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John Cooksey
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 Posted: Thu 27 Jul, 2006 6:42 pm Post subject: I have returned! :-) |
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From four weeks in India and Ireland . . . .
Of course, y'all didn't even know I was gone. :-)
Three weeks in the Trans-Himalya region of Northern India, and I didn't see a single sword. I did, however, see a lot of yaks. And goats, and sheep, and horses, and dogs, and giant (truly enormous, eagle-sized) ravens. Actually, my lady and I decided to call our Indian trip "The Saga of Poo", for various reasons attributable to our trekking experience and constant encounters with the coprolitic aspects of mammalian life.
In Dharamsala, near the end of the trip, I did encounter an antiqued katar (along with many cheap tourist khukuris), which the kindly salesman referred to as "a tiger hunting weapon, from the time of kings". I would really, really hate to hunt tigers armed with a katar. :-)
Ireland, however, more than made up for the insufficiency of weapons found in extreme Northern India. The National Museum in Dublin was fabulous, and my scant hour there was spent drooling over the Bronze Age and Viking-era artifacts so very well displayed.
For those that have not been there, I would highly recommend a trip to Dublin and the National Museum (Archaeology and History). The city is lovely, the food is good, and the arms collection in the National Museum, alone, is worth the price of a ticket.
Jule, namaste, and namaskar,
Scyth
I didn't surrender, but they took my horse and made him surrender.
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Geoff Wood
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| Posted: Fri 28 Jul, 2006 8:27 am Post subject: Re: I have returned! :-) |
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| John Cooksey wrote: |
Ireland, however, more than made up for the insufficiency of weapons found in extreme Northern India. The National Museum in Dublin was fabulous, and my scant hour there was spent drooling over the Bronze Age and Viking-era artifacts so very well displayed.
For those that have not been there, I would highly recommend a trip to Dublin and the National Museum (Archaeology and History). The city is lovely, the food is good, and the arms collection in the National Museum, alone, is worth the price of a ticket.
Jule, namaste, and namaskar,
Scyth |
'Tis a lovely place. What did you think of the display labelling? I was chatting to one of the staff and he thought there was insufficient educational content to explain the artifacts.
Geoff
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Steve Grisetti
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| Posted: Fri 28 Jul, 2006 8:44 am Post subject: Re: I have returned! :-) |
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| John Cooksey wrote: | | From four weeks in India and Ireland . . . . |
Welcome back. Sounds like a great trip. But what inspired you to combine India with Ireland? What do they have in common besides both beginning with the letter "I"?
"...dismount thy tuck, be yare in thy preparation, for thy assailant is quick, skilful, and deadly."
- Sir Toby Belch
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John Cooksey
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| Posted: Sun 30 Jul, 2006 4:16 pm Post subject: Re: I have returned! :-) |
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| Geoff Wood wrote: | | John Cooksey wrote: |
Ireland, however, more than made up for the insufficiency of weapons found in extreme Northern India. The National Museum in Dublin was fabulous, and my scant hour there was spent drooling over the Bronze Age and Viking-era artifacts so very well displayed.
For those that have not been there, I would highly recommend a trip to Dublin and the National Museum (Archaeology and History). The city is lovely, the food is good, and the arms collection in the National Museum, alone, is worth the price of a ticket.
Jule, namaste, and namaskar,
Scyth |
'Tis a lovely place. What did you think of the display labelling? I was chatting to one of the staff and he thought there was insufficient educational content to explain the artifacts.
Geoff |
He is probably correct, for many of the displays. A lot of the artifacts, for example, were just labeled as "viking sword", or "dagger", or with other similarly descriptive captions. :-)
I would also take exception to the statement that "the sword was the primary weapon of the Viking warrior", which was contained in one of the more lengthy explanations.
Overall, I was impressed with the visual impact and curation of the displays, but really did not have time to explore the displays to my satisfaction.
I didn't surrender, but they took my horse and made him surrender.
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John Cooksey
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| Posted: Sun 30 Jul, 2006 4:19 pm Post subject: Re: I have returned! :-) |
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| Steve Grisetti wrote: | | John Cooksey wrote: | | From four weeks in India and Ireland . . . . |
Welcome back. Sounds like a great trip. But what inspired you to combine India with Ireland? What do they have in common besides both beginning with the letter "I"? |
That's about it. :-)
The real reason that I went to both places was that my lovely lady wanted to do both. The three weeks in India were *somewhat* research related, for her, and the five days in Ireland were R&R after the many stresses of Himalyan trekking. :-)
Her twin sister and another friend flew over to Ireland from the States to meet us, so we just made it a big touristy party. :-)
I didn't surrender, but they took my horse and made him surrender.
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