[Leica] Nathan's PAD 4/12/2022: a bike ride in Andalusia

[Don Dory]

Interesting that a lot of south Texas coastline is relatively free of
tourist clutter.  Not to say it isn't here, but much of the actual coast is
left to nature with some intervention to preserve the lowlands from the
ship channel.  The housing is largely well away from the coast.

On Mon, Dec 5, 2022, 5:37 AM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote:

> This is a 4-day weekend for many people in Spain, becase Tuesday Dec. 6th
> is a national holiday, so everyone who can has taken Monday off to create
> “a bridge” as we call it. My wife is playing in a golf tournament in a
> small town about 200 km south of Alicante, just south of the border between
> the autonomous regions of Murcia and Andalucía (the nearest bigger city is
> Almería). We are staying at a resort right on the coast, and while my wife
> plays golf I ride my bike, exploring the local roads. Yesterday I cycled
> south along a very nice coastal route. Five images follow.
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> This part of Spain is a mix of tourism and agriculture—a high share of the
> vegetables consumed in Spain and in Europe is grown in this region. This
> was the view right at the start of my ride:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-3bp7gvc/A <
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-3bp7gvc/A>
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> The coastal road was truly lovely. The town in the distance is called
> Villaricos:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-ZP496cK/A <
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-ZP496cK/A>
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> I stopped for a few minutes in Villaricos:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-j4SZbBf/A <
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-j4SZbBf/A>
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> I continued cycling south from Villaricos. The landscape became flat and
> the cycling was easy, but the beatiful coastal views were gradually
> replaced by urban sprawl. This is in the town Playa de Vera. A bit surreal
> to see Santa while it is a sunny 20C:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-z4n8jvM/A <
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-z4n8jvM/A>
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> Still futher south, the town of Garrucha, now full tourist mode. I should
> not knock it, I am a tourist here myself, and the sea and sunshine provides
> people with a living. But it does not make for a particularly attractive
> view, so I continued a few km more to a town called Mojacár, where I turned
> around and headed back to our hotel:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-rPzKZSZ/A <
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-rPzKZSZ/A>
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> Still, it was a nice few hours on two wheels, and a 70 km ride is always a
> good thing.
>
> Cheers,
> Nathan
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> Nathan Wajsman
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> Alicante, Spain
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