[tracer]

Did you take the harrowing bus ride to the top of the Rock? The perspective is a bit different from up there.

The Brits may well have inadvertantly avoided being decimated by troops of ferocious baboons who inhabit it. Remember them??

[Wright is right!]

"Did you take the harrowing bus ride to the top of the Rock? The perspective is a bit different from up there. The Brits may well have inadvertantly avoided being decimated by troops of ferocious baboons who inhabit it. Remember them??"

We'd heard about the baboons (tour guide actually called them "bassoons," then got it right). Nothing like a horde of ferocious bassoons to ruin your day.

As for the bus ride, nope, we were simply passing by on the ferry back to Algeciras from close to a week in Morocco. When we left FOR Morocco earlier, you couldn't see the Rock at ALL. Visibility had been about a mile in fog, and that's not very far on open water.

Michael

[Wright is right!]

BTW, tracer, speaking of harrowing bus rides, we're thinking of compiling a list of some of the world's best bus rides, to be published by the No Guard Rail Press. One of the best is on the Greek isle of Santorini from the capital of Fira town up to Oeia on the northern end. It's a 1.5-lane roadway which carries large motor coaches and city-style buses simultaneously in both directions. There are sheer drops of thousands of feet and not one guard rail in sight. The Amalfi Coast of Italy has a lot to recommend it as well.

Michael

[Wright is right!]

BTW, tracer, speaking of harrowing bus rides, we're thinking of compiling a list of some of the world's best bus rides, to be published by the No Guard Rail Press. One of the best is on the Greek isle of Santorini from the capital of Fira town up to Oeia on the northern end. It's a 1.5-lane roadway which carries large motor coaches and city-style buses simultaneously in both directions. There are sheer drops of thousands of feet and not one guard rail in sight. The Amalfi Coast of Italy has a lot to recommend it as well.

Michael

[Jay W]

The Brits may well have inadvertantly avoided being decimated by troops of ferocious baboons who inhabit it. Remember them??

Are you saying that in an all-out battle between the Gibralter apes and the British Marines that the apes would stand a good chance of winning? ;-)

So much for the new world order! Bring on the new ape order!