Showing posts with label Gibraltar. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gibraltar. Show all posts

Thursday, March 10, 2011

Gibraltar


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Barbary Macaques
Gibraltar is an British overseas territory located at the south tip of Europe. The city is located around the huge, very characteristic rock. On the top of the rock there is fantastic nature reserve where many Barbary Macaques (monkeys lives).

Hitchhiking the boat

I had an idea of sailing through the Atlantic ocean, from Gibraltar to South America. I knew that the biggest challenge could be that I would be late, since I came to Gibraltar very close to the beginning of storm season on Atlantic. And unfortunately it was a case, Gibraltar marina was quite empty and the last boats left two-three weeks before I arrived