Europe
And one for Stuart
We have a great buddy, Stuart, whose hat is travelling with us. This hat is only allowed to be photographed in interesting places, and with interesting people. And as Stuart is one of the most interesting people you could hope to meet, I really hope that we make sure his hat gets to places that … Continue reading
Where is Moglander? Jan 22nd 2012
[google-map-v3 width=”350″ height=”350″ zoom=”9″ maptype=”ROADMAP” mapalign=”center” latitude=”0″ longitude=”0″ addresscontent=”la duquesa, spain” showmarker=”true” animation=”DROP” maptypecontrol=”true” pancontrol=”true” zoomcontrol=”true” scalecontrol=”true” streetviewcontrol=”true” bubbleautopan=”false” markerdirections=”true” showbike=”false” showtraffic=”false” showpanoramio=”false”] Well, we are almost as far South in Spain as we can get. We will be crossing into Morocco on Tuesday, maybe Wednesday next week with our fellow overlanders, Claire,Robin and … Continue reading
The quieter side to Spain
We stopped in Tabernas, which has an old Moorish castle and the desert like landscape provided settings for the “Spaghetti Westerns”. We drove to this – Mini Hollywood but unfortunatly it was closed, we were just a little too late. Apparently scenes for Lawrence of Arabia were shot around an area to the north east. Here also is … Continue reading
Rice farming in Spain
I did’nt even know they farmed rice in Spain, but they do. I did expect to go to a national park for some photography, and I did. But there were no birds there. Rice Farming Then I discovered where they all went. At this time of the year the farmers are tilling the remains of … Continue reading
East coast for sure
Congratulations to those who passed merv’s test, we are definitely on the east coast! [google-map-v3 width=”350″ height=”350″ zoom=”7″ maptype=”ROADMAP” mapalign=”center” latitude=”0″ longitude=”0″ addresscontent=”catral” showmarker=”true” animation=”DROP” maptypecontrol=”true” pancontrol=”true” zoomcontrol=”true” scalecontrol=”true” streetviewcontrol=”true” bubbleautopan=”false” markerdirections=”true” showbike=”false” showtraffic=”false” showpanoramio=”false”] We decided to stay in a “real” camp site after spending nearly 2 weeks in truck stops, peoples houses, side … Continue reading
The west coast of Spain
We have been having a grand old time, driving down the west coast of Spain. We thought it would be a good idea to hog the coast as much as possible, but it was either high rise tourist trap towns, or industrial plants built right on the coast. We did however find a couple of … Continue reading