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Friday, January 7, 2011

Gibraltar

We left from Tetouan across the boarder with no problems. When we got back to Spain we took a bus back to La Linea, which was the town right next to Gibraltar. From the border We took a bus to the gondola to take us to the top of the mountain. 
Walking out of customs
We got of the gondola and saw a handful of monkeys right away. The Barbary Macaques occupy the upper rock. There are currently an estimated 230 monkeys living on the rock. This is the only place on the European continent where these monkeys live. Most live in Northern Africa.

Barbary Macaques
We got to an overlook where a few monkeys were. We had some extra luggage with us from the stuff we purchased in Morocco. I set my bag down and a monkey immediately hopped down and tried opening it. Every time I tried to get near him he would pinch up his face make the "o" face and hoot. We finally got our bags back and walked around the rock for a bit.

Opening my bag


Monkey with baby
Rock of Gibraltar
Holding the baby


O face
Digging for gold



Ingy had an interesting time with the monkeys. One of them hopped on her bag and tried getting into any pocket it could. 

"baby get it off me"

Steep sides

my turn
Hanging out in a tree on the edge

Port

Hitchhiking 

We hiked around the rock for a while and took the last cable ride down. We had to get back to La Linea and  take a 45 minute bus ride to Algeciras Spain. From there we took a 3 hour bus ride back to Sevilla. We got into our place around midnight. 

The rock with Spanish soil on the other side of the bay


Ingy leaves back to the States on Monday morning. She is taking a train from Sevilla to Madrid and then flying back to Atlanta. I start work again monday morning. We are going to relax and enjoy the last few days in Sevilla. 

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