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Loot from No Alibis, and it was back to London for Christmas

Loot from No Alibis, and it was back to London for Christmas

Belfast from bus

Posted 1 year ago

Quickly caught up with Andre

Quickly caught up with Andre

And I bought books…

And I bought books

Black Santa stopping for an interview outside St. Anne’s Cathedral

Black Santa stopping for an interview outside St. Anne’s Cathedral

St. George’s market

St. George’s market

Here’s what painting on walls used to be for

Posted 1 year ago

Painting on walls has a slightly different valence these days

Painting on walls has a slightly different valence these days

The Clonard Martyr’s Memorial. 
Behind it, green ‘peace walls’ separate Catholic and Protestant areas.
Houses along the peace wall have iron cage protection against firebombs. Today, rocks pelt them when the ‘wrong’ football team wins a match.
Though it’s much more peaceful now, the Troubles are still fresh in the collective consciousness.

The Clonard Martyr’s Memorial

Behind it, green ‘peace walls’ separate Catholic and Protestant areas.

Houses along the peace wall have iron cage protection against firebombs. Today, rocks pelt them when the ‘wrong’ football team wins a match.

Though it’s much more peaceful now, the Troubles are still fresh in the collective consciousness.

The next day, an early morning black cab tour brought me face to face with the traces of Belfast’s past. Politics, aesthetics.

Posted 1 year ago

Dinner with Phil. Good times.

Dinner with Phil. Good times.

One last hurrah for the Antrim Coast

One last hurrah for the Antrim Coast

Leaving the coast

Leaving the coast

A closer look at the honeycomb-shaped stones. I could have mentally airbrushed the tourists away and laid here for hours.

Posted 1 year ago

The Giant’s Causeway. I still remember how it felt like to take it all in. And how the German lady next to me on the bus was so excited. She was alone too, her daughter having abandoned her for some nondescript shopping. Dunno what she was missing.

Posted 1 year ago