Tag Archive for costa de sol

Chanquete’s Boat

The TV series Verano Azul is a distant memory for those that arrived on the Costa Tropical in the late 70’s/early 80’s – not so over in Nerja.

Close Second

Do you remember the competition by the private TV channel, Antena 3, to decide on Spain’s Nº1 beach? Well Maro came Second! Yes out of all the beaches in Spain, which is a peninsular, don’t forget, Maro obtained 57,299 votes, which was barely 3,000 fewer than the winner.

140 Kilometres Dragging a Cross

When people say that somebody has a cross to bear, he usually means it metaphorically, but this is not the case concerning Justin Márquez. Nope, Justin has dragged a bloody great wooden cross from Málaga to Gibraltar along the old main road.