Aguamarina Estepona

... smaller group, though I think I had a slight ulterior motive. <br><br>Today we are heading to the ferry to where the real journey begins and we ascend onto the African continent. I am so excited! Though I did prepare, I enjoyed my last hot shower immensely before leaving the camp ground in Spain. All in all it seems like a great group of people but 43 weeks with anyone is *************e such multi cultural groups like this. It should be really amazing.

... I saw a bullfight my first week here and it really wasn't my cup of tea, but it was interesting to be where all the action takes place. I then proceeded to go exploring on my own, which I actually do quite frequently. I love people but I find I really enjoy some things better when I make my own experience not surrounded by what everyone else wants to do. I started by going down into the Ronda Gorge, which literally looks like a city built on a cliff. It is just ...

... mes nuits dans la nature.. et bien je la revis un peu avec lui et lire ce livre me sert en quelque sorte d'exutoire... Je ne compare pas son aventure avec mon voyage, nous n'avons pas les mêmes sources d'angoisse (lui, c'est les ours!!!!).. mais il délire sur un endroit où il décide de camper un soir et explique "mon esprit chercher à se distraire, à fuir les pensées négatives qui renaissent à chaque tombée de la nuit"<br>Nous ...

... to you? Well when i was younger than ten i was warned to watch out for stuff like this. But, well, 22 now, so we accepted and hoped that it wasnt laced with rohipnol. and to be fair he did have a girlfriend with him. <br><br>A while back olly tried to eat 2 kilograms of jelly after drinking a litre of juice. So now it was my turn to step up to the plate ...

... time allowed for our adventure out onto the Rock. We left the ship early, just after the gangplank had been lowered into place. It was still too early to shop, but we wanted to walk into town and catch the cable car lift to the top of the mountain that is the Rock of Gibraltar. We walked quickly thru town as we would return later in the day after exploring the Rock. In that way the stores would be open and we could look around the town area at the base of the mountain. We ...

... winter when the tourists are scarce and eventually get so emaciated they have to be put down. He also explained that they control the population of monkeys on the rock by giving a percentage of the females a shot each year in order to make them infertile for that year. While watching the monkeys, I had one jump right over my head and two young ones fighting right at my feet. Finally the guide offered to let me feed the male monkey who had come up and ...

... Zee en terug. Het was er lekker warm, smorgens al 18°. Dan terug naar de jeugdherberg om de auto te gaan halen en hop naar Ronda. Deze keer was het terug mijnen toer om te rijden. Het fijne aan Spanje is dat er niet veel volk op de baan is, maar als er dan toch auto's zijn, rijden ze allemaal veel te snel. Het zotte aan die spanjaarden is dat die dus met fietsen en brommers op de autosnelwegen rijden. Echt ni normaal. Das echt u leven beu zijn volgens mij ...

... to say the least that if you were elderly or not quite sturdy on your feet that you could have ended up in the sea with one wrong footing. So, we turned around and headed back in the direction towards Estepona and seemed to walk for miles. The beach is very stoney at Playa Atalaya and it is more residential than full of holiday makers.

From Tavira you take a short bus ride to Sevilla, change buses to proceed to La Conception, which is the Spanish side of the border with Gibraltar. Beer prices horrendous here in the street cafes. I will buy it at Lidl's in future (E0.64 / litre). A 5 minute walk ...

... the middle of town to reach the cable car base station at the Rock. Overall I was a little disppointed with the town of Gibraltar. It seemed mostly catered to tourists and UK colonists (right term?). Imagine a larger version of the Great Britain pavillion in the EPCOT World Showcase and you kind of have a good idea. However, occasionally off Main Street there were interesting side streets and alleys along with architecture ...