Camping Sierra De Maria 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.

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.

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 ...

... it turned into sand and stones. We could barely walk the bikes. This seriously slowed us down. Whats worse is that it meant that we ended up on the grotty outskirts of Almeria as it got dark. Desperate for a place to sleep we went to check out under a motorway bridge. Whilst we were down there we saw some kids needlessly kill a goat with rocks and sticks. Not a great site to be honest. I still thought it would probably be alright to stay. They were only kids after all. Quote ...

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 ...

... Cordoba in 1236 they had plans to demolish the mosque but changed their minds and simply popped a Gothic chapel inside instead. After much oohing and aahing the Wilson Seis-Paquetes turned to exit the Mezquita to enjoy the sights and sounds of the night market, complete with turrón (Spanish almond candy), belly dancers, and flamenco artists. Next we hit the sweet site known as Seville. Home to the infamous Carmen, as well as other ...

... under dark clouds and find where the beach is. I ask a couple of Germans who look like they know where they're going. "You know if this is San Pedro." "We've been told its about an hour hike in." We head back to the village, and the supermarcado is closed for lunch (return at 5pm). The clouds and wind get worse, but after a couple of beers, Katie says, "we should still go camping!!" We grab some supplies, pack our bag and begin the Hike!!

... de français et d'arabe. Tout le monde s'installe. On va faire les papiers pour la douane pour la voiture. Papa et moi avons laissé des papiers dans la voiture. Tant pis ! On va manger à la cafet et tout le monde mange pareil... « Monsieur M___ Jean-Baptiste est prié de se rendre au bureau d'information ». Il y va. Il faut les papiers et il les trouve pas ! On monte pour les trouver et un jeune qui a le même problème râle, ils refusent ...