We both were awake for about 3 or so hours early this
morning (1 to 4ish) as our internal clocks are still in the process of
resetting but managed to accumulate enough sleep to function today, although
Norma complained of drowsiness after our lunch stop. Must get into the habit of
caffeine for lunch.
We all met at 9 am this morning to be introduced to the
bikes, sign rental papers, have a brief outline of the day and departed Malaga
at 10 bound for Algeciras at the southern tip of Spain. This is short ride if
you take the freeway. We went over three
mountain passes instead. It was cool at the top: 8C. Our guides were very high
on this as a favourite motorcycling road and indeed it snaked through the
Nieves Natural Park and over mountains and being a sunny Sunday it was full of
bikes whizzing by in both directions. It was a very enjoyable ride but the big
BMW would definitely like to be going faster. On the whole the asphalt has been
in good shape too which has made it an even better ride.
We travelled through some farm land and small towns. All the
houses are whitewashed and so look stunning against the mountain backdrop. Apparently
as it gets hot here in the summer and this helps reflect the heat. As we got
closer to the ocean we could see Gibraltar in the distance. More on that
tomorrow. We attached the helmet cam this morning at our first rest stop and
will post some captured images soon.
We stopped at a small restaurant in the mountains for a
tasty lunch (see image) and arrived at our hotel at 3 pm or so. In the evening
in conjunction with dinner we had an extensive meeting about the border
crossing into Morocco, filled out papers, etc. We were painted a “worst case
scenario” including a delay of 5 hours, etc. We shall see how it pans out
tomorrow after the 45 min. ferry ride. Also posting this blog could be problematic in the next while depending on the Wifi connections.
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| Lunch stop |
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| Lunch |
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| Norma and Bike |
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| Chase Van |
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| Algeciras Hotel |
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