Barcelo Cabo de Gata Almeria

... the day from Olly: "We came down here to see what it would be like to sleep here Chris. We the discovered its the kind of place that goats get brutally masacred. Therefore, Its not a good place to sleep, is it." Despite Ollys compelling arguement the thing that changed my mind was the sketchy guy the kept cycling near us. When he returned with more friends to look at us I thought F**k this, lets do some night riding. The decision was further reinforced when we left because we ...

I had to wean myseft away from the area, and the next day just drove a bit up the coast, past more un(der)-developed beaches at Escullos and El Playazo, and ended up staying in Las Negras, another fishing village which is sleepy by the water-front but with massive construction going on behind it.

Returned to San Jose. Next day drove around to the town of Cabo de Gata, saw the salt-pans, went up the the "Cape", saw the incredible beach of Cabo de Gata, had great lunch there, then went around to the beach at Monsul. Eventually decided I HAD to leave!! 

... who told me that he only stopped if someone rang the bell!! I said it was obvious I was a foreigner and that I'd bought the ticket asking to go to the airport. He shrugged and dropped me off at the next stop where I had to wait another hour for a return bus. I rang the bell three times when we re-approached the airport. Picking up the car, I drove into the countryside hills behind Almeria through miles of urban sprawl until eventually finding the motorway heading towards ...

VENDREDI 01 MAI 2009 ESPAGNE on s4est arrete a l4hotel de la paz entre 9h et 15h pour manger, dormir, et ;anger bocatillo con jamon y tortilla reprise de la route poour almeria arrivee a al;eria vers 19h, on ne trouve rien d ouvert cause du 1er mai, la ville est vrai;ent pourrie, d enormes immeubles au bord de la plage et un port tout industriel....berkkkk du coup, on se ...

... a trouver ce cyber cafe par hasard... il vaut le detour : couple avec un vrai bar (match de foot a fond en espagnol en fond sonore), et PC prehistorique que j ai bien failli faire planter en ouvrant la page facebook... pas de port usb en vue, pour les photos va falloir attendre !

... the backdrop of rising mountains inland. After about 20 miles, we came out of this and into the Park with mountains running down to the Cape and an open, barren flatland. San Jose is on a sweeping bay, and I was delighted to step off the bus and see my Hotel across the street. Clean and comfortable with a balcony looking over rooftops to the sea and mountains, I settled in. Walking around, I found an altogether different experience ...

... the Almeria taifa; the wall descends the valley on the north side of the Alcazaba and climbs the Cerro de San Cristobal on the far side. THE CATHEDRAL Alcazaba de Almeria In 1489, the city was taken over by the Catholic monarchs and its Muslim populace expelled soon thereafter. Almeria's cathedral is at the heart of the old part of the city and was begun in 1524 to replace a predecessor wrecked by the ...

... fishing/ salt towns. The whole thing was little confusing. The beach area is called the Cabo de Gato, which is 30 km long, but the town we were dropped of in is also called Cabo de Gato. The maps we had talked about a beautiful beach just a couple miles down. So, we walked to the next town. The weather was windy and a little cold even when in the 60's. We reached the town and found out that the beach looked pretty much the same as the ...

Départ 2h45 du mat... on sort de la maison et on a pas oublié le fromage! 3h03 - on retrouve tout le monde et on est parti. Papa « Le catalan, c'est comme le violon (ou tu joues juste, ou tu joues tzigane !), donc ou tu parles le véritable, ou tu parles le catalan idiomatique !!! Y'a personne sur la route, sauf les gens qui vont au bled ! 7h30, p'tit déjeuner (au rouge pour certains !) On reprend la route à 8h15. On s'arrête encore après ...