Well we have been in the Alpujarras now for 7 days. This is such a
great part of Spain. The Alpujarras are a series of white villages in the
Sierra Nevada Mountains of Southern Spain.
They were all built by the Moors and
were the last villages the Moors lived in before they were ordered to leave
Spain. As usual, with all things Moorish, they have fantastic waters systems
running through the villages and the countryside.
Down below the weather is
scorching hot, but up here at 1400 metres, the temperature is much nicer. It is
still hot but it cools down at night and the early mornings are lovely to walk
in. Of course we are doing some walking. We have found many lovely trails along
aquaducts through chestnuts forests.
We even managed to do a 32km hike one day,
unintentionally; we just kept going and going.
Around here they still have wild Ibex goats and wild pigs called Jabali. We did see a few wild goats but no pigs.
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| Spen looking for wild goats |
We have found a great little apartment to rent for the 8 days,
with a view out to the Mediterranean Sea.......
and a swimming pool.
We are staying in a little village called Mecina Bombaron. We
basically just put our finger on a map of the Alpujarras and then took a bus to
the village. It turned out to be great spot.
It is one of the highest villages without being touristy. The road up was a bit sketchy at times.
Tomorrow we are off to Aguilas to visit friends that we haven't seen for 9 years. Then off to London....
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