Blogs from Tarifa, Andalusia, Spain, Europe - page 3

Hola folks, This is an update from our last 9 days in Tarifa, South Spain. For those of you who don’t know Tarifa is the mecca for windsurfing and kitesurfing as both the headlands from Spain and Morocco (only 14km away) create a funnel for the wind to howl through. This has been ‘THE place to be’ for windsurfers for the last 25years and we meet plenty of men in their late 50s who have been visiting every summer. There are generally two types of wind directions in Tarifa Levante and Poinente. We had a two days of Levante, Dan got grumpy as even though it meant putting up his 9m kite (small one), the ocean was very choppy (can’t go fast, pull jumps and you get choppy water in your face). Also having about 100 ... read more

Hi and Feliz Ano Neuvo to you all. First of all thank you for all the Christmas and New Year messages, either by e-card, email, blog comments, text or phone call it was very nice to receive so many. The plan was to stay over in Gibraltar at Christmas but it didn't quite work out. We drove around the southern tip of Spain on 23rd Dec along the scenic coastal route out past Tarifa and over the hills towards Gibraltar. The first view of the rock is from the hills up above Algeciras looking across the bay and it really is quite an impressive site. The rock juts out from the bay and is attached to Spain by only a thin strip of flat land giving the impression that the rock rises like an island out ... read more

I am in the midst of the preparatory stages for Morocco while also sitting in the reflection stages of Spain and I only have one day to complete both. It is taking everything I have to not pick up my travel book on Morocco and start getting ready, but I made a rule that I cannot move on to the next country until my last is complete. That means that the blog is finished, I have reviewed all the restaurants I ate at, recorded all my expenses and completed my notes. To be honest, I cannot believe that port number one is finished. A little over a year ago I had just sent in my application for this program and I was awaiting my acceptance and now in what seems like way less than a year ... read more

Very good trip when visiting my god friend Anders in Cibraltar At Cibraltar we saw the cliff that had been used to defend The Strait of Gibraltar for several centuries. The Strait of Gibraltar connnects the Atlantic with the Mediterranean Sea. Inside the cliff there is a great tunnel system where cannons was used through small holes in the wall. In addition the cliff has a opera hall inside and on top of it many monkeys are to be seen. A fun thing about Cibraltar is that you have to cross the runway of the airport to get into town, when you cross the border from Spain. This means that sometimes you must wait for a plane pass. Another fun thing about Cibraltar is levante. Levante is when a cloud is placed above Cibraltar while the ... read more

I arrived in Tarifa on Sunday minus my camera cord. So, photos might be difficult to post regularly, until I get home. The beach here is fabulous. Most visitors are here to windsurf or kite surf, as there is a constant breeze (called Levante when coming from the east and Poniente from the west). Africa looms across the Strait of Gibraltar, just 14KM from here. I´ve met a great group of people here and a couple of them will likely cross with me to Tangiers.... read more