Tryp Indalo Almeria

Travel Blogs from Almeria

Love is conditional...

A travel blog entry by diedopstap

... At least when animals are concerned.

Greetings from Almeria, city of beautiful beaches and home to the Tabernas desert, which resembles Sahara deserts to such an extent that movies such as Once upon a time in the West and The Good, the Bad & the Ugly and Indiana Jones have for a large part been shot here. It�s hard to believe that right now however, as it has been raining for the past days. Perfect timing for the second story in the ...

It damn well does rain in Spain.

A travel blog entry by thermalsailors

... cosy iin the cockpit now. I can see that cockpit being great in high latitudes. Its not pretty but it works.

So an enforced lazy day on Red Dwarf. I dont like lazy days. I am ok for a few hours then I get bored. (and people still wonder why winter drives me nuts)
Might have to suit up and go shopping...after a nap.
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Making history, and other sexy things. Boat pics

A travel blog entry by thermalsailors

... monster steaks from our spanish mates mum in the markets. Even got mates rates as mum liked me. Mind you, Nico gave me a bum steer on the worrd for beef. Even his mum was scratching her head at his text message. But all's well, we have half a dead cow for tonight and another leg of Iberico Cedo Jamon(the famous wild boar fed on accorns naturaly cured.) for the trip along with loads of stores that dee has managed to squirell away into the boat.

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It's a tough life..someone's gotta do it!

A travel blog entry by jilly361

Sunday 16^th September

Benalmadena to Caleta de Velez

We left Benalmadena on Sunday and headed off to anchor at a small fishing harbour 15nm away for the night. We had a brilliant start sailing at 6knots and then the wind died away so we had to motor the remainder. On the way we saw fish jumping so we stopped for Steve to get his fishing rod out and have a go at catching supper. No go this time.

We arrived at Caleta ...

Red Dwarf is born.

A travel blog entry by thermalsailors

... but they will get there loong before us.

Red's systems are coming online 1 by 1. The toilet took 3 days to fit and replumb the weirdness out of the boat. The electrics I finaly wired in. It seems very lucky the old owner didnt connect a lot of things as he would have burned the boat down if he had.
The motor runs very well. The shower works and I hooked up the sink/shower pumpout so we can shower onboard. Cold showers for now. I still have to connect the hot ...