Espana Extravaganza - Part 3 - Malaga + Torremolinos

From Seville, we made our way to Malaga, a port city on the famous Costa del Sol coast...

To make our way to the coastal town of Torremolinos... where we were promised the sun and the beach....

However... unfortunately... the good weather in Seville was no where to be seen here... on our first night... it started to rain!!!

And the temperature dropped! See how we were all wrapped up in our jackets again... but rain or no rain, we are determined to make the most out of our holiday!

And the guys tried to convince themselves that it was not cold (although it was drizzling and windy) to challenge each other at frisbee by the beach...

And they were all determined to parade in their shorts and bermudas!!!

Given the weather... you can see that we were practically the only ones by the beach... boo hoo hooo.... :(

After the guys had enough of the beach... we strolled around in the town centre... this place is a beach resort... and there's lots of little shops for you to explore...

We also took the opportunity to return to Malaga to visit the city...

But in the end... we ended up spending most of our time in the shopping centre as the rain started pouring!!! What bad luck!!

In the shopping centre... the guys entertained themselves by challenging each other at the arcade... while Yan Ping and I went shopping instead! Shopping in Spain is always good... with Mango, Zara, and my new found brands of Stradivarius and Friday's Project! :)

We went back to Torremolinos to catch the Liverpool vs Arsenal Champions League semi-finals match at this Irish bar..

And when Liverpool won... the guys (Nav, KT and ZR) went absolutely crazy!!!

They got so drunk and entertained the staff at the bar which were all from the UK that they fell in love with them! Throughout the night, the bar staff were giving them free drinks and coming over to chat with them!!

I think they don't even remember what happened the next day! And they supposedly swore off alcohol....

The next day... the weather in the afternoon improved and we tried our luck at the beach again... at least this time, we weren't the only ones at the beach!!! hehehe...

I love how the waves come rushing to my feet... one of the many reasons why I love the beach... :)

Although the guys said they weren't going to touch alcohol.. they went back to the same Irish pub....


And the staff, especially the manager at the pub were so friendly that we had free shots the whole night... and when we ordered drinks... e.g. JD coke, the JD was 75% of the glass with only 25% coke!!!!

See... he's making his Irish flag shots for us... and it's all on the house!!!

Not only they drank with us... the manager even unlock the pool table for us and let us played for free!!!

They even invited us to stay and wait for them to close their pub so that they could bring us out for more drinks!!! What????

The guys drank so much that it's so funny... and they kept on ordering and ordering more drinks for them... up to a point that Mr Yeo was actually pouring away his beer secretly!!! hahahaha... :P


Sigh... on the day we were due to leave Torremolinos... the sun came out shinning brightly...

So, we couldn't resist and hung out at the beach until it was time to leave to make the most of the good weather...

Oh well... at least we tried!! :P

Espana Extravaganza - Part 2 - Seville

After our 3 hour bus journey... we arrive at Seville!

After finding our hostel, we made our way to the riverside to have some grilled (and deep fried!) seafood...

But on our way... we were tempted into having ice-creams instead!! hehehe... sorry.. I just can't say no to ice-creams... and in Spain, they have lots of gelato shops around which are difficult to resist!! :P

After dinner, we decided to go clubbing... we walked around asking for the "happening" area and someone recommended this club to us...

The next day, we set off to do some sightseeing... and in my definition, that just means walking around and taking lots of pictures (though I have to admit defeat to Yan Ping who takes self-portraits all the time!!!)... :P

Which is why I actually don't remember (or know in the first place) what building this is! hehehehe...

We then went to look for the stadium as the guys wanted to watch one of the Spanish La Liga football matches...

And oh... how can a trip with Mr Yeo be complete if we didn't hitch a free ride on the tram! sssshhhh... don't blow the whistle okay?


The Sevilla Stadium... we managed to get tickets for the Sevilla-Villarreal match!



And oooh... couldn't resist taking pictures of these little kids... who took the meaning of siesta to a new level! Taking a nap in the middle of the street during the day!!!! Hahahahaha... sooooo cute!!!

The guys entertaining themselves before the match... you can see how they go bananas with their snacks... :P

We got tickets on the Sevilla side so we were supporting the home team...

And the weather was really fantastic for the match... nice and sunny... not too cold.. in fact, I can even not wear my jacket!! Yippeeee....

Random shots of the match... and of the lovely weather!

The match was pretty exciting with two goals from the home team, which gave the crowd a lot to cheer for! And there was even a penalty shot which the home team scored on our side of the field!!

After the excitement of the match, the next day we took it easy by doing some touristy stuff...

Wally really wanted to go for the bull fighting, which are famous in this part of Spain... but unfortunately we didn't realise that they only have matches on Sunday and we had to buy the tickets in advance...

So, in the end we didn't go for the bull fighting... but oh well... considering that they will kill the bull in each fight... it's a bit mean... so I'm not too fussed that I missed the bloodshed!

The horse seemed to look really friendly so I took a picture with it... these horses are really smart and well trained... they even travel on the same roads as cars and buses! Hmm... better than the London cabs??

The town centre of Seville... where the main shopping district is situated...

And look, see how serious our guys are when it comes to shopping!! Hahahaha...

Espana Extravaganza - Part 1 - Gibraltar

The first stop of our Espana Extravaganza was Gibraltar. I found out from this trip that Gibraltar is actually a British overseas territory and not part of Spain!!

Ooopsss... that just show how bad my geography is! bleh...

Well... the most famous thing in Gibraltar is the "Rock of Gibraltar", which is visible from any point in Gibraltar (er... well... not that it's a really huge city anyway...)

So, there you go... it does look quite magnificent and supposedly, throughout history the rock was invincible... despite long sieges it seemed that there was nothing that could destroy the rock!

And oh yeah... the city is so small that it doesn't have enough space for the airport runways... when there are landings or takeoffs, the roads are closed to vehicles to make way for the planes!!! Now that's what you call efficient use of land!!

Anyway, since none of us were interested in visiting the caves (or to see the monkeys there...) we walked over to La Linea (literally translated as The Line) across the Spain borders...

We just wondered around the area until it was time to take our bus to our next destination...

We had some difficulties though, in finding out how to take the bus as many locals in the area do not speak English... we ended up missing the bus because we didn't realise that the bus stopped at the next platform to the one that we were told to wait at!

Anyway... finally... we managed to board the right bus after many sessions of frustrated conversations (somehow, when you don't understand them, they just try to speak LOUDER and SLOWER... thinking that you'll eventually understand them.. what???)

Just a random picture of the scenery on the journey to our next stop - SEVILLA!!