We left Cabo de Gata camping yesterday and headed back towards Mojacar. We chose to go back by the coastal route which is a lot more interesting than the inland motorway route.
Through the desert ...
Up and over the mountainous cliff road ...
We stopped for lunch by the beach close to the unfinished hotel near Carbonaras. Building was stopped in 2006 after it was found that the Hotel was being built illegally!
You can see the road high up above us ...
Nearly there ...
Nice view from the top ...
We parked up on the beachfront opposite the Emerald Isle pub and then went for a walk on the beach before the start of the Australia vs NZ rugby world cup final ...
As the title of the blog post says, in our opinion (which of course is always correct!), Mojacar is without a doubt the best place in Spain.
Fantastic beach ...
No crappy fun parks or amusement arcades ...
It's just perfect ...
An added bonus was that Tito's beach bar was still open - we thought it had closed for the summer. So, it would have been rude not to pop in for a swift one ...
That early beer was the start of my downfall - I went to the Emerald Isle bar a bit earlier than the kick off at 17.00 to get into the mood (and watch some football). There was a really good crowd watching the games. Elaine and the dogs joined me for the kick off but took the boys back to the van at half time (as they were all getting a bit fidgety!). I stayed and watched the rest of the game, of course, with the inevitable outcome of the kiwis winning.
Somehow it went all a bit strange and I stayed in the bar far too long afterward and soon ended up with a very wobbly boot!
I staggered back to the van in one piece and have very little recollection of what happened in the later hours of the evening!
Today I awoke feeling fine.
So, after walking the boys along the beach we went to Tito's for lunch ...
The food was superb, but strangely I didn't fancy a beer and stayed on the OJ ...
Sammie sat on a rock next to our table, keeping one eye on the food - he is a good boy though and never begs ...
Unfortunately today is Tito's last day as they are closing for the winter and they don't reopen until March. Although they don't stay open in the beach bar, they do operate out of their Cantina, which is at the back of Tito's, so we will still get a 'flavour' of Tito's while we are here! We just love it.
The good thing is that tonight they are having their 'last night' party so we will go and check it out. We went last year and it was fantastic.
Unfortunately, as the day has been progressing so has the wind ...
It is now blowing a gale and the sea is very rough ...
This is Tito's. just a few feet back from the beach.
It will all be kicking off about 17.00 until very late ...
We are parked up in the car park just behind it, so we won't have too far to go home tonight! Tomorrow we will take up residence in an apartment for a few weeks :)
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