Today the weather gods must have been mad for something i did or said since they have not been that nice to me .. Foggy between Madrid and Granada, topped off with some heavy rains between Granada and Gibraltar after my tyre switch .... (sorry for my Dunlop colleagues, but i had to go for the Contintental TKC80 tyres , since they are the only knobbed tyres that fit the BMW R1200GS - and thanks again to Ignacio for arranging this for me ...) ...
Granada was a lot of fun .. during the tyre switch i went into a small bar to eat some tapas and got permission to take picture inside ... they were so typical faces ... I loved the look on their faces and most of all the babel like conversation that followed ...
Going down to Gibraltar i took a road less travelled: the unpaved road next to the highway ... nice pratice for Morocco , especially that the bike was sliding from under me just before a river crossing ... at least i know for a fact now that i can lift it on my own :-) ....
In between Malaga and Marbella another surreal phenomenam: real estate wolfs. what do you think about the 5 giant billboards, even bigger than 20 square meteres, with a picture of a sharp Londener in pin stripped suit and pink tie looking at you with those eyes of promises and determination stating: This is MacAnthony territory .. and by god it was his territory: building cranes everywhere, building apartmentblocks around a golf course on the side of the mountain.. i wonder really when people will stop putting these ugly scares on the face of the world and just leave it in peace .... Guess when i will cross the street of Gibraltar an another world will be my part ....
Gibraltar than: well yuo know London: take away the parks and the underground and you have Gibraltar .. . riding into Gibraltar you basically cross the landing and take-off strip of the airport: cool, but to be honest that's about it about this place ... a very strange mix between english - spanish - morrocan ....
I'll save the real Morocco for tomorrow .. hope to find also there some internet bars so i can keep you all updated .. am really p***** o** because of the mobile blog not working ... Anyhow I'm sure i will fidn places to do the updates in the major cities of Morocco. Oh that's true I'm not really passing major cities :-) .. we'll see ...
Till then: happy travels to all of you and thanks for all the messages ...
Toon
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