Hotel Piedra Paloma Estepona

... all worth it. <br><br>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 ...

This is by far the most beautiful city I have visited in Spain! Ronda is where the first bullfight took place and is home to the oldest bullring in Spain. The other students and I started out the day listening to one of our professors give a speech about the history of bullfighting, very interesting but after three hours I was ready to see Ronda. We then went to the bullring and had the opportunity to go inside where the fights take place. It was a feeling like no ...

Je dévore le livre de Philippe Sauve. Cet énergumène a traversé la Sibérie en canoe, du lac Baïkal jusqu'à l'Arctique... Il parle souvent de ses peurs et ce n'est pas souvent que l'on trouve ça dans un livre d'aventurier... en général, l'aventurier lui-mème relate plus tout ce qu'il a accomplit que ce qu'il lui a filé la frousse!! et la peur est quelque chose d'universel, on peut s'y retrouver.. et puis cette fameuse peur qui ...

... the night it was quite cold and one person who will remain nameless was heard getting up in the middle of the night and complaining about the cold, only to find out that sleeping on the sleeping mat and using the sleeping bag would have made a big difference in staying warm for the night. <br><br>The following morning Andrew, Lene, Heather and I headed to Gibraltar to do a bit of sightseeing and duty ...

... bags). I kept my distance and used my zoom. There are about 240 monkeys on Gibraltar (they are not really apes, but tailless monkeys). The numbers were as low as 40 after WWII, and the maximum the environment can sustain is 300. They are well looked after, catalogued and inoculated, but they are wild animals, and not too much intervention goes on, though they may have to do something in the future if the population gets out of control. They are native ...

... restaurants that's more or less the social hub of Gibraltar. After hanging out there for half an hour, we heard a speaker at the Chamber of Commerce talking about the political and economic status of Gibraltar. It was quite interesting because Gibraltar's situation is so unique. Britain has held Gibraltar legally since 1713, when a treaty signed by Britain and defeated Spain ceded the rock permanently over to the United Kingdom. Britain coveted the ...

... inplantation under Churchills ledning for at hans soldater pa halvon skulle fa nojet att jaga dessa djur. Emellertid, till apornas och nutida turisters stora gladje, blev apskjutning aldrig nagon succe. Min egna tolking är att de sma djuren helt enkelt är alldeles for sota. Uppe pa berget borjade vi narma oss aporna och Saeed (Sajjan) blev attackerad av tva apor som uppklättrade pa hans huvud och fightades om hans uppmarksamhet. Det hela resulterade I en fin bild.

... British). It was Friday the 13th so we can't complain I suppose... Not to worry - our combination of hangover, heat exhaustion and hapless timing would have amounted to naught in the scheme of things. Especially compared to the poor heavy artillery-men stationed here over time, whose duty it was to haul massive cannon up ...

... cable lift to the top of the mountain and as soon as we got to the top we were surrounded by monkeys. I guess some English lady back in the days decided to have two of them as pets and later on released them into the wild. Now there are hundreds of them. Trying to steal all your ****. Even from your pockets. The weather is great and about 28 degrees (85 F). Tomorrow we´re leaving again and more stories to come. Take care, Tim

... at an alarming rate. There was also a Rock - tall, steep, pockmarked with tunnels and fortifications, and dominating the landscape (and seascape) for miles around. On climbing the hill, it quickly becomes apparent just how much effort the Brits have put into hanging onto it over the years. The steep lane is lined every few metres with giant rings bolted into the stone, which were used well into last century for winching ...