Almirante Alicante

6 weeks left here in benidorm before a flying visit back home to see everyone then im off to Thailand, Oz and Fiji for a few months travelling.

Currently loving the 'dorm, its probably the most random and bizzare place to rep and although its a bit quiet at the moment having amazing nights out with the rest of the fantastic team we have here, still time to come and see me!!!

... crazy stairs. We where welcomed by a bunch of happy travelers that also found their way to El Potro, an autonomous community based on self organization.

At the moment only Jordi is permanently living here who keeps the project running. But the project is well known in the area so there's much local support and many ...

... and walked all around trying to find them to no avail. No one at the reception desk was very friendly and when I asked about the three different times printed about our arrival in Barcelona one girl yelled at me that I was wrong. That was the end of my happy vacation. Went back to the room and packed and Rachel went to the disco and we got 4 hours of sleep.

Benidorm is called the Manhattan of the Costa Blanca, not cause its super cool, but because of its numerous high rises. We didn't spent much time here, we drove 20 min to the next town called Calpe. We did a cool hike, up a huge rock peninsula, and recommended by the guide book we brought with us. Being experienced hikers and being completely ignorant as to what we ...

These pictures are from me trying to take a photo of myself writing with my ancient feather pen from the Alicante market and from walking around Alicante on a tour of the the two cathedrals, San Nicolas y Santa Barbara.
The pictures later are from our visit to two little pueblos just outside of Alicante; Guadalest and Altea. In the little town of Guadalest is a beautiful castle ...

... pretty amazing since it was pretty expensive I bet to feed like 20 plus people. I tried some authentic Spanish jamón y queso and lots of other dishes that they didn't tell us the names of! Frustrating! One was really interesting it was a boiled egg that was fried in a batter and served. At first I thought it was a chicken nugget then I thought it was fried cheese then I realized there was yoke.
Some of the people in our ...

... settled in at ''la Villa Universitaria"' which is not so much dorm-like, but not quite big enough for apartment-type either... it's somewhere in the middle. I decided not to stay with a family for a few different reasons.... and I'm glad I'm here.

I started to discover the city today and made lots of mistakes.. took the wrong bus number... ate at the wrong times... gave incorrect money... but that's all part of the experience! I feel like I'm ...

... serai pas titulaire et que je rentrerai en jeu à la place d'un autre joueur lorsque à chaque set (de 25 points)on atteindra les 15 points. Cet autre joueur n'est vraiment pas plus fort que moi mais possède un avantage sur moi qui n'est pas négligeable au volley: 15cm. Je ne rentre donc que pour jouer quelques points et quand je rentre, l'entraineur me fait joueur sur la ligne de fond ce qui rend mon rôle presque inutile. Je joue donc environ 20% de ...

You would have heard of Piccadilly Circus but have you heard about the Circus at Alicante! We arrived in Alicante Spain from London where we found our 3 Act Circus performance about to begin. It is full of scary and dangerous whirling and spinning things, spitting vipers and cranky bears. Act 1: Getting in our Europcar: I knew that they drove on the right hand side in Europe but I wasn't prepared for the space age technology of their new cars. We were given a Renault (well ...

... for about an hour and than realize we were not as lost as we thought we were in the first place. However, even though we spent only about 8 hours total in Alicante and a good 2 hours of those were spent lost and another 3 hours was spent at the airport, the city was still amazing! It was one of those cities you really did not mind getting lost in, it was almost in getting lost that we realized how beautiful the city actually was.