Aug 5, 2007 - En la aburrida Europa

Llegué a Almería a las 10:30 p. m. y salgo a medianoche. Me dio tiempo de comprar el pasaje al puerto de Ghazaouet en Argelia, sacar euros de un cajero a un par de cuadras del puerto y comprar queso y pan para comer en mi segunda noche sin dormir horizontalmente. Por supuesto, por décimas de segundo uno se siente tentado a quedarse en la comodidad, facilidad y predictibilidad de Occidente, pero ¡volvamos a África!...

Jul 12, 2007 - Almería

Again I was pleasantly surprised by how close everything really is - easily achievable on foot. The highlight of the few things I saw in Cartagena was, as usual, a castle, and it was tastefully restored to include a museum-like centre in amongst the original buildings - the 'Centre for Interpretation of the History of Cartagena'!. It covered the history of the region, but also included renowed painters and literary types etc. It didn't rate highly compared to my next stop though... Forget Alicante - Almería's Alcazaba was founded in 955 and...

Sep 20, 2006 - La musica

Hmmm I'm now one month into my trip. My time with Jon made me realise that I had started to take my freedom for granted, my comments about 'well I might go there next, might just stay on the coast, a night here, three nights there' were met with looks that spoke 'you are so lucky' without the need for words. Jon and I had three wonderful days together (um and nights!) Mostly we were very lazy, but we got in a very leisurely stroll along an almost deserted beach on Saturday, the vist to the market and lunch in a restaurant by the sea on...

Sep 17, 2006 - X certificate!

Leaving my campsite in the Las Alpujarras on Thursday morning, I had a fantastic drive up into the highest village, called Trevelez. This is where they cure the best serrano ham, it's the cold dry atmosphere that does it! Bought some ham (of course) and some pressies for the family then headed for the coast. This was a scary drive again as the wind was very strong and Ducky rocked around! I was making may way to a specific campsite and, driving on the coast road (lovely views)I rounded a bend, saw a fantastic beach and thought Í wish there...

Oct 1, 2005 - Burying the summer

I was stupid and misjudged how far the train station was from my hostel this morning and missed my train to Almeria. I know, me leaving something to the last minute, pretty hard to believe, eh? Hahaha. It was about 5 hours until the next one so I had lots of time to kill. This French-Canadian guy saw my flag in the station and he and I ended up having a huge chat about Canada and traveling and French culture, it was really cool. After that I killed some time at the internet cafe while waiting for the train. The landscape on the train ride...

May 10, 2005 - Motril to San Jose (Cabo de Gata)

Day 38 May 9th Motril to Almirimar Distance: 96kms Ride Time: 5.5 hrs Total Time: 8.5 hrs Avg Speed: 18kph Elevation: 6/10 Crapometer: 4/10 Weather: Hot and fine...again. I wasn't supposed to ride this far today, but the Michelin map failed me 3 times. It had marked out 3 campsites at towns along the coast that didn't exist...they may have once but not today. I made it as far as Almirimar at 8:30pm and couldn't find the 3rd campsite. I looked around for accom until it got dark. They only one I found in this rather posh resort town with a...

Oct 17, 2004 - Cadiz to Almerimar

01/09/04 Departed Cadiz at 0900 and motor sailed to Cape Roche where we picked up 'Sedna' and then all three ships proceeded to Barbate. We anchored out and had a BBQ on the Princess. Must have been a good night as Terry and a crew load of guests went chasing seagulls in the night. There was a huge flock of them on the water in a long line. We had the stern floodlight on to help them see and we inadvertently left it on all night. The batteries took a hammering but we had plenty of power left in the morning. 630 amps of 24 volt power go a...