Archive for the ‘Andalusia’ Category

Sanlucar beach horse races

March 26th, 2009 at 11:46 pm » Comments (10)

Sanlúcar de Barrameda in the Cádiz province in Andalusia, Spain, hosts some of the oldest horse races in Europe: Carreras de Caballos, which also were the first regulated horse races in Spain. [wp_geo_map] It started as early as in 1845 (!) with informal competitions that were organized by the owners of the horses carrying the [...]

Ride thru blue without queue

March 19th, 2009 at 11:36 pm » Comments (11)

Feeling thirsty? Stop at the kiosk as this rider did in Sanlucar de Barrameda, Spain, last year when we were there. Come back here for the rest of the amigos – not only drinks – in a day or two. Lifecruiser ♥ Spanish horses  

High Hike Mad Lad in Spain

March 5th, 2009 at 1:34 am » Comments (7)

El Caminito del Rey (the kings pathway) in Spain is following the steep walls of a narrow gorge in El Chorro, near Alora in Malaga. I call it the Mad’s pathway! Tell me how many seconds you can stand to watch this without going: SH*T! Totally MAD! Information about the video: “The construction of this [...]