Andalucian Geography images
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We love our Andalucian Geography images. Travelling around Andalucia has swelled our photography files.

Which ones should we exhibit on our pages? Finally, torn by indecision, we decided to create a special Andalucian geography images album page - to show you, some of our favourites.

Dunes
Where are we?
Just behind the dunes of Valdevaqueros Beach. We drove to Punta Paloma, (Tarifa, Cadiz). The military zone was boarded-up and seemingly abandoned. These dunes have a permanently employed crew - complete with tractor - on duty, ready to clear the Punta Paloma road from the ever-rising, shifting sands.

How High are these Dunes?
Seriously High! Can you see the triangle-shape buried high-up in the sand?
The top line is a peeping landline telephone wire. The bottom line is its shadow cast over the scalloped-shape of the dunes.
Levante winds pile the sands up-and-up on the northern sides of the Paloma and Bolonia bays.

Both the Punta Paloma and Bolonia dunes are national monuments.
They belong to the Parque Natural del Estrecho, Andalucia Spain.

Wonky Horse Shoe Arches
Chrissy always tells me off for snapping crooked walls in the Alhambra. She took this one, (Malaga, Alcazaba). One wonders how the arches remain in-position. What about the root system, of the Yucca tree, above the dungeon... where is it?

Beautiful Golden Horseshoe Arches - Malaga Alcazaba
Malaga Alcazaba has stood the test of time. Built (over a Roman fortresss)
during the Moorish rule in Spain, waves lapped at the Alcazaba's city walls.

Gibralfaro Palace - above the Alcazaba Fortress - was originally a Phoenician site.
The Arabs named it Jebel Faro: Rock of the Watchtower = Gibralfaro

Malaga Port
See how far away the sea-shore is today?

Punta Camarinal at the Bolonia Inlet
The miracle of calm August waters, at Bolonia. Each Cadiz beach/inlet has a viewpoint. Caraminal belongs to Bolonia. The next inlet Zahara de los Atunes is where Almadraba tuna-fish fishing was done. Then the fish were towed into Bolonia for the preparation of the Garum.
Almadraba fishing dates back to Phoenician times.

The water here was crystal-clear. I swam, regretting, I didn't have my camera. However, every 7th wave there was a big wave - my camera isn't water-proof...

Bolonia bay was full of fast-swimming shoals of fish.

View of the Sand dunes at Bolonia
The pine forest sweeps over Punta Caraminal. There is a military zone there and we couldn't drive to the cliffs. However, lower down, one can cross through the pine forest and walk to the small hamlet of El Lentiscal. This picture was taken near El Lentiscal.

Psst, there's many cows around this area, watch where you step! Cow pats are numerous even down on the beach. We stared at the vegetation, which, for late summer, was vibrantly green and realised, water sheeted down a cliff near El Lentiscal. Hence the cattle and their freerange grazing - (and pooping) habits.

Bolonia Inlet
View of the whole Bolonia inlet. This was taken from El Chapparal.

In no time at all, we created, a rather heavy (pixel) page. There will have be a page 2, to continue, our favourite Andalucian Geography images.

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