Keith on December 4th, 2009

Louis is the owner of the Mon- Cafe in Alicante. The story, Jan, Pam, Ray and Keith decided to spend some time in Alicante, the girls went their way, Ray and Keith headed for the castle. On our way to the castle Ray spotted this small cafe/stroke bar in a back street. When we rejoined [...]

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Keith on December 4th, 2009

The area around Santa Pola/GranAlacant is, in my opinion, an area much under-watched. In the short time I was there I compiled a list of 35 species, such as, Osprey, Marsh Harrier, Great grey shrike,  Black winged stilt and Pink flamingo. Add to that a few more that, for various reasons, I could not identify.  [...]

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Keith on December 2nd, 2009

We are currently at Santa Pola south of Alicante. Jan’s  sister lives about a twenty minute drive away. I can see the attraction of the area in terms of sunshine and nice beaches, apart from that it is typical of the coastal strip which is highly developed. Jan and I are not great ones for the [...]

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