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That cave was gorgeous! What an interesting tour. Why no pictures though? I can understand in museums, etc. that they don't want things ruined due to flashes, but I'm not sure why they wouldn't let you here?
I think it's the same thing - they didn't want the caves to be ruined due to flashes. They had a lot of monitors, checking the humidity of the caves, so I think it is quite a fragile environment.
What fantastic views from up there. Breathtaking!!! Caves sure are a sight to see. I'm glad you survived the stairs though, holy cow!!
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I think it's the same thing - they didn't want the caves to be ruined due to flashes. They had a lot of monitors, checking the humidity of the caves, so I think it is quite a fragile environment.
Interesting - I never thought about that.....Thanks for the reply!
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Thursday 9 September – part three: where on earth can we park?
We headed back to the car and headed out, stopping to use the restrooms on the way out. However, it was very clear that they had no running water supply to them – a little problem so after I reported that to Mark, he decided not to bother. I can’t say I blame him.
It was back down the winding road we’d come up and I was surprised by how quickly we left the entrance to the caves behind us. Almost within a matter of moments, it seemed like a distant memory.
Soon it was and we were back on the motorway again, heading back towards the villa.
We decided that we’d stop at Calpe and get some lunch at one of the seafront restaurants there, as we’d enjoyed them previously. We also knew that they’d be open even during the siesta. On the way, we did try to find the stupidly cheap Chinese that we’d enjoyed with Mark’s parents last year, but there was no way we could find it from our memories alone. We’d have to wait until they joined us to head back there.
We did find our way to the seafront easily enough, but that wasn’t the problem. The issue was finding somewhere to park, as the place was absolutely packed. We drove around and around and around a bit more and still found nothing. Eventually, not long after the car told us she needed gas, we decided to give up our search for a parking space and headed back out of the town. It was a shame, but there was nothing else to do.
We decided to head back to the villa, but I came up with another idea on the way back, suggesting that we could stop at a seafront restaurant near the villa, so that’s what we did.
There’s a beach on the way into Moraira itself that I’ve always liked the look of and fancied eating there, so we parked up and wandered that way. We found a table right by the waterfront and ordered ourselves a pizza each, with me going for the four cheeses and Mark getting a bacon one. They were pretty big and mine was certainly very tasty.
We sat there for over an hour, just enjoying the food and the view. I managed to get a shot of one of the views I enjoyed while I was there...
... but sadly by the time the topless woman went into the water and then came back out very shortly afterwards, I was eating and didn’t have the camera at the ready. to the guys!
Finally done, and having enjoyed our people watching, including a young loved-up couple who took forever to get into the water, we headed back to the car. Our final stop before we went back to the villa was the local supermarket, where we got a cake each, as they have the most amazing bakery there, along with a pineapple, although I nearly died when I found out the price of it - €7 ($9.10)!!!
The rest of the afternoon was spent relaxing at the villa. I went for a swim and managed to do a bit more than I had done the day before, which was encouraging. We also sat out in the sun for a while, although not long for either of us, as it was still burning out there and the last thing we wanted to do was end up with sunburn. :
We both had the cakes we’d bought, although I barely made a dent on mine, it was very nice, but very filling.
Dinner was salad, although my goodness, the massive spring onions we’d bought at Carrefour (honestly, these things were the size of a usual onion! ) were strong and neither of us could eat them, but apart from that, it was a wonderful dinner and fairly light.
We then settled down to watch the rest of Jurassic Park III. My goodness, it’s a good movie, but very short, coming in at something like 80 minutes. I couldn’t believe how quickly it was over.
Bored of the news channel, about the only channel we could receive on the TV, we flicked and finally found a couple of music channels, so watched those, before heading off to bed.
Today we drove 108 miles. The weather today was hot and sunny, with temperatures in the high 80s. The best thing today was visiting the caves. The worst thing today was my mosquito bite. Today we tried eating dinner by the beach And the result was it was lovely to sit there and just people watch. The most magical moment today was entering the caves.
I love that little restaurant. Those are the kind of places I like to stop at and enjoy, and thank you for not being able to post those pictures of the women! We went to Tahiti for our honeymoon and I saw my fair share there.
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More great updates - thanks for not getting the topless woman's photo. Love the cave shots. I haven't been to any caves in a long time - perhaps I'm due for another trip to one soon. Sounds like a relaxing night.
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so after I reported that to Mark, he decided not to bother. I can’t say I blame him. 
to the guys! 
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) were strong and neither of us could eat them, but apart from that, it was a wonderful dinner and fairly light. 
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