I get around.

Today I am posting a mixed bag of photos from around the town so please enjoy.  If there is anything specific you would like to see, why not leave a comment and tell me, I will do my best to accommodate any requests.

In town

Top of Calle Rosa

Roof tops

Calle Manuel Montilla

The fog rolls in

Roof top garden

Painted Gourds

Lovely iron work on Calle Antequera

Red Dragon

Almost ready.

Road to La Guardia

Boat storage

Top of Calle Antequera, getting ready for San Juan on 23rd

Traffic jam

Animal shelter from the punishing Spanish sun.

Old farmhouse wall up the cemetery road.

 

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From a distance

I though I would post a couple of pics of Salobreña from up the Monte, so that people that may be coming to the area could get a feel for just where things are geographically.

Objects in the mirror are closer than they appear.

To give you an idea, it takes about 10 minutes to drive from Salobreña to the golf region, and walking from La Caleta to the golf course is doable, but it better be your only activity that day.  If driving, you only need to go a little bit further to visit the bird marshes for some excellent quiet time and bird watching.

Entrance to La Caleta with all the new builds. Alert Marina on the way!

The blossoms will be gone before we know it.

Who can resist her?

You're not in Kansas anymore.

You can't make this stuff up.

 

 

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The Choza: A long time tradition in Salobreña

For any of you that have ever been to Salobrena, you may have noticed the cane shacks along the beach between Salobrena and La Guardia.  If you are like me, you were probably dying to see what they look like inside.. Well here is your chance.. Each is different of course, some  are as well put together as a cottage, raised floors, beds, cooking facilities, the lot.  Others are rustic little party shacks, at least this one was.. so here is your first look at what the Spanish call a Choza.  Translated it just means hut.

Cath taking care of business

External road side view

front view of the bar

Inside the bar

The path to the beach from inside the choza- the bed frame is the security blockade!

More drunken Canadians

The problem with those that drink too much.. No you can't fly

No helmet no ride

View from the choza it's not as far as it looks

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Vintage Aerial Photo of Salobreña

As promised, another great old photo of Salobreña.  This is a fabulous old B&W photo of Salobreña with La Guardia and the tip of La Caleta just in the frame.  A few things about this photo.

1. Casa Rojo- still standing and in use today for concerts and exhibits

2. The old Pine tree.. this tree is still standing today

3. The old Guardia Civil Barracks

4. The N340 highway

5. The town of La Guardia

6. La Caleta and the sugar factory

7. One of the old Aristocracy houses which is now the second hand shop.

Enjoy!

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The signs they need a changing.

Well having said that, I hope they don’t change the sign, it’s old, and it has character.  So many things about this place remind me of my childhood trips to the cottage on Lake Simcoe in Ontario.  In some ways it’s like going back in time about 40 years.  It’s simple here, people go to the beach in the morning and return at night.  The babies are naked and there are no ghetto blasters annoying everyone.  It’s just nice.  This sign is showing us to the beach in the little town of La Guardia which is right next to Salobreña, within walking distance.

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