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Post by Horacewimp on Nov 26, 2014 21:12:29 GMT
Her real name is Megan, which as I'm sure Uno will tell you is a Welsh name.
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Post by Helmut83 on Nov 26, 2014 21:17:08 GMT
Really? What does it mean, Uno?
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Post by BSJ on Nov 26, 2014 21:21:22 GMT
One thing I love when traveling is meeting interesting people. Hope you do too. Promise not to bug you! All problems will be taken care of by A few swishes of the tail - problem solved! Of course Uno will just them all away!
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Post by unomusette on Nov 26, 2014 23:14:45 GMT
Hmm, well from my sneaky googlings expert knowledge I can report that Megan means both "soft and gentle" and "strong and mighty" - make sense of that if you can. Perhaps the difference kicks in when cheap red has been taken on board.
Have a fab time in Gibraltar anyway, Horace - supposing the spanish aren't getting angsty and causing trouble at the border. Don't forget we'll need pics....including the apes...dressing up as one doesn't count...
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Post by Horacewimp on Dec 1, 2014 18:13:11 GMT
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Post by unomusette on Dec 1, 2014 22:30:47 GMT
Lovely pics, HW, thanks for sharing them!
The ape in the first one is priceless: "Bus? What bus? Where?" You can tell it's panto season...
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Post by BSJ on Dec 1, 2014 23:49:08 GMT
Interesting shot of a landing strip right off a bay. Is that a soccer field beside it? I could spend days watching ships.
Are the monkeys everywhere? Would I have to feed them?
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Post by Horacewimp on Dec 2, 2014 8:28:26 GMT
That is the runway you can see, it is a bit hairy coming into land, the road crosses the runway so the traffic is stopped for take offs and landings. That is a football pitch "Victoria Stadium" I think it's called, the apes are only up on the rock not in the town, you are not allowed to feed them and can be fined if you do.
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Post by queenofthehours on Dec 2, 2014 13:37:21 GMT
That's a great photo of the cave, Horace. Was it cold in Gibraltar?
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Post by Horacewimp on Dec 2, 2014 14:22:44 GMT
That's a great photo of the cave, Horace. Was it cold in Gibraltar? The Friday night we arrived there was one almighty thunder and lightning storm and on Saturday morning we had a few small light showers which cleared up in the afternoon. Sunday was a lovely day with blue skies and sun, the daytime temps were 16-18 Deg C dropping back to 14-15 deg C at night. The cave (St Michaels) was really good I haven't been in it before, it has a small auditorium within it and they hold some concerts in there. The last picture of the lighthouse the land you can see in the background is Africa.
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Post by Helmut83 on Dec 2, 2014 16:11:36 GMT
Great shots, Horace! Wow, I knew the position had been very strategic throughout history because the strait is narrow, but I never thought it was that narrow (as much as you can see in the last photo).
What's the red mineral that forms the stalactites in the cave?
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Post by Horacewimp on Dec 2, 2014 16:39:12 GMT
The red is just the light colour helmut, the colours kept changing from blue to red, spoilt the caves in a way it would be better with just normal lighting.
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Post by Helmut83 on Dec 2, 2014 16:43:42 GMT
Bah! I feel swindled! I thought I was looking at a prodigy of nature and instead it was a red light made by humans. Doesn't it feel a bit out of place to have those lights there instead of being able to appreciate the caves as they are?
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Post by Horacewimp on Dec 2, 2014 17:31:04 GMT
At least I told you the truth I could have said the colour was due to the iron in the stone causing the red rust look wiggle
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Post by Helmut83 on Dec 2, 2014 17:46:15 GMT
Yes, you were merciful, you lost a great opportunity of making fun of me. BTW, typo at the beginning.
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