\nThe harbour illuminated by the rising sun:
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![\"L1008022\"](\"uploads\/2009\/41.jpg\")
<\/p>\nAlternate 1<\/em> Alternate 2<\/em> Alternate 3<\/em> The next 3 pictures are from the town of San Vicente, basically a suburb of Alicante.<\/p>\n Alternate 4<\/em> Alternate 5<\/em> Alternate 6<\/em> Alternate 7<\/em> The remaining pictures are again from El Campello. This week the town held its annual Moros y Cristianos festivities. Held in many Spanish towns, these festivals commemorate the Reconquista during the Middle Ages. The Valencia region of which Alicante is part was retaken from the Moors in the late 13th century. The Moros y Cristianos festivals involve re-enactment of battles, parades, but most of all, lots of noise and partying.<\/p>\n Alternate 8<\/em> Alternate 9<\/em> Alternate 10<\/em> Alternate 11<\/em> Alternate 12<\/em> Alternate 13<\/em> Alternate 14<\/em> Alternate 15<\/em> Alternate 16<\/em> Most of the pictures this week are from El Campello, the usual destination for my daily bike rides. Main The harbour illuminated by the rising sun: Alternates: Alternate 1 The AP7 motorway, Autopista del Mediterraneo, early Sunday morning. The signs point to Almeria, a city in Andaluc\u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00ada from where ferries to North Africa are the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":175,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/296"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=296"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/296\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":297,"href":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/296\/revisions\/297"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\nThe AP7 motorway, Autopista del Mediterraneo, early Sunday morning. The signs point to Almeria, a city in Andaluc\u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00ada from where ferries to North Africa are the destination for thousands of Morrocans and Algerians living in France and other countries:
\n![\"L1008034\"](\"uploads\/2009\/41alt1.jpg\")
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\nMy road is the CV 775 that leads up into the mountains in the background:
\n![\"L1008036\"](\"uploads\/2009\/41alt2.jpg\")
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\nAbout 4 km uphill, the beaches of El Campello are just barely visible in the distance:
\n![\"L1008031\"](\"uploads\/2009\/41alt3.jpg\")
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\nPlaying on the church plaza:
\n![\"L1008047\"](\"uploads\/2009\/41alt4.jpg\")
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\nEnjoying the sunshine:
\n![\"L1008062\"](\"uploads\/2009\/41alt5.jpg\")
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\nAnti-Catholic graffiti on the local church:
\n![\"L1008059\"](\"uploads\/2009\/41alt6.jpg\")
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\nWe drove to an area called Maygm\u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00b3, a mountainous area popular with hikers. This spot is called “Balc\u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00b3 d’Alacant” because of the view of the entire coastal plain:
\n![\"L1008113\"](\"uploads\/2009\/41alt7.jpg\")
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\nBattle on the beach:
\n![\"L1008076\"](\"uploads\/2009\/41alt8.jpg\")
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\nThe Moors shoot their rifles:
\n![\"L1008098\"](\"uploads\/2009\/41alt9.jpg\")
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\nIt is too noisy even for the iPod generation:
\n![\"L1008087\"](\"uploads\/2009\/41alt10.jpg\")
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\nPretty Moorish se\u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00b1orita:
\n![\"L1008104\"](\"uploads\/2009\/41alt11.jpg\")
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\nA day later, in the evening, I came across a marauding gang that was making the rounds in the barrio, carrying a ladder which they used to invade selected balconies. The inhabitants would typically give the invader a bottle of something or other:
\n![\"L1008158\"](\"uploads\/2009\/41alt12.jpg\")
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\nThe collected bottles are transported back to the lair using a donkey:
\n![\"L1008163\"](\"uploads\/2009\/41alt13.jpg\")
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\nThe donkey handler:
\n![\"L1008160\"](\"uploads\/2009\/41alt14.jpg\")
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\nTwo guys:
\n![\"L1008161\"](\"uploads\/2009\/41alt15.jpg\")
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\nThree women:
\n![\"L1008170\"](\"uploads\/2009\/41alt16.jpg\")
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