot of people who rent or own canal boats that are sort of like really narrow house boats that they sail around the canals.

I don't know how well you can tell from that pictures, but those kids in the kayak are crossing an aquaduct and at that point were about 150' above the valley floor. Definitely one of the coolest things I've seen.

[Oisín]

...that they used to use to ferry slate around...

Awesome wording.

[- - e r i k - -]

WTF is up with Zoomr being such a shameless Flickr ripoff?

[moonmonkey]

Is this the place from Braveheart?

[nonhuman]

Originally Posted by - - e r i k - - 

WTF is up with Zoomr being such a shameless Flickr ripoff?

It's not owned by Yahoo, it was created and is maintained by a single developer, and I like it better. That's what.

[voodoo]

Originally Posted by nonhuman 

It's not owned by Yahoo, it was created and is maintained by a single developer, and I like it better. That's what.

Bow down to your corporate overlords.

Very nice photos. Deep and green.

V

[wolfen]

My wife is determined that we will see Wales and Ireland when I graduate next Spring. 1 week in each, probably.

Thanks for putting these pics up. It definitely whets the appetite.

[nonhuman]

Originally Posted by voodoo 

Bow down to your corporate overlords.

Never!

Very nice photos. Deep and green.

Thanks

[nonhuman]

Originally Posted by wolfen 

My wife is determined that we will see Wales and Ireland when I graduate next Spring. 1 week in each, probably.

Thanks for putting these pics up. It definitely whets the appetite.

I haven't been to Ireland, but it's high on my list of places to go. I'd definitely recommend Wales though, it's a beautiful country. I met a ton of really fun people just going to pubs in small towns in Northern Wales.

[Kerrigan]

Originally Posted by moonmonkey 

Is this the place from Braveheart?

Braveheart was filmed in Ireland, about a Scottish man called William Wallace.

[stevesnj]

Originally Posted by Kerrigan 

Braveheart was filmed in Ireland, about a Scottish man called William Wallace.

It was also filmed in Scotland which is part of the UK...

[Saetre]

Originally Posted by Kerrigan 

Braveheart was filmed in Ireland, about a Scottish man called William Wallace.

He did have Welsh ancestry though.

[nonhuman]

Originally Posted by Saetre 

He did have Welsh ancestry though.

Most worthwhile people do/did.

[stevesnj]

Originally Posted by nonhuman 

Most worthwhile people do/did.

Im Italian and worthwhile you gotta' problem with that testa di merda !!!

[nonhuman]

Originally Posted by stevesnj 

Im Italian and worthwhile you gotta' problem with that testa di merda !!!

Now is when I really wish I spoke some Welsh.

[Kerrigan]

Can anyone actually prove that the Welsh are humans?

[stevesnj]

Originally Posted by Kerrigan 

Can anyone actually prove that the Welsh are humans?

them is fightin' words

[Oisín]

Originally Posted by nonhuman 

Now is when I really wish I spoke some Welsh.

Mae prydferthwch cefn Gwlad yn tynnu sylw Rhufain is the most à propos phrase I can think of.

[moonmonkey]

I have been researching Wales, to be honest it just seems like a smaller version of Scotland except with a time rift.

[Kerrigan]

[nonhuman]

Originally Posted by moonmonkey 

I have been researching Wales, to be honest it just seems like a smaller version of Scotland except with a time rift.

Well, hopefully Captain Jack will be able to take care of it.