From The Sublime To The Ridiculous!

They don’t like you washing your motorhome on the Aires sites, but as we were on a marina and they were water blasting yacht hulls I thought I would give the bus a good wash. She scrubbed up rather well.  I was amazed how much brake dust come off the front wheels and doors  .. after today there would be a lot more!
 
Whilst I was hard at work, Elaine was bonding with a very old stray dog, the poor old boy was on his last legs.  (A dutch lady in the van behind us had taken him in as a Rescue ‘to give him some happiness in his last days’).

We left Seville on our way to Puerto Banus near Marbella, with a stop on the way at Ronda which is located in the Sierra something mountains.

We stopped for fuel, and noticed there was also a motorhome service point there as well, all free!  They certainly cater for the motorhomes in Europe …


The scenery was quite stunning as we headed towards Ronda …


And, as per usual, very little road traffic …


The roads are superb for motorbikes, long sweeping bends with very good visibility on most of the bends. I love this road sign …


We were going up and down mountain roads like no-one’s business.  Even though I go very easy on the brakes and use a lower gear on the long descents, there was still a good smell of burning brakes!

T
his lake was the most fascinating shade of blue but there were only rough dirt tracks leading down to it ..


We arrived at Ronda, and it looked the most fascinating place, but we just couldn’t find a spot to park the bus …


This is the only shot we got of the famous bridge. T he parking problem is going to happen every now and and again, as it is a bit of a big bugger to find a spot for especially in some historic town with very narrow streets …


We stopped for lunch in the van just out side Ronda, then carried on along the mountain passes towards the Mediterranean coast.
Concentrate man!  There were even some goats on the road to contend with!


At least they had crash barriers to stop you plummeting to certain death!


Our first views of the Med …


There were some incredibly nice houses as we came down the mountains and got closer to the coast …

We arrived at Puerto Banus and tried to find a parking spot amongst the beautiful people’s Bentleys, Porches and Aston Martins.  We nearly gave up but managed to find a spot in a dead end street, I thought we fitted in rather well …


Off we went on walkabout to check out the opulence ….
 

It is a an amazing place, full of designer shops and so different from anything else we have seen in Spain or Portugal.  There were a lot of beautiful strutting their stuff but what really made us laugh was when we saw some 12 year old girls, rolling along on their segways, whilst chatting on their mobile phones!  Ridiculous, really!


This was going to be my new outfit, but the shorts alone were over 200 quid!


There were some serious super yachts moored up in the harbour …


I liked this little ship …


It’s a place well worth visiting.  We were invited into some very exclusive and expensive restaurants along our walk, to which we said, “sorry, we can’t, we have the dogs with us”!  “No problem” they replied, “the doggies can dine with you”. 



Super models sandwiched between super yachts …
 
We left Puerto Banus and drove through a very busy Marbella and then we decided to stop at a campsite for the night, just out side of Marbella at a place called Cabopino.
As I went to take a photo of our location, Geoffrey walked across the hi tech mapping device …
 
Hmmmm, try again. That's better …

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Where we stayed …
Cabopina Campsite – Marbella, Andalucia
Coordinates:  N 36o  29’ 21”     W4o  44’  35”
(o = degrees … I can’t find a superscript in live writer !)
In ACSI book so it was 16 Euros a night.  Wifi is extra at 3 Euros an hour or 7 Euros a day !!
Nice campsite .. loads of space for motorhomes, very efficient, clean, good services etc.  Italian restaurant on site (very expensive) and Indian restaurant close by.  Bar on site too but stunk too much because everyone was smoking under the shade.
Beach is a little walk away … not too far.