Friday, March 28, 2008

Mountain tops, Monkeys and Malaga: a.k.a. my spring break

When most people think of spring break they think of a wild week of beaches and bikinis in Cancun. And though that type of vacation is certainly a week of crazy fun for the majority of college students mine was a bit different. I went down to the costa del sol where the sun is always shining,the view is always spectacular and your eyes are flooded with contrasting ocean and mountain landscapes. While there I went on a few day trips like one to Ronda where century old bridges and walls make the town one of a kind. In order to get there we had to drive over more than a few mountains where the frighteningly narrow and windy roads tightly hugged the sides of the steep rocks. Over the past two years I have seen more beautiful views than I can count but what I saw that day from the car window of those mountains literally took my breath away. Maybe it was nerves but I got this feeling in my chest like I was actually on the top of the world. Once in Ronda we ate lunch on a terrace of an old castle like building that looked over the lush green fields that seemed to flow over the end of the earth.
On another day we went to the rock of Gibraltar; if you don’t know, Gibraltar sits on the southern most tip of Spain but is actually part of the United Kingdom and the silhouette of its massive rock can be seen from a great distance. It was strange to simply walk across the border (after presenting our passports) to see signs in English, double decker buses and even those cute little red telephone booths that are typical of England. We took a tour in a minivan with a local tour guide and walked through caves and WWII tunnels that exist within rock; and when we stepped out we could look across the water to see the northern coast of Africa. Monkeys (there just called apes) roamed freely and seemed to outnumber humans living in the area; despite a little bit of fear I let one of the apes sit on my shoulder just long enough for a photo or two. Though my spring break was rather calm it was just perfect! Cultural and eye opening, relaxing and sun filled, my week on the costa del sol is one that I will always remember.

2 comments:

ABRAHAM LÓPEZ MORENO said...

Estimada compañera, felicidades por tu blog, y como veo que sientes interés por las fotografías, y los viajes, quisiera si no te importa, que visualizaras mis fotos expuestas en: http://flickr.com/photos/12663700@N07/show/
También te diré que estoy desarrollando estos blogs sobre Cazorla y su capital Jaén (España):
http://panoramicacazorlense.blogspot.com/
http://cazorlaapiedefoto.blogspot.com/
http://bellaciudaddeluz.blogspot.com/
Espero, si los visitas, te haga pasar un rato entretenido recreándose en las maravillas de la naturaleza jiennense.

Un cordial saludo.
Abraham López

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