my wife and i went to Belfast a few weeks ago for the Game of Thrones exhibit. we first went to Dublin and arrived in Belfast late Saturday night. sadly it happened to be the weekend before the G8 conference started, so security was heavy and crowds were thin on Sunday when most these pics were taken.
it was nice to see how far the city has come since
my first visit in 2005
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Titanic Museum
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The Game of Thrones exhibit, set up like it was a museum
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after the Titanic museum we walked a few blocks to the dry dock where the Titanic was completed
inside the pump house for the dry dock
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West Belfast is infamous as a flashpoint for The Troubles; although things are much better now there's still a virtual no-man's land between Catholic and Protestant neighborhoods, although things are slowly getting better with some of the more inflammatory murals being replaced and housing rebuilt
starting in the Protestant/Loyalist Shankill Road area
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the dirt in the foreground is a traditional bonfire/rally area that's being replaced
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security barrier dividing the two sides
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security gate
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Catholic/Nationalist areas
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back to city centre
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