Melia Almerimar

Woodlice on the face. That was my wake up call. And people complain about alarm clocks. Very tired now.

Pretty standard day though. Funny bit was when we were on the beach and instead of finding a bin we put our melon seeds in a hole we dug in the sand. At this point a crazy Spanish lady started ...

... the day from Olly: "We came down here to see what it would be like to sleep here Chris. We the discovered its the kind of place that goats get brutally masacred. Therefore, Its not a good place to sleep, is it." Despite Ollys compelling arguement the thing that changed my mind was the sketchy guy the kept cycling near us. When he returned with more friends to look at us I thought F**k this, lets do some night riding. The decision was further reinforced when we left because we ...

... The terrain became more and more barren. This is the area where all the "spaghetti westerns" (Good Bad & Ugly, etc) were filmed in the 60's and 70's. Allegedly because it looks just like Arizona, but I wouldn't know because I've never been there. Reputedly, it's the driest part of Europe.  I headed off the motorway towards Tavernas, spotting a couple of "Wild West" towns along the way, and went to "Mini-Hollywood" which is basically a theme park. Having ...

... a trouver ce cyber cafe par hasard... il vaut le detour : couple avec un vrai bar (match de foot a fond en espagnol en fond sonore), et PC prehistorique que j ai bien failli faire planter en ouvrant la page facebook... pas de port usb en vue, pour les photos va falloir attendre !

Smooth sailing and just as we arrived in Almerimar the wind blew up, so the timing was perfect. Checked into the Marina, which was a very pleasant experience to find one so professionally run and some English spoken as well. We explored the town for the afternoon and returned to the boat quite exhausted as the heat is now consistently up into the high 30's and doesn't seem to reach its ...

... lopen we via een aantal kerken en paleizen naar de Paseo de los Tristes , waar we op afstand de gebouwen van het Alhambra kunnen zien. We komen dan in het district Sacromonte, witgeschilderde huizen die een zijn met de bergen. In de verte zien we de abdij van Sacromonte, gesticht door Aartsbisschop Pedro de Castro. Deze willen we de volgende dag van dichtbij aanschouwen. Nadat we ons hebben ingeschreven in ons pension duiken we de stad ...

... ik kilometers langs rijen flats en van het ene naar het andere winkelcentrum ben gefietst, beland ik op een industrie terrein, waar inderdaad camping-gaz te krijgen is. Inmiddels is het gastankje loodzwaar geworden en heb ik meteen door dat ik een lege in plaats van een vol tankje in mijn handen geduwd krijg. Terug op de boot ontdek ik dat ik mijn portemonnee en mijn sleutels kwijt ben. Als we snel mijn parkoers van deze ochtend willen nalopen op losslingerende ...

... car here since her husband usually drives and she has to keep reminding herself, keep to the right. Luckily it was a short trip. As I was getting out, she said her husband knew of a sailor who kept his boat in Alaska and maybe I could keep an eye out for him. His name is Gary. I asked if that was his first name or last. She didn't know. So, if any of you Alaskans see Gary, be sure to tell him that the lady with the blue netting said hello. Yesterday I finally ...

... and Jeff had six hours. We made great time and entered Almerimar harbor around 6:30 am. It was still pitch dark, but going slow and following our charts and the pilot book, we pulled up to the fuel dock to wait for morning light. The winds were predicted for strong and getting stronger. We had decided that this would be a great place to wait out our next clear stretch for the final push to Gibraltar. We were directed ...

Départ 2h45 du mat... on sort de la maison et on a pas oublié le fromage! 3h03 - on retrouve tout le monde et on est parti. Papa « Le catalan, c'est comme le violon (ou tu joues juste, ou tu joues tzigane !), donc ou tu parles le véritable, ou tu parles le catalan idiomatique !!! Y'a personne sur la route, sauf les gens qui vont au bled ! 7h30, p'tit déjeuner (au rouge pour certains !) On reprend la route à 8h15. On s'arrête encore après ...