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Travel Blogs from Rota, Spain and Canary Islands

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Rotate though the port of Rota sometime, Rota, Spain travel blog

Rotate though the port of Rota sometime

A travel blog entry by 7tck7334

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Just across from Cadiz, Rota has a difficult sandbar entrance which must be crossed only at low tide, unless you have a shallow draft. Its a nice Spanish town, with the usual bars and cafes u would expect. Visiting in winter time however many things are ...

Richting Gibraltar, Rota, Spain travel blog

Richting Gibraltar

A travel blog entry by psteerenberg

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Terug van weggeweest Wat kan het leven je mee zitten, we zijn de grootouders van Isabella geworden en hebben met volle intentie de laatste weken van de zwangerschap van Marieke en de geboorte van Isabella van nabij mee gemaakt. De eerste foto's, de ...

the kindness of strangers, Rota, Spain travel blog

the kindness of strangers

A travel blog entry by philiad

... Kiwi-Al's relative somehow, the connections never becoming entirely clear to me. Grace and her family happen to be the most hospitable people in Spain. And they happen to live in a big white villa on the beach. And to own a pizzaria, and some bars, and a ...

Supper Swim Sea Silliness, Rota, Spain travel blog

Supper Swim Sea Silliness

A travel blog entry by whereshegoes

... where a few more people had gathered. I pounded on a bongo drum that a man from Senegal was selling. Then played some darts and guest bartended. I convinced a trio sitting at the bar that they should buy a Carmella Shot and they agreed. It was really a ...

Escape to the Seaside, Rota, Spain travel blog

Escape to the Seaside

A travel blog entry by whereshegoes

... and I ambled off into the small waiting area. Jami and his friend Kevin picked me up then we all drove to his home in Rota. It seems to be a small town with everything pretty much within walking distance. We dropped off my stuff, met his cousin then went ...

New Planet, Rota, Spain travel blog

New Planet

A travel blog entry by whereshegoes

... clouds seeming to push the sun under the sea. We ate on the balcony while watching the stars and moon glitter over the ocean. Since I have come to Spain, I have found this curiously large planet that keeps showing up in the beginning of the night. I ...

A spot of sick, Rota, Spain travel blog

A spot of sick

A travel blog entry by whereshegoes

... up with a bit of a sore throat and realized that I am on the verge of a sicky. Noooo! Not now! So I pretty much rested and worked. I tried to keep as low profile as possible and even skipped the walk on the beach. It gets really really windy here so I ...

In the US Navy, Rota, Spain travel blog

In the US Navy

A travel blog entry by whereshegoes

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... if they could. Jami said he enrolled just before the war started and wouldn't have made the same choice now. Thye like living in Spain but don't like how the people treat them on a whole. On the upside, they get some really wicked deals for education and ...

fort vic, Rota, Spain travel blog

fort vic

A travel blog entry by neildavis136

work ...

Duty Station #4: Rota, Spain, Rota, Spain travel blog

Duty Station #4: Rota, Spain

A travel blog entry by mojofoto

Arrived in Rota alive and ...

Murphy Girls in Andalucia, Rota, Spain and Canary Islands travel blog

Murphy Girls in Andalucia

A travel blog entry by lisa02148

Rota ...

The wonderful Rota sunsets, Rota, Spain and Canary Islands travel blog

The wonderful Rota sunsets

A travel blog entry by retinr

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Sunsets in Rota are ...

Lodge, Rota, Spain travel blog

Lodge

A travel blog entry by tlvice

Back to the lodge to rest before our adventure ...

Rota beach walk, Rota, Spain and Canary Islands travel blog

Rota beach walk

A travel blog entry by retinr

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After our Naval base tour, we went back to the hotel to rest and get some lunch. We then walked the entire Rota beach boardwalk. I took LOTS of photos, but I am just posting a few of them at this ...

Christmas Base of Ops, Rota, Spain travel blog

Christmas Base of Ops

A travel blog entry by tlvice

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... of potato chips.  All of that came to a whopping 7.30 Euros.  I love small towns in Spain! There were several Christmas lights in the plazas and the pedestrian mall.  There was also a group of three young women dressed up in white clothing ...

Rota, Spain, Rota, Spain travel blog

Rota, Spain

A travel blog entry by baron_family

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... had our laptops out and stuff strewn about, one of the counter guys came rushing in to the USO room and asked if anyone else wanted to go to Rota, Spain on the flight that was manifesting.  We signed up and waived rights to the midnight flight.  ...

Rota, Rota, Spain and Canary Islands travel blog

Rota

A travel blog entry by julebt

Rota: stayed for a week in a beautiful hotel at the beach. Very ...

Rota, Rota, Spain travel blog

Rota

A travel blog entry by woolly

Got stuck here for a couple of ...

Fuel Stop Before going to the med, Rota, Spain travel blog

Fuel Stop Before going to the med

A travel blog entry by droch

fuel ...

Short Stint though the streets, Rota, Spain and Canary Islands travel blog

Short Stint though the streets

A travel blog entry by lonewanderer

After a 9 hour flight in a sardine can of a plane with my squad the sunshine and freshair were amazing. Its was about 85 degrees when we got off the plane and found our rooms. 12 hours till the next flight What to do...? No change of clothes... No access ...

Back to Spain, Rota, Spain travel blog

Back to Spain

A travel blog entry by lblack12

Stayed for another ...

Thanksgiving in Rota, Rota, Spain travel blog

Thanksgiving in Rota

A travel blog entry by tlvice

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We were fortunate enough to spend our Thanksgiving holiday in Rota, Spain and the surrounding area.  This was the first time the kids had ever seen the ocean.  Being on a point, Rota is bordered on two sides by the Atlantic Ocean.  It ...

Howdy from Rota, Rota, Spain travel blog

Howdy from Rota

A travel blog entry by kimhollenshead

Arrived yesterday around 2 pm. Went directly to Ruthanne's to freshen up then set out to see the base and Rota. Wandered around the walking streets window shopping and then ate a wonderful ...

Lodge, Rota, Spain travel blog

Lodge

A travel blog entry by tlvice

Back to the lodge to rest before our adventure ...

Feria, Rota, Spain travel blog

Feria

A travel blog entry by lisa02148

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Annual ...

Rota Naval Base tour, Rota, Spain and Canary Islands travel blog

Rota Naval Base tour

A travel blog entry by retinr

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... that I arranged to be our base escort at 0900 at the main gate. As it turns out, as the base is now totally run by Spain, so we were very restricted to where we could go and what we could take pictures of. Although we got a car tour of the entire ...

Unicorn has been captured, look out Easter Bunny!, Rota, Spain travel blog

Unicorn has been captured, look out Easter Bunny!

A travel blog entry by erik2454

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... of things about $200 for both of us if we have to go that route. We wait for the 1300 which is taking some Marines to Spain and of course they only take 3 passengers a young active duty couple and their son. It seems Rota is laughing at me on a daily ...

An Overnight Adventure, Rota, Spain travel blog

An Overnight Adventure

A travel blog entry by kimhollenshead

This morning we woke early, packed our overnight bags and we're headed to Granada for an overnight excursion. Anxious to get on the road to see what lies before ...

New Home, Rota, Spain and Canary Islands travel blog

New Home

A travel blog entry by lblack12

Stayed here in a commune with friends for about a year and a ...

Our first day in Rota!, Rota, Spain and Canary Islands travel blog

Our first day in Rota!

A travel blog entry by retinr

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... morning and got a taxi to pickup our rental car. Ed drove, while I setup my Garmin GPS, which I got a Spain map chip for. We had a great drive to Rota. The weather was perfectly sunny and warm. It was a great drive. We went directly to Playa de ...

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