- 31 Dec 2020
Protected: 2020: The Highs & Lows of a Nomadic Travel Blogger.
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Handsome Ronda and its Wondrous El Tajo Gorge.
Handsome Ronda and its Wondrous El Tajo Gorge. Andalusia, Spain. February 2017. I’d been looking forward to my trip to the mountaintop town of Ronda for weeks. Time and time again, I’d read that this might just be “the most beautiful town in Andalusia”. That’s a bold clam, and one I relished putting to the […]
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- 23 Dec 2020
A Visit to Marbella in The Costa del Sol.
Marbella, The Costa del Sol. December 2016. My day trip to the Spanish city of Marbella came about quite suddenly on the back of an unfortunate mishap. The day before, I was in bed in my apartment in Malaga tapping away on my Mac. I’d only been awake for half an hour and had just […]
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- 20 Dec 2020
Lovely Nerja in The Costa del Sol.
Nerja, The Costa del Sol. September 2016. I was at home in Malaga one lazy weekend scanning my great Andalusia to-do list. While it was pleasing to see how much I’d managed to tick off, there was of course still much to do. On that particular day my eyes were drawn to the words Balcony […]
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- 19 Dec 2020
A Visit to Fuengirola in The Costa del Sol.
Fuengirola, The Costa del Sol. December 2016. After an initial flurry of Costa del Sol visits in the summer of 2016, I had admittedly forgotten about my strange travel project. Basically, I had resolved to check out the coastal region’s British-Spanish hybrid towns one by one. Chiefly to see if they really were as awful […]
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- 17 Dec 2020
Ambling Through Torremolinos in The Costa del Sol.
Torremolinos, The Costa del Sol. July 2016. It would be an understatement to say that Torremolinos doesn’t have a great reputation. Disparaged by many as the grottiest of The Costa del Sol towns, in Britain it has the unfortunate nickname Torrid-molinos. Nevertheless, I had already resolved to give these unloved coastal towns a try. Mainly […]
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- 15 Dec 2020
A Visit to Benalmadena in The Costa del Sol.
Benalmadena, The Costa del Sol. June 2016. It was a scorching hot summer afternoon when I set off on what I can only describe as an excursion of curiosity. So many people had told me not to bother with The Costa del Sol. That the entire coastal strip was a tourist trap devoid of Spanish authenticity. A […]
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- 13 Dec 2020
Frigiliana: Andalusia’s Prettiest Whitewashed Village.
Frigiliana: Andalusia’s Prettiest Whitewashed Village. October 2016. A potential visit to the south of Spain conjures up daydreams of blue skies, golden sands and mouth-watering bowls of tapas. More often than not accompanied by a glass of blood-red tinto (wine). Or in my case a cheeky caña (little beer). You might also think of pristine, whitewashed […]
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- 11 Dec 2020
Exploring Granada and its Majestic Alhambra.
Exploring Granada in Spain. March 2017. It was yet another sunny, Spanish weekend. Once again, I was on a bus speeding out of Malaga for some exploring around Andalusia. Just the latest trip in my quest to see as much of southern Spain as I could before I departed for China. My decision to include […]
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Architectural Masterpieces in Historic Cordoba.
Architectural Masterpieces in Historic Cordoba. Cover photo courtesy of Toni Castillo Quero. March 2017. Looking back, it’s crazy to think how I did the magnificent city of Córdoba as a day trip from Malaga. The place deserved so much more of my time, but alas I had too much on my plate. In fact, I was […]
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- 07 Dec 2020
Stupendous Views on El Caminito del Rey.
El Caminito del Rey. January 2017. Andalusia is a truly breathtaking region when it comes to natural landscapes. Whether out in the country or based in a village, town or city, one is never far away from stunning views. After nearly a year living in Southern Spain, I had already seen many of the region’s […]
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- 05 Dec 2020
Fortress Wanderings in the Spanish City of Antequera.
Fortress Wanderings in the Spanish City of Antequera. January 2017. It was still pitch black in Málaga when I boarded the bus to Antequera. The city slept under the last of the night, streetlights glowing softly against shuttered storefronts. In fact, the first thin traces of dawn didn’t begin creeping across the sky until we […]
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