CITYMAR INDALICO Almeria

... for beer, whereas 'cerveza' is Spanish for beer. Anyway, a beer I got. I also order just a plain cheese pizza. I just needed food I didn't need anything decadent. I literally laughed out loud at the waiter when he dropped off my pizza. It was the size of an elephant's butt! I took a photo with my beer mug for scale, but it's on my iPhone. It was absurd, especially considering this was my second restaurant dinner in about 45 minutes. The pizza was good enough. Nothing great. And ...

... nor American helped me.<br><br>Rather than just going back to the train station and sitting there for four hours, I stopped in a little Argentinian restaurant. Knowing Gaby, I was well versed in the fact that I should check the menu before sitting down. The Argentinians (and Uruguayans, who really fed Argentina everything their famous for, right Gaby?) are big meat eaters. But, they had pasta on the menu. Hurray.<br><br>The waiter was an older guy that found it amusing ...

... around a bit and then headed on our way. Our main destination was Almeria to see the Fort there called Alcabaza, and then we planned to visit Parque Natural in Cabo de Gato. This area is know for it's conservation efforts and beautiful natural beaches. Mike asked around to find out what other areas are interesting on our way to Almeria. A woman (park cleaning lady) told him Roquetes de mar is a beautiful spot. We drove right there and hated it! Ugly, overdeveloped town ...

... someone had been waiting behind a rock near us. I couldnt have left faster if i tried. Very stressful moment. <br><br>So we cycled to the other side of Almeria but our journey was cut short due to a coastal windy road with no lights. We had no choice but to sleep where we were. which happened to be up some steps near a light house in the view of hookers. Seriously no other choice. Also, where we slept the happened to be 1cm by 1 inch orange woodlice crawling everywhere. Lovely.

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!! 

I decided to rent a car for my last couple of days at San Jose, so took the bus into Almeria. Although there is an excellent integrated bus/train station there, Airport buses go from elsewhere!! So I went looking for the bus-stop, found a man who directed me half-a mile down the road. As I walked to the bus-stop, the Airport bus went by! Got to the bus-stop and had to wait 45 minutes for the next one. It's first stop was just by where the man had directed me... so I'd ...

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 ...

... forsto hva han mente, etterpå forsto han at jeg kødda og ble litt sur. Toget til Lorca var stappfullt, og vi var heldige som fikk plass. Det kom noen jenter som ville snakke med meg, men de kunne ikke engelsk og jeg kunne ikke spansk, dermed gikk de. Petter sov, han var litt hanglete etter den kalde gåturen vår. Men vi pratet mye, og lo mye, tog er kjekt hvis du har noen å prate med. Takket være Petter kom vi oss på et lokaltog, og sparte noen timer på det. Den siste biten mot ...

Yeah, I b*ught s*me. What d* y*u want? I l*ve Spain. I've realized h*w much this past week, th*ugh it hit me when we arrived by train that it was actually s*mewh**e I missed. It's ab*ut 65 degrees Fahrenheit ev**y day h**e, and I've seen nearly ev**y sunset fr*m the beach. Hall*ween in Spain is lame. They d* have it, but it's a recent and highly c*mm**cial additi*n t* their calendar. We went *ut because I t*ld Kim and R*drig* it's my fav*rite ...

... lui donner le « papier vert » pour rentrer la voiture au Maroc. On ne nous donne pas le papier, il faudra le demander à terre. On continue à manger et on va faire tamponner les passeports. On va un peu dehors et avec Flo, nous avons une discussion avec un marocain qui est pas très ouvert, mais gentil. Et voilà, on est descendues et il reste environ deux heures avant l'arrivée à Nador. On y arrive à 23h30, heure locale. 109980km au compteur.