Rock Gardens Benidorm

... in a bad spot, I realized.) I said "Gothan dagen!" (Hello!) to Icelandic Gaui again and spent another night in Benidorm. Exhausted, I rode a European bus the next day. I went to meet Elaine in Granada. But, because the hotel owner didnīt ...

... that have seemingly been scorched and charcoaled by the relentless heat. Scouring around for any signs of life all we see are rock gardens of the giants, skirting these long stretches of road that wobble and shimmer in the distance with the heat. Life ...

... the rooms run along external corridors that face inwards onto what the brochure calls a "stunning free-form swimming pool edged with rock gardens and shady palms" and what I call a "tacky chav-infested pool edged with fag butts and the clinically obese." ...

... turquoise water. It's the sort of place that must be purgatory in summer, with coachloads of day-trippers from nearby Benidorm thronging the streets, and souvenir stalls everywhere, but when we went it was pleasantly quiet.   Talking of ...

... tried to sell us laser pens or a photo with his pet monkey! As we walked through the town we realised that this was just Benidorm in Asia and decided that we would be leaving after 2 nights instead of the planned 3. The next morning we enjoyed a long lie ...

... the problem is that backpackers are entering Vietnam from Laos & I guess in comparison it will certainly seem like they have hit Benidorm - but get some perspective! So far no-one has harassed me. I've had plenty of Vietnamese try to sell me something ...