*dimsumdolly* - the different morsels of the life of a foodie

Gibraltar

I had originally wanted to go to Granada or Sevilla on a day-tour from Torremolinos, but because I was trying to book it at the last minute there were no places left. So I settled for Gibraltar instead. Not the most exciting place and the British supposedly like to go there to shop as it's tax-free. The little bit of land is also something that the British wrestled from the Spanish in 1713 and the place has remained British territory ever since. It is a naval base for the Royal Navy.

Anyway, the place is really small and not very exciting. Apart from some history about how it came into British hands, there's really not much to see there.

This passage is taken from Wikipedia.

"The Ibrahim-al-Ibrahim Mosque, also known as the King Fahd bin Abdulaziz al-Saud Mosque or the Mosque of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques is a mosque at Europa Point, at the southern tip of Gibraltar. The building was a gift from King Fahd of Saudi Arabia and took two years to build at a cost of around five million pounds. It was officially inaugurated on 8 August 1997. Around seven per cent of Gibraltar's population are Muslims; a total of approximately 2,000 people. The mosque complex also contains a school, library, and lecture hall."

Saw a group of riders on Harley-Davidsons...they were from the Netherlands. I was to see many other groups of riders in the other parts of Spain I visited. They were mostly from other EU countries like Germany and I even saw one from Latvia.

At the southern tip of Gibraltar, you are able to see the mountains of Morocco across the Strait of Gibraltar.

In this picture, the land on the left you see is Morocco and on the right, Spain.

This street is called "Main Street" and is the shopping district in Gibraltar. The streets in Gibraltar are very narrow. Another famous thing in Gibraltar are the Barbary Macaques, more commonly known as apes. But these wild monkeys are so used to humans that they are so audacious. My bus driver cum tour guide even took a bottle of mineral water and just held it up for two monkeys to drink. I have no special liking for monkeys so I wasn't particularly excited. And tourists are such idiots. There were so many signs telling them not to feed the monkeys but they still gave them food and nuts.

Personally I didn't even think the shops were that good and I really can't see why the British like to shop there. So overall, not a very memorable trip and not something I would recommend.

Posted by DSD at July 6, 2007 5:00 PM