GIBRALTAR

GIBRALTAR

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November 6th 2007
Monarch Air flight to Gibraltar was smooth, arrived there late afternoon, quite a sight to walk out of the plane with the massive rock in the background, the tarmac also serves as regular road for cars so they have to close the roads when a plane lands, brief intro and off to our first camp in Spain, where we spent two nights, then off to Algeciras to catch a ferry to Ceuta, a Spanish enclave in t ... read more

Europe » Gibraltar

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Strategically important, Gibraltar was ceded to Great Britain by Spain in the 1713 Treaty of Utrecht; the British garrison was formally declared a colony in 1830. In referendums held in 1967 and 2002, Gibraltarians ignored Spanish pressure and voted ... ... read more