Hotel Casa Seorial La Solana San Roque

... Margaret River in Western Australia), then went to the "Den" where all the monkeys hang out. there were even little baby ones! AWW!! They were so cute, if not a little cheeky. A big monkey pick-pocketed a full packet of peanut M&Ms out of a lady´s pocket and chowed down the whole lot in a matter of seconds. And then didn´t even put the wrapper in the bin! I mean, really! Anyway, I was totally smitten when a little baby ...

... all worth it.

The shuttle took us to the airport where we met up with 13 more overlanders. The couple from chili, Craig, Kati, Dan, Sarah, Gavin, Peter, Myumi, Dan H., ect. Then there was the most amazing European discount airlines ever and guess where my seat was? THE LAST ROW, there is already about half the normal leg room compared to a normal American airlines. Man 2.5 hours worth of hell with this weird guy who could not stop fidgeting to ...

... will have to follow the omens." This quote by Melchizedek began Santiago's realization of the omens in his daily life and how to interpret them as good or bad. The final thing he left him with was Urim and Thummim. These simple but valuable stones would help guide Santiago through good and bad times.

At Cibraltar we saw the cliff that had been used to defend The Strait of Gibraltar for several centuries. The Strait of Gibraltar connnects the Atlantic with the Mediterranean Sea. Inside the cliff there is a great tunnel system where cannons was used through small holes in the wall. In addition the cliff has a opera hall inside and on top of it many monkeys are to be seen.

A fun thing about Cibraltar is that you have to cross the runway of the airport to ...

... switch his birthday to today.   He opened his presents this morning from us (a tool box for 3 yr olds), his grandparents "the Pinkies" as he calls them (a bag of plastic sea life - squids, whales, sharks and stuff) and a remote-controlled helicopter (which he loves! thanks!)  from his friend Scotty in Charlottesville who sent us off on our trip with a wrapped ...

... beautiful). There is also a significant Hindu population, and of course Anglican, Church of Scotland, and the Catholic Church (It is considered a Catholic country). It is apparently one of the safest places in the world-I think this is because it is so small you can't get away with anything. There's a lot to be said for small communities. There was one part of the tour I opted out of. It was a very long walk on a steep incline to the siege tunnels ...

... a strategic position away; it could be an example for other powers in other places near British territories (think Argentina and the Falklands). People who argue against Spain regaining Gibraltar point to the fact that Spain maintains two similar outposts on the northern coast of Morocco, Ceuta and Melilla. Morocco is making a similar claim to these territories that Spain makes on Gibraltar. So, people say that logically if Spain is to regain ...

... asylum in Europe from their repressive governments. The sight of hundreds of people loitering by the border and Moroccan guards beating aspiring border crossers with clubs were among our first images of Africa. Allegedly the violence occurred because everyone was grumpy since it was Ramadan and Muslims were fasting daily from sunrise until sundown. Once past the border we took a westerly road which climbed quickly into the Rif ...

... opnieuw een klein stokje uitgerold worden. Dan is de beurt aan de kotterfok. Deze halen we omlaag en knopen we aan de reling. Jeroen haalt een nat pak, maar het is gelukt. Nu het grootzeil omhoog. Dat wordt een hele toer, omdat de latten van het grootzeil blijven haken achter de lijnen van de lazy jacks. Vanuit kuip en voordek worden instructies geroepen en opgevolgd. Samen lukt het ons het zeil weer uit de lazy jacks te krijgen en te hijsen. Terwijl we weer als een ...

... 2:00 am watch and had the incredible view of the Rock of Gibraltar off our starboard bow. We had 15 miles to go to the entrance of Gibraltar Harbor and had lots of tanker traffic in the shipping lane off the port side. Just past the tankers, we could see the lights of Africa. Once again, the song titles came flooding to my mind - ROCK of Ages, ROCK around the clock, ROCK-a-bye baby... As I watched the well-lit Rock get larger as we neared, I thought that it ...