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Yesterday (Friday) we left Marbella feeling as if we'd like to visit the place again. We had intended to untie our lines on Tuesday, but the wind has been blowing wildly for days, causing the sea to cut up quite rough. Thankfully, our journey on to Fuengirola was uneventful - no wind to speak of, so we had to motor all the way. We travelled just a few hundred metres offshore, allowing us to admire the scenery along the coast. Fuengirola is a true Costa del Sol tourist resort. In happy hour (which seems to be all day) you can get a pint of San Miguel for one euro. Lord knows how little fish n' chips will be? I can't wait to find out. Let me firstly do a bit of catching up and talk about our trip to Puerto Banus, over a week ago now. We decided to arrive in style, so we hopped on the shiny white ferry in Marbella to do the half hour journey across the bay. Approaching from the sea (pic taken with my phone camera hence the blur) it all looks pretty normal. But, as you enter the harbour and see the big yachts moored up and the Ferraris parked on the key-side, you know it's going to be slightly different. In truth, the harbour in Puerto Banus is just about all there is that's really posh. If you wander two streets back you could be absolutely anywhere. It's just another high rise holiday resort with a very fancy waterside bit. After a nice tapas lunch away from the harbour area, meaning we didn't need a second mortgage to afford it, we wandered around to see what we could see. Firstly, there's the shops.......all the world's major designer brands lined up alongside each other. Then there's the cars.......super. Then there's the people.........a mixture of eye candy, Brit blokes on stag do's, baffled tourists and people who've clearly been in the sun too long. And, of course, there are some people who look absolutely loaded. We also saw a party boat filling up with trendy youngsters who were revving up for a wild day of alcohol abuse and blatant strutting of their stuff in-front of the opposite sex. Had I been ten (OK thirty) years younger I would have joined them.....or as Nicki said "yea,in your dreams". I mused that if ever I wanted a second career, I could always apply to be a party boat captain. It was a day of admiring shiny baubles in the shops, gazing at lush supercars, drooling over flashy boats and discreetly watching interesting people. Puerto Banus is, in our opinion, a great day out, but once you've seen it.... that's it. Yes, if I had squilions in the bank I might hang out there now and then. To be fair, the waterside restaurants did look fantastic. In summary....... been there......couldn't afford the T-shirt. Here's a few images of our time in one of the world's most famous yacht havens.
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lynne
4/6/2013 12:26:42 pm
Hello there,
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Richard Pulman
13/6/2013 05:34:27 am
Hi hi! It's the guy from the plane from Berlin to Brizzle!
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A FEW PICS OF COMINO Click a photo to enlarge and use side arrows to scroll through. COMINO IS CURRENTLY HEREDID SOMEONE SAY SEAFOODOn our journey from Portugal to Greece we enjoyed amazing seafood almost everywhere we stopped. Finding the local fish market was always a priority because seafood was so plentiful and so reasonably priced. And, the displays were a feast for your eyes.
Locating a market sometimes meant pounding the pavements in searing heat, but if you kept your eyes peeled, you often came across a little clue. The pic below was a rather less than subtle advert for a fish market - it was eight feet tall.
Freshly cooked onboard, a plateful of giant prawns, baked in wine and garlic, washed down with a few glasses of local vino, was like heaven. Watching the sunset on the boat eating a meal like that was the epitome of "living the dream".
Now we're in Greece we've another favourite to savour. I'm talking about fried Calamari. It's usually good, but every now and then it's off-the-scale fantastic. At Natalie's Taverna on Kontokali Beach in Corfu, it was nothing short of epic.
We're based in Lefkas now and It's been a bit of a mission to find somewhere just as good. And we have. Rakias is a mere ten minute walk from the marina and this little fish market, with its very own taverna attached, is quite sensational.
Oh...and it's also worth mentioning that, on occasions, a bit of barbequed Octopus is on the menu at some of the tavernas we frequent. Can I resist....no. SUNSETS AND DRAMATIC SKIESNo filters, or any other monkey business, have been used to enhance these images.
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