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Wonderful Waxwings
... the corner of the street and they were behaving normally, which means that they were settling in a taller tree within sight of the berries and then flying down to guzzle a dozen or so before either returning to the look-out tree or flying off to rest somewhere nearby until they had room for another course. We watched them for about 30 minutes and they visited the lookout tree three times and the berry tree twice. Julie got a couple of nice photos and here's one of them.
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Final thoughts
... Bad:
The open sewers (not everywhere thankfully but enough of them!) and thus the smells
The toilets
The roads and traffic. There appears to be NO lane discipline. As far as we can tell, the driver has to be very careful not to hit anyone from behind. That seems to be the only rule of the road. Wagons without rear lights also make driving at night hazardous
The railways - only because of the toilet facilities....
Would we go again? You betcha we ...
Outtakes
... the current offerings.
Flight out to San Jose, Costa Rica is on Tuesday morning, touching down in the evening before getting a bus onto Managua, Nicaragua a couple of days later
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Hail to the Bunting
... amount. I couldn’t see any Ring Ouzels at all – in fact there was a dearth of native species with the main birds of note being Pheasant, Red-legged Partridge and worst of all a small flock of Guinea Fowl! They’re not going on my year list.
I’d stayed longer than I’d intended (the wind was greatly reduced here, a couple of miles back from the sea and with the shelter of some tall mature woodland) and thought that Julie might ...
Sants again
... for a while as a search dog was put through its paces, locating illegal substances from an assortment of lost luggage.
We then went for a short walk around this part of Sants, passing a leisurely hour or so on the small square off Carrer de Riego where there are a few small and untouristy cafes and restaurants. After this it was onto the train for the 20 minute trip to the airport, which was surprisingly difficult for some ...
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