Jardines De Lorca
Alameda Rafael Mendez s/n Lorca, Murcia, Spain and Canary Islands
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Still in the hills but warm again!
... the statue of Jesus on the hill. And Alhama de Murcia is nearby, providing anything the village doesn’t run to. A trip to town on Saturday rewarded us with the spectacle of the children’s carnival. The costumes were just wonderful, presumably organised by the school or class, judging by the banners. I would have had so much fun making them!
This area is a nature reserve with some unique features, including the areas known ...
Costa Calida
... Aside from the itinerant motorhomers and caravanners there is clearly a large expat community
along the coast of mainly English and German. For sale signs are written in Spanish, English and German. I have seen a sign for the local Zahnarzt and Radio Costa Calida claims to be the largest English speaking station on the Med. Coast.
The campsite is discretely terraced into the hillside. It is in fact less obtrusive ...
Pirates beware.
... the beach. The cool thing about it though was that it was built to blow up pirates, which is pretty awesome. Turns out pirates were a major issue in Spain, all up the western coast we had noticed all these fortified farm houses. They were made to hold off sneaky pirates when they were hungry. Them rascals, I hope they like cannon balls if they come to Port ...
Booyass!
We camped the night in Murcia on our long inland sojourn to the town of Bullas. The landscape had become even drier and the stretches of road seeming endless in the heat. When we finally came upon Bullas we really didn't expect much, the main reason we had decided to travel this far out of our way was so that we could find some little Bullas themed nik-naks for ...
Typical Murcian village
... become annoyed with myself that i have forgotten my large camera, and only have my small one as a rescue. It is better than nothing!
I park in one of the small streets which seem to line a main route through the town, and search for 'el informatica turismo' in the church's plaza. it is firmly closed, perhaps due to the work being done on it. not to worry, i wander up through the small gardens to find 'el museo cigarralejo' (the museum of Iberian Art) ...



