I love Andalucia, and especially Costa Tropical and the whole Granada province. Not only because it is the only region where you get free tapas with your midday or evening copa.
Monthly Archives: June 2012
Underwater Clean Up
by Martin Myall •
Diver volunteers have been busy today cleaning up the seabed off Punta de la Mona, which lies between Almuñécar and La Herradura.
Nerja’s Blue Flags
by Martin Myall •
For the third consecutive year, Nerja has obtained Blue Flags for its beaches: Burriana, Torrecilla, El Playazo and Maro, placing Nerja amongst the top ranking coastal towns in Andalucia, preceded only by Marbella (7) Roquetas (6) and Rota (5).
Cheap Turns Out Expensive
by Martin Myall •
Employing somebody illegally; i.e., without paying their Social Security monthly quota, is profitable, until you’re caught, and a sure way of getting caught is if the illegal worker has an accident requiring medical attention.
Anything Goes?
by Martin Myall •
When the PP was in the opposition, it heavily criticised the then socialist government for carrying out a tax amnesty, yet with months of being elected the new PP Government intends to precisely that – this is the last in a series contradictory actions put into being by Prime Minister, Mariano Rajoy. The reaction to this announced tax amnesty, not surprisingly, has conveyed both incredulity and rejection.
Royal Guards Regiment on Manoeuvres in Salobreña
by Martin Myall •
Locals of and visitors to Salobreña will have seen quite a bit of military camouflage around the town lately and that is because the Spanish Royal Guards Regiment has taken up residence in the municipal sports hall. But you can relax; it’s not a military coup – again – but part of a combination of PR and military training, as each year a different province around Spain is chosen.
2nd-Hand, 4-Wheel Revival
by Martin Myall •
Who can afford a new car without a bank loan? And as bank loans are as prolific as green dogs… not many new cars are being sold at the moment, so it should come as no surprise than 2nd-hand-car sales are far outstripping their fresh-off-the-assembly-line competitors: 2.3 old cars sold for each new one.
Neat Nash Night
by Martin Myall •
Twenty-six students from the Nash Music academy performed at the Casa de la Cultura in Almuñécar and from the Seaside Gazette we would like to extend our congratulations to all who participated.
Watery Problems in Salobreña
by Martin Myall •
The Town Hall was ‘forced’ to shut the road from La Caleta to La Guardia at Cuesta Caracho at the beginning of the week, owing to a burst water main.
Sadistic Sons
by Martin Myall •
Most people can only feel disgust when they hear of an elderly woman in her 80’s being sexually assaulted. Equally, when these same people hear that a mother’s own children mistreat her, they feel equal repulse. So how would they feel upon hearing that a man in his forties sexually assaulted his own elderly mother? That is precisely what occurred in the province of Almería.