Gibraltar

We boarded our bus for the last time yesterday morning for the short drive to Tangier. Here we sadly parted company with our Moroccan guide, Mustafa and driver Abdula. We then boarded the ferry bound for the Spanish port of Algeciras. This took about an hour and a half (apparently nephew Gavin swam this stretch of water - #124 to do so - a tremendous feat).  Once there we passed through border control without any dramas and then walked some distance to a bus station. Here we boarded a bus and travelled for about half hour. Then back on foot we passed through another border control, leaving Spain, then entering Gibraltar. We had now managed to be in three countries all in a matter of hours. Having arrived in Gibraltar we discovered our travel was far from finished as our leader, Judy, raced off across the runway (yes - you cross the airfield to enter Gibraltar) Then through street after street, all dragging our bags behind us eventually arriving at our accomodation just off the main shopping street - trouble was most shops were already closed. I joined a couple of others out to dinner and i had my first wine since beginning my trip.
Today it was time for sightseeing. First stop was the museum which was closed for the Bank Holiday or late opening - we never did discover which. We just moved on to our next activity - investigating the Rock of Gibraltar. The cable car took us straight to the top where we began our walking, first visiting the O'Hara Battery, then St Michael's Cave (awesome), the Great Siege Tunnels and the Moorish Castle.  This involved heaps of walking eventually plodding back down in to the town for a well deserve coffee and afternoon tea. Once again very little was open apparently due to the Bank Holiday but some good English pub grub was enjoyed this evening. Tomorrow we are off to Rhonda.
Rock of Gibraltar 



Barbary Macaques on Rock

St Micheals Cave - natural grotto


Was used as a hospital in WWIi


Polished Stalagmite

Great Siege Tunnels

Looking out over runway from tunnels

Moorish Castle 

Gael, Beverley, Pam

Comments

  1. Trevor Butler1 May 2018 at 21:07

    No. I have never been to Gibraltar. Onlly 10
    days to go!!!

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