Well it’s not a destination I would have actually chosen but it WAS on the way to Nerja AND on the coast road so we came…
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Dave got itchy feet last night about 9pm so we went for a walk – past the port and into the city centre (which was very nice, very clean with marble floors throughout the pedestrian areas and the centre was still buzzing at 10pm with families eating, peeps drinking in bars and shops still open, etc.).
Dave got itchy feet last night about 9pm so we went for a walk – past the port and into the city centre (which was very nice, very clean with marble floors throughout the pedestrian areas and the centre was still buzzing at 10pm with families eating, peeps drinking in bars and shops still open, etc.).
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Below is a photo of a building with nice architecture that Dave took last night – but we now realise ALL the buildings have lovely architecture…
Below is a photo of a building with nice architecture that Dave took last night – but we now realise ALL the buildings have lovely architecture…
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Also we went into this huge bazaar / tat shop last night & suddenly I realised (when I looked down) that I was standing on glass and there were ruins illuminated below – hence the second & third photos below…
Also we went into this huge bazaar / tat shop last night & suddenly I realised (when I looked down) that I was standing on glass and there were ruins illuminated below – hence the second & third photos below…
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We came back just after 10pm, I had a cuppa ☕️, Dave had a port (see a pattern emerging ?) then I watched a Coro…
We came back just after 10pm, I had a cuppa ☕️, Dave had a port (see a pattern emerging ?) then I watched a Coro…
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We had just turned the lights off (gone midnight) when suddenly (I would like to say a rave started) but Dave said it was just a load of kids with a speaker (more like a sub-woofer like Marcus has !!!)
We had just turned the lights off (gone midnight) when suddenly (I would like to say a rave started) but Dave said it was just a load of kids with a speaker (more like a sub-woofer like Marcus has !!!)
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We wondered if we could sleep through it (but we couldn’t) so had to quickly secure everything & move The Van close by into a side street where we had noticed (on our walk) that another motor home had parked up.
We wondered if we could sleep through it (but we couldn’t) so had to quickly secure everything & move The Van close by into a side street where we had noticed (on our walk) that another motor home had parked up.
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THEN we turned the light off for a second time but a few minutes later Dave shot up as he had heard a mosquito 🦟 buzz past his ear 😳
THEN we turned the light off for a second time but a few minutes later Dave shot up as he had heard a mosquito 🦟 buzz past his ear 😳
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Whilst he bumbled off to get his electric zapper lantern out, I saw it on the ceiling & it was MASSIVE 🦟 !!!
Whilst he bumbled off to get his electric zapper lantern out, I saw it on the ceiling & it was MASSIVE 🦟 !!!
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I asked Dave to pass me some tissue to squash it but then it disappeared… 😞
I asked Dave to pass me some tissue to squash it but then it disappeared… 😞
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We tentatively lay down again (with the distant drone of “the rave” in the background) and a few minutes later, Dave shot up saying it had buzzed past his ear again 😐
We tentatively lay down again (with the distant drone of “the rave” in the background) and a few minutes later, Dave shot up saying it had buzzed past his ear again 😐
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Lights back on & I noticed it on the window covering but it disappeared AGAIN so Dave then started spraying some insect killer stuff (whilst I tried not to breathe it in)…
Lights back on & I noticed it on the window covering but it disappeared AGAIN so Dave then started spraying some insect killer stuff (whilst I tried not to breathe it in)…
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I was then really paranoid and kept my teddy zippy hoody on (as in the last couple of days I had already been bitten on my forearm, my shoulder and my face !!!)
I was then really paranoid and kept my teddy zippy hoody on (as in the last couple of days I had already been bitten on my forearm, my shoulder and my face !!!)
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I eventually got to sleep (at God knows what time) but then I woke and could hear a noise outside as though The Van was being lightly scraped…
I eventually got to sleep (at God knows what time) but then I woke and could hear a noise outside as though The Van was being lightly scraped…
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The alarm was set so in theory we would get warning if anything awry happened but I’m not used to this “wild camping” – we usually have the security of being on a campsite (but there weren’t ANY remotely in the area) – and I was awake for AGES… 😳
The alarm was set so in theory we would get warning if anything awry happened but I’m not used to this “wild camping” – we usually have the security of being on a campsite (but there weren’t ANY remotely in the area) – and I was awake for AGES… 😳
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So you can keep your Cartagena, thank you very much 😐
So you can keep your Cartagena, thank you very much 😐
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- Location: 37° 35′ 56.31″ N 0° 59′ 8.15″ W