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

[Nathan Wajsman]

Thanks for looking, Sonny and Don.

To Don’s point: Texas is slightly bigger than Spain but Spain has about 20 million more population, so the density is much larger here, especially along the Mediterranean coast. Especially the southern part, the Costa del Sol, is very built up. Further north, there are many stretches which are also well preserved.

To Sonny: indeed, no hurricanes on the Mediterranean side; more likely on the Atlantic coast. We do get some winter storms with torrential rains, but nothing like a nice Cat. 3 hurricane on your side of the ocean.

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman

Alicante, Spain
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Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator>

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> On 5 Dec 2022, at 18:43, Sonny Carter via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
> 
> They don't get that many hurricanes in Spain . . .
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> Regards,
> 
> Sonny
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> On Mon, Dec 5, 2022 at 10:38 AM Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
> wrote:
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>> 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.
>>> 
>>> 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>
>>> 
>>> 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>
>>> 
>>> 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>
>>> 
>>> 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>
>>> 
>>> 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>
>>> 
>>> Still, it was a nice few hours on two wheels, and a 70 km ride is always
>> a
>>> good thing.
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> Nathan
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Nathan Wajsman
>>> 
>>> Alicante, Spain
>>> http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/>
>>> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu
>>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws <
>>> http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/
>> <
>>> http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/>
>>> 
>>> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator <
>>> http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator>
>>> 
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