Sh Ifach Calpe

6 weeks left here in benidorm before a flying visit back home to see everyone then im off to Thailand, Oz and Fiji for a few months travelling.

Currently loving the 'dorm, its probably the most random and bizzare place to rep and although its a bit quiet at the moment having amazing nights out with the rest of the fantastic team we have here, still time to come and see me!!!

... to jagged rocks, slippery mud and cliff faces accented with a million seagulls (and their droppings...). We persevered up the majority of the trail until we got to a point where we were using ropes for balance as we went up steeper rock faces. Now I wouldn't call this a challenging hike, perhaps a bit technical but in flip flops it was HELL! We finally called it ...

... wasn't quite so magical, was our trip to the Central Salud (Medical Centre), after-hours emergency department when Brad cut his head open. Lots of blood, and quite a gaping wound, looked worse than it was. As much as the Spanish people love the children, they don't really give out the whole 'teddy bear' attention when it comes to medics. Brad was straight in to see the doctor (more or less), she had a good look, shaved his hair, and promptly ...

First of all I can´t believe we actually survived the night. Whats more is that the lizards and cockroaches running around didnt go near me. Thats a good start.

Never see famous people in England , yet you cycle 1500 miles to a supermarket in the middle of Spain you find Tony Robbinson. Amazing. Then we ate big food ...

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Looking for a camping spot we noticed a very small crumbling abandoned building. What a great place to sleep. Little bit worrying about the old matress that was there though. Probably a hang out for crack addicts. But waking up to a mental crack head is not as bad as most of our other nights so we went for it.

Mit: Patrick aus Österreich

Wir reisen im gut klimatisierten Zug schnell aus Alicante hinaus, fahren an El Campello vorbei, ein malerische Bucht, wo auch viel Englisch zu hören ist, wie ich am nächsten Tag feststellen kann, villa Joyosa und dann Benidorm. Der Name klingt für meine Ohren ja recht ulkig, man soll sich aber nicht an offensichtlichen Äußerlichkeiten festhängen. Denn:

Benidorm ist auf Anhieb sympathisch. Adrett, Sauber, viel leiser und ...

... kommen noch unschuldige Sonnenuntergange, nett gemalt, dann 'oops'
Nackt-fotos und im nachsten Raum eine J e s u s statue. Wie passt das bitte zusammen?

Auch an alten, antiquen Hausmobeln, Geschirrkaesten, alten Bettstatten und uralten Waschschusseln kommen wir vorbei ins Freie-die Aussicht ist gut, alle ...

... it was at the people running or the crazy kiwi tourists infront of them!

Once the run was finished they let one bull at a time into the arena, where about 100 guys (in their 20s & 30s) waited in the middle to be amateur matadors. After chasing round people for a while, the bull would either jump into the sea to be rescued by the waiting boat, or if after 10 min no jumping would be led out by an old steer.

The first bull flipped one guy ...

... autobus numero 30. Paso uno que arriba no tenia techo, parecia un autobus turistico, no tenia numero asi que no nos subimos. Pero resulta que era ese el numero 30. El siguiente no volvia a pasar hasta 1 hora despues. Asi que cogimos otro bus que nos dejaba bastante cerca tambien.

Al llegar al hotel subimos hasta la planta 41 en el ascensor y el resto por las escaleras. La vista era muy bonita, podia verse todo. Una pequeña isla que hay ...

... I hope arriving at 0820 on the 17th. Found a cheap hostel called Nomade (hostelnomade.com) which charges 15$pesos a night for a dorm, which is good, but a bit strange as the LP has them as charging $7US ($21pesos). So for the moment just headless chickening with things like travel insurance, fond farewells, the breaking of unbreakable chains, etc.. as well as finishing off a million more things on my list.