Tag Archive for costa tropical

Romeria Photo Gallery

The Romeria del Sur took place in Salobreña with 48 highly decorated floats/carts taking part. There were no incidents with the horses, as they were denied access to the beach area, as mentioned in the previous Seaside Gazette article on the event.

More Autovia News

A total of 30 construction companies are bidding for a juicy 45.7m-euro contract to build the Gorgoracha-Puntalón stretch of the A-7 Mediterranean autovia, which is not surprising, given the fact that major public works around the country have been cut drastically.

Almuñécar Hotel Branches Out

The owner(s) of Almuñécar’s Hotel Victoria Playa have purchased a plot of land on Playa Granada in Motril, quite close to Hotel Robinson, where they are going to build a 4-star hotel and multi-use centre.

Funding Blocked

The Tax Office (Hacienda) is withholding 400,000 euros from the Almuñécar Town Hall, for not having its accounting up to date. But Almuñécar is not alone in this because a total of 17 other municipalities have shared the same fate for the same reason.

Salobreña Debt Worry

Yet another alleged failure to pay bills by the previous PP administration in the Salobreña Town Hall has come to light. This time it’s the company that has the contract to clean the streets, Fomento de Consrucciones y Contratas.

Nordic View

Autumn is Here

The older you get, the faster time flies. The signs of autumn are beginning to show here up North. The days are shorter, it is raining a lot, the forests are full of lingonberries and mushrooms and the elk hunt started today 24.9.

Drug Dealer Double Jeapordy

Low profiles and skylines are incompatible; in other words, if you’re doing something that you don’t want the police to find out about, keep out of trouble.

Medical Musings

Axel and I have frequently written about the sense and nonsense of treatments, but hardly about tests. Tests are neither a magic wand to keep you healthy, nor to detect illness. For example everybody agrees on fasting blood sugar testing, but what does a normal result say? Everything and nothing. As a single test it may be useful to screen for diabetes, but a normal test does still not exclude it entirely.

Economy Feature

As everyone, he worries about the Greek misery. Obviously they invented the tragedy and perform it in a very living way. The contamination to Italy and Spain however, is his heaviest sorrow.

Big Flag for Almuñécar

Residents of Almuñecar will have noticed all the work going on around the fountain up on La Carrera de la Concepción roundabout (just across from the bus station).
Well, the work is all in aid of Columbus Day, which is this Wednesday, and the work includes an 18m flagpole, which will be situated in the fountain and will fly a Spanish flag which will probably be about the size of a small country. They are also trying to upgrade the entrance to Cl Puerta de Granada, which is the little lane from that area going up to the church and the Casa de Cultura, which is very difficult to drive into as you have to cross in front of the traffic lights.