Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2022/07/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nathan, nice shots. La Manga as in Don Quixote? Ah, yes: "Cartago delenda est" - Scipio Africanus. Latin set book. Unlikely to forget it! Peter On 13/07/2022 20:48, Nathan Wajsman wrote: > After the Romans destroyed the original Carthage, in what is now Tunisia, > during the Punic Wars, they founded New Carthage in their Iberian empire. > That city is today known as Carthagena and lies about 150 km south of > Alicante, on the Mediterranean coast in the Murcia Autonomous Region. Not > far from there is an area called La Manga, with numerous golf courses, > hotels, apartment buildings and hideous urban sprawl populated by pale > Northern Europeans. But away from the coast, there are some interesting > villages which retain the local character. > > A couple of weeks ago my wife played in a golf tournament down there, so > we made a weekend out of it, staying in a nice hotel right on the golf > course. We brought my bike with us, so while she was playing golf, I > explored the area on my bike. And on the way home, we stopped for a few > hours in Cartagena, visiting the impressive Roman amphitheatre, currently > being restored to its former glory. > > The result is a small gallery, from the villages of Los Belones, Portm?n > and La Uni?n, and Cartagena itself. The villages used to have mining and > fishing as their main activities. I suspect that today, the beaches, > recreation and retirement provide most of the income. Have a look here at > a part of Spain most of you probably have not seen before: > > http://www.frozenlight.eu/lamanga_july2022/ > <http://www.frozenlight.eu/lamanga_july2022/> > > Cheers, > Nathan > > > Nathan Wajsman > photo at frozenlight.eu > > http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.frozenlight.eu > > YNWA > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Dr. Peter Dzwig