Hotel Nh Cartagena

... after a few miles of cycling. Murcia basically has about 6 motorways going through it. Cant cycle on these. cant navigate because of our incredibly basic A3 map of spain. So we went and bought a beer. Then, a bit drunk (what!? it was hot and we were dehydrated from cycling) we aimlessly cycled around until we found a more detailed map behind some perspex glass, up a lamp post, at a bus stop. Probably shouldnt have taken it but desperate times.. . . . we are ...

... and order Churrioes which they found hard to understand what we were ordering cuz its pronounced differnt than how it is spelt.

Later that evening we cooked some we wedges on the BBQ then we had those which sausage and curry sauce!

Then we went to a spanish bar which was quite exspensive but it was all locals except for 2 other english people.

... go to the puerto de mazzron for a few drinks. There was a land train which went from down by the beach by Bolnuevo beach! We waited for the train and waved it down however the driver shook his head and carried on driving we were waiting at the wrong spot :-(.

We decided to call a taxi and went in Monroes a english run bar by the beach. Our taxi driver picked us up and drove us ...

I woke up at 6am and i could see the light in the distance over the mountain. I could also hear crickets really loud which didnt really bother me and in the distance on a saturday night there was an all night rave which i could hear the music booming and quite clear but it didnt seem to wake me up in the night that went on till 8am.

Sunday was the day they have the market so we set of at 8am towards the port to go to the market when we got there most of it was set up but some stores ...

... and grandad for dinner. It was a bit to early still very hot and much people didnt go out for dinner untill 10pm but went to a spanish restaurant and i had difficulty understanding the menu. We all ordered Pollo Y En Salada which is chicken and Salad.

It cam with flat potatoe and a really nice salad and the chicked was very tasty but a bit greasy but i really enjoyed it then we had a couple of drinks in the spanish bar .

One may think that with the trouble we had in getting here, we weren't meant to be here. There was a fire on another train aheadd of us, and we were delayed by 2 hours. Then our train was having problems and we had to transfer to another train. All in all we arrived in Murcia at 12:45am, 4 hours late, but very excited to see Javier, Carmen and still waiting to see the girls who got up and went to school while we still slept.

When it comes to planning a holiday I don't usually deal with all the travel details and money, etc but this year I had no choice as my wife's job left her with no time to run holiday 'errands'.

As I walked around town I saw various adverts for Travel Money exchange and was baffled by all the different info. As a man who likes the simple approach I gave up on that idea and asked my brother where he had gone for his. He recommended No1 Currency ...

... Skiathos and Rhodes) the Red Sea Riviera (Sharm el Shiekh, Hurghada and Taba Heights) the Arabian Gulf (Dubai, Oman, Qatar and Abu Dhabi), the Indian Ocean (Goa, Maldives, Seychelles, Sri Lanka) the Caribbean Islands (Antigua, Grenada, Nevis, St Kitts, St Lucia and Tobago Last July I visited Menorca, the second largest of the Balearic Islands after Mallorca. The island has two main cities, the ...

... our prepaid Visa travel card. Guess what??? IT DIDNT WORK! We were stuck at the restaurant with no way to pay our bill. After trying different things for about 3 hours, we finally found some Canadians that exchanged our dollars for euros. It was awful!

... Vic and I returned to the ship were we then sat by the pool in front of the splash bar having a drink or two. We met Sallie and Ray for dinner, Sallie and Ray then went to see the George Michael tribute singer, while vic and i enjoyed a few cocktails in the Casbah bar. Whilst walking through the connextions bar to get to the casbar, Vic helped a couple with a halloween ...