Albayalde Estepona

The adventure has begun! I met up with my new Canadian friends Katy, Dan and Sarah in London, Gatwick for 1 night at the Gatwick Belmont Guest House. The plan was to all shares a quad room but we were offered two doubles instead which worked out quite nice, we just shared a bathroom. All of us did the "getting to know strangers" celebratory beer… that turned into 6 or 7. J Some of us were hurting pretty badly in the morning for the flight but it ...

... people overall seem like they´re just trying to live their lives, if you look past the street hustlers. The city didn´t feel any less safe than Istanbul, or even Barcelona for that matter. Our view of organized tours has not been changed, however, and if we go again, we´re definitely visiting Morocco on our own. It´s worth a lot more than 3 hours.<br><br>For now we´re packing up from our lovely vacation, and heading back on the bus to Sevilla, our final stop in Spain. Stay tuned!<br>

... No words or pictures could fully capture the essence of this city, you just have to be there to fully experience its beauty. I then explored the city, going to places that are not commonly visited by tourists, I did some shopping, had a beer and tapas at a small restaurant and then walked through the park. Unfortunately, the day was cut short due to time restrictions and I did not have the chance to do everything I wanted to do but I will definitely be back.

... drinking 750ml of yogurt drink i tried to eat 2 further kilos of yoghurt (Thats 15 pots to you and me). Some how I managed to finish them, keep it down, then cycle ten miles. Although, looking back, its never a good thing to do when you rely on using the woods at the side of the road as your toilet. Nearly 3 kilos of yoghurt man. I think you get my point.

... at the cable car station just in time to watch the attendant put our a sign saying the Cable Car would not be operating due to the strong winds that were blowing on the mountain side. We looked up the mountain and watch the lengths of cables that stretched from the small building we were in beside up the mountain up past tall towers that held the cable in place and even further up to the very top of the mountain where the cables enter another small building. Today we would not ...

... the females and babies, so I got to feed him 2 peanuts. Martin our guide told me to hold the peanut inbetween my thumb and forefinger (unlike when you feed a horse and give something in your flattened palm). The monkey gently pulled my hand closer to him with one hand and took the peanut from me with the other. It was an amazing experience for me. We then met the oldest monkey named "Michael" (but actually "Georgio") who was arthritic and didn't ...

... bleven we echt overal fietsers zien die op de pechstrook telkens reden. Toen we dus richting Ronda aant rijden waren, reden we in de bergen en dat waren enorm veel haardspeldbochten, echt ni leuk en zeer vermoeiend vond ik. Ge mocht er max 80km/u, ik reed er soms 90 en dan nog stak iedereen mij voorbij en persoonlijk vind ik zo'n bochtjes echt gevaarlijk ze! Na een uurtje rijden vanuit Marbella waren we dan eindelijk in Ronda. Echt super gezellig dorpke! Wat zo ...

... had experienced a deluge of rain with at least 30cm falling in 24 hours. I was beginning to think I needed to swap my bikini and suncream for a pair of wellies and a rainmac, so when we arrived a clearing up operation was in progress. We had already decided what we intended to do with our week and spent the rest of the afternoon and evening planning our day trips around the area.

... the Gibraltar airport runway and you are back in Blighty land. Currency - pounds , language - a sort of English, shops - a mix, food - also a mix. A nice place could get used to being here. Back to our squat in Conception ready to catch a bus to Algerceras tomorrow.

... reflected older Moorish influences. Really the only reason to go to Gibraltar is to see the Rock and the Barbary Apes that run wild all over the place. I got there in the afternoon and took one of the last cable cars to the top and walked/hiked down the rest. See the photo album for all the ape pics... yes many apes, so many ape pics. About a third of the way down, it seemed I was the only person around... occasionally a ...