Turquesa Almerimar

... I headed back into town. There were two restaurants I had spotted earlier that looked good. But guess what, they're both closed for personal rest. Hmpf. I found another place that looked decent-ish. I ordered the pasta with gorgonzola sauce. Oh. My. Goodness. It was like they took a hunk of blue cheese, melted it down and poured it over pasta. It was so rich and biting. Ugh. I covered it with salt, pepper, olive oil -- even vinegar, because it was on the table and I ...

... nor American helped me.<br><br>Rather than just going back to the train station and sitting there for four hours, I stopped in a little Argentinian restaurant. Knowing Gaby, I was well versed in the fact that I should check the menu before sitting down. The Argentinians (and Uruguayans, who really fed Argentina everything their famous for, right Gaby?) are big meat eaters. But, they had pasta on the menu. Hurray.<br><br>The waiter was an older guy that found it amusing ...

... and never did get us to the park. By this time we were pretty well done with this area. It was getting late, we never did make it to the park so we decided to cut our losses and head back to Burriana Beach. We decided the only thing that could salvage the day was if the Thai restaurant was open. We got back at 8:45pm and hooray it was open. We had a great meal with some good wine and stayed a good while chatting with the owners and another couple from Holland and France. <br>

Unfortunately, its was time to return to reality. Back on the road. Although, waking up and having a cooked breakfast and a packed lunch made for your journey is enough to raise anyones spirits. <br><br>After leaving we quickly came to our first obstacle. Once again we only had a motor way as an option. But whats this? a service road that runs along side of it. Wow our luck has completely changed. No, its just the same as it always was because after cycling 5 miles down this ...

... 2009 ESPAGNE vers GRANADA on les fait fuir et on se couche...lendemain matin, grand soleil, on voit un pecheur arrivee de son bateau et decharger sa cargaison directemet sur la plage, du coup, on prend 1kilo de seiche a 8euros et les lave dans la mer. On se baigne apres mangerm un peu fraiche mais trop benefique... on se decide enfin a reprendre la route pour granada...

Wij zijn weer thuis Vrijdag huren we voor drie dagen een Fiat panda en maken een tocht naar Almeria nog eens 30 mijl langs de kust oostwaarts. Almeria ligt in een baai waar ook het monumentale Alcazaba de Almeria ligt. De Alcazaba is een moskee en een fort dat in 955 op eerdere ruines van fortificaties is bebouwd. Met Europees geld is er een prachtige restauratie op touw gezet en mogen we als Europese bewoners de zeker geslaagde ...

Door de Straat Dinsdag 4 september, weer een stralende dag die ons verwelkomt, maar het wild is ver te zoeken en een beetje gedesillusioneerd halen we het anker op als de uitstroom van de Rio Guadalquivir dik twee uur na hoogwater begint. We kunnen met het grootzeil wat wind vangen en samen met de uitstroom en een beetje motor maken we al snel 5 knopen. Straks moeten we over bakboord de oceaan op en dan lijken we gunstiger wind te hebben. Als we bij de laatste boei ...

Our time in Almerimar has been productive. Quest is now looking like a vessel outfitted for an ocean crossing. We have bags of fresh produce hanging around the main cabin, cans of meats and veggies and fruit and bags of rice and noodles galore. We were enlightened by Mike on Gilana that the food prices were much better here than in Gibraltar and so we rented a car and shopped! At the first store, we had a cart full of stuff and a British gentleman in the next ...

We left Puerto de Torrevieja with the early morning light. We raised the main and sailed off the anchor. We had wonderful winds and following seas all the way. Along the way we found ourselves inside a "minefield" of fishing pens. We didn't notice the boundary and were smack dab in the middle of many large floating fish pens. The Pilot Book states that these contraptions are strong enough to stop ships if caught in ...

... lui donner le « papier vert » pour rentrer la voiture au Maroc. On ne nous donne pas le papier, il faudra le demander à terre. On continue à manger et on va faire tamponner les passeports. On va un peu dehors et avec Flo, nous avons une discussion avec un marocain qui est pas très ouvert, mais gentil. Et voilà, on est descendues et il reste environ deux heures avant l'arrivée à Nador. On y arrive à 23h30, heure locale. 109980km au compteur.