We had a fantastic barbecue with the Gibraltar Sea Scouts who laid on a great array of local cuisine. We met up with members of the Sea Scouts and everyone had a great time. Thanks to everyone who put together the food.
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I’ve uploaded the begining of a photo gallery here
http://picasaweb.google.com/sesscoutsgib/SEScoutsGibraltar2009
I plan to add more over the coming days
Not only did the Explorers visit another 2 countries today, they visited another continent!!
The morning started very early with the coach leaving at 7.15am from the hostel, after crossing the the Spanish boarder we progressed on to the port, where we boarded a ferry for Tangiers. 1.5 Hours later we had arrived in Africa.
After spending some time with some camels (and some people trying to sell things), we got a tour on coach around the new part of the city. We moved onto some lunch which was vegatable soup and Couscous.
We then visited a big carpet shop and various other stuff (dont ask me why I found it bizzare) and a ‘pharmacy’ which was flogging various perfumes and herbs (which you can find anywhere in the UK). For a good part of this time we were being asked to buy all sorts of mechandise! Some people learned how to say no quicker than others!
So the Explorers came back with a experience of a totally different culture and they all enjoyed it.
On Thursday the Explorers got a cable car to the top of ‘The Rock, had a look at the spectacular views and had a great time. We the went on to have a look around St Michael’s Cave and as the Sun was getting a bit hot we then went back down the rock using the cable car.
The Explorers finished off the day with some shopping and chilling before an early night to get up early the next day for Tangiers, Morroco. Photographs from Thursday are posted below.
The Explorers and Leaders explorer the rock walking up and down it. On the way we came across the ice cream eating ape, who blantantly stole Peter’s Ice Cream opened it up and eat it.
The Explorers viewed some amazing views from the top of the Rock, below is one, we’ll post more later.
We viewed some of the Guns which have defended Gibraltar in the past. This is at Devils Gap Battery constructed in 1902.
The Explorers and Leaders who enjoyed the view out to Morroco from Gibraltar.
We all arrived safely at The Europa Retreat Centre on Windmill Hill. The Centre has fantastic facilities and very friendly staff. Below there are a couple of photos of the Centre.
Below is a group photograph taken at Manchester Airport shortly before we departed for Gib (minus Colin, Jenny and Kirsty who had already boarded) . The group boarded the aircraft from Gate 9 in Terminal 1, and after a short delay of 1 hour, took off at 0750. We arrived at Gibraltar approximate 3 hours later at 1140 Gibraltar time.
The Group fly from Manchester Airport
We left at 19:57 and now we are somewhere South of Carlise, everyone is in high sprits and some are even sleeping!!! Okay I can see 1!
We are due to arrive in Manchester Airport at 11.38pm just nicely in time for the 6.55am flight, on Monarch, straight to Gibraltar.
I’ll try and keep you updated on developments on the blog when I can, but i will be twittering at http://twitter.com/sesscoutsgib.
