Pelikan Park Estepona

... wind had increased significantly. It was hard to hold the camera steady, and too cold to stand out of shelter for long. It made me wonder what the North Atlantic has in store for us. The strait is narrower than I'd realised; only about ten miles, I'd say. We passed the Rock at about 11:20 and the most southerly point of Spain, Tarifa Point, an hour ...

... mower, giving him the nickname Victor John Deere. Laughed very ******* that one for quite a long time. Pete - I think our time with the Sutho's brought plenty of laughs - especially our Segway experience....Daves Victor moment and Shaz's Segway dance. Scariest Thing Harri - Tom's face Tom - Nothing I'm not scared of anything..."I'm like Batman. Shaz - Watching the Sutherlands want to die on the sail from Rome to Olbia and wondering if well ever be ...

... to the entrance to the upper portion of St. Michael's cave. Immediately, we saw some of the famous "Barbary Apes" (they're really monkeys) including a mother and two babies and a few others. It was cute, but we needed to get going as we only had about 15 minutes to go through the cave. We waited in line to have our admission ticket stamped and noticed a sign saying that all images of the cave were copywritten so I took that to mean I shouldn't take ...

... group arrived. It was pretty nice that I had a whole row to myself so I can sleep. I was soo tired because I didn't get much sleep during the week as well as on the plane. Usually I have a difficulty sleeping. I passed out on the plane and didn't wake up until I saw that we were about to land in Malaga. From above it looked beautiful, just being right on the coast of Spain.

The Rock of Gibraltar is only 3 sq. miles in area but it offers a military strong point. Europe is only 8 miles from Africa & the straits are 36 miles long. Whoever controls Gibraltar & the harbor is in a good position to control the passage between the Atlantic & the Mediterranean waters. Most recently, Gibraltar was a key naval & air base during World War 11. Five countries have battled for 13 centuries to control the passage & it has resulted in a melting ...

... 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 ...

... minute walk from the bus station in Spain, with the rock looming in front of us, the guards simply waved us through. Now, I ask you, who bothers to make the trip to Gibraltar if they don't want to get their passport stamped with that magic "GBZ"? But they were naive to these concerns in Gibraltar. We found ourselves on Winston Churchill Avenue, which was pretty weird because after a block or so, we came to the airport. But this was no ordinary airport ...

... is no waiting for showers which is nice. We talked for a bit and then went to bed. June 19 - Dolphins and monkeys I rang the dolphin company at 9.30 and it costs 20GBP which is about E30 so not too bad. This company has a 98% success rate (or so they say) and if you don't see dolphins you get to go on another trip. I told him about my previous experience in Portugal and he said that if after 2 trips I still hadn't seen any dolphins he would gladly give me my money back. Fair ...

... isossa tippukiviluolassa ja ajelimme sitten kohti suuren piirityksen aikana rakennettuja tunneleita. Gibraltarin enemmän tai vähemmän kuuluisiin apinoihin saimme ensikosketuksen jo luolan edustalla, silä niitä istuskeli ja juoksenteli aika paljon parkkipaikalla. Apinat eivät pelänneet ihmisiä ollenkaan, vaan katselivat ohikulkijoita tyynesti ja tulivat heti lähemmäksi, jos haistoivat jossakin olevan ruokaa tarjolla. Mekin tarjosimme automme konepellille kiivenneelle apinaurokselle viel ...

... would prove to make a memorable place for a "field show" (minus the acoustics). Next came the macaques. These feisty little things were about half way down the rock and clearly provided 1800 pts worth of entertainment. There´s something about being able to interact with apes that makes it so worthwhile. The newborns, which appeared to be only a couple weeks old, were obviously a hi-light. But we saw it all. From apes jumping at Julia, to one eating the antenna ...