Got back on Tuesday after an excellent week in the Bali. We had excellent weather around 20 everyday, one day was cloudy and it rained early evening for around 4 hours.A bit windy in places but overall we couldn`t fault the weather.
We walked miles and felt like we saw as much as we possible could do. We had a late lunch of tapas and wine each day in the various tapas bars around. We spent a day in Fuengirola with a visit to the lovely zoo. We caught the train to Torremolinos 3 times and walked back. Spent quite a bit of time in Arroya, loved the market and the various bars. Went to the sea world in the marina. We also went to the Selwo marina, loved the shows. The only place we didn`t manage was the Pueblo and Mijas, this was because of the bus journey, we were put off by the fact the driver crams as many people on as possible. We witnessed this on our one and only bus journey, it was market day and we scrambled on the bus only to be told to move back, this would have resulted in us pushing elerderly passengers to the raised part of the bus at the rear and they would have had no rails to hold onto, so we stayed where we were, so the driver opened the middle doors and crammed more in there. He stopped at every stop and crammed more and more on. I doubt if I will ever get a bus again around Benalmadena, I would rather walk or catch the train. But apart from this one minor annoyance we had a fantastic holiday. We thought the prices were very good everywhere for food and drink. We did find that on an evening bars were fairly quiet but that could have been because it was early season, although we have been at this time of year on previous visits. I hope this was just our opinion and that its not a future trend as I think everyone will have suffered enough with the euro and hotels going all inclusive.Loved Benalmadena and Toremolinos and can`t wait to go back.
For the Mijas day out, I can recommend getting the train to Fuengirola and then the bus onwards from there. There was plenty of room on that bus when we went. A tip for a future visit maybe.
Speak soon, Shirley
Glad to hear you had a good time Christine
Thanks Shirley, this was our 4 time at easter(also done a short break in Feb) and we did notice how much quieter it was at night. Might have to try Mijas via Fuengirola next time. Think next time we go we will opt for some of the more cultural trips as well. Glad you had a great time, I read your great report. We did nip in the Cabello for a drink one day and thought it might be nice for a short stay at a latter date, so may need to pick your brains on it.
I adored Mijas I could quite happily stay there. Just wasn't keen on the donkeys being tethered up.
Glynis, we didn't see the donkeys although I kept my eye open for them as I'd heard about them. We did see loads of horse drawn carriages taking people for a ride around. There was one area we didn't go- at the top of the steps (where the map or the area is) we turned left so maybe the donkeys were to the right ? Or I wonder if they've been taken away.
Glad you had a nice time....Is Victor still the entertainment manager at the Bali ?
I've always found 'market day' is a bad time to travel on the bus, whether it be Benalmadena or Benidorm to Altea.
Sanji x
They were on Sanji's video of Mijas Shirley.
Christine it sounds great I am looking forward to going myself 1st June, never been before. It sounds as though you enjoyed it.
sanji, what are you going to do with your videos now? Are you going to put them all back? That's going to take a lot of time.
Not sure what is or isn't on Media Galleries, but lots of the videos were uploaded to the forums before Media Galleries opened, and are still here for now at least:
what are you going to do with your videos now?
ATM: Pulling my hair out over them and not being able to upload to YT, because I've got something wrong with my puter.
Thing is...I think I've caused all this by deleting something I shouldn't have last week....and all this work has been unncessary, I've had to change the music on nearly every video because of YT's 'copyright' policy and they could have stayed where they were on TV.
I'm just wondering whether the donkeys are still there.
The history of Mijas and the donkeys goes back a very long way, the donkeys are still there and there are no plans to remove them, not in my lifetime anyway.
I'll put the new version of Mijas with the changed music back onto TV, filmed last June/july.
Sanji x
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Sanji
2012-04-21 09:13:06
I've brought this over from YT and I can't do anything about those black bands top and bottom, I think that is something which needs attention regarding the flv settings in TV.
However, if you click to watch it on YT at the bottom of the viewing frame, it will be in full screen.
http://www.holidaytruths.tv/media/3037/Mijas/
Sanji x
I know about the buses being jam packed as we have used them on lots of occasions all over Spain but this was a joke, I am sure if the driver could have sat more on folks knees he would have.
Thanks for the video again Sanji - brings back happy memories
shirley h wrote:
For the Mijas day out, I can recommend getting the train to Fuengirola and then the bus onwards from there. There was plenty of room on that bus when we went. A tip for a future visit maybe.
Hi
How long does the bus take to Mijas from Fuengirola? We always go to Torremolinos and just thinking of something different for this years trip.
Chelle x
I can't remember the length of time the bus took Chelle but it wasn't too long & I enjoyed going through the villages and seeing some of the countryside
It takes about 20mins from Fuengi to Mijas, it just depends how heavy the traffic is getting out of Fuengi.
Timetable on page 2 of the link below
http://www.avanzabus.com/web/archivos/base/File/Horarios/Portillo/Horario-de-autobuses-de-Fuengirola.pdf
Sanji x
Thanks Glynis and Sanji for your speedy responses and the bus timetable. I like to have things planned for overcast days so will put Mijas on the list.
Yes, we were on the bus for no more than 20 mins. It was a nice comfy, clean bus too
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