Border control
One minute we are in Spain...
the next in the UK!
Looking out to Africa. Not sure you can see it in the photograph though.
First sign of the monkeys! We didn't tell the boys there were monkeys, so when they saw one sitting on the road then them jumping up onto the van they were super excited!
Steven, our taxi driver and tour guide.
Cale stood beside this monkey for a photograph and it reached out and put it's hand on his shoulder!
This big fella jumped on the roof! He came for a ride up the road before running down the roof (there are many dents on all the taxis) and jumping off as we were driving up the hill!
Too cute!
There are signs all around not to feed the monkeys, however our tour guide advised that if they don't see you feed them its 'ok' haha! He managed to entice this little one year old (with a nut or two), to jump on to Cale and Nico for a photograph. Awesome experience as this is the only place in Europe you can see monkeys in the wild!
Nico's turn!
Inside St Michael's Cave (above and below), a network of limestone caves located within the Upper Rock Nature Reserve.
Cross-section of a stalactite/statagmite.
The Rock!
The labyrinth of tunnels here are known as the Great Siege Tunnels and are perhaps the most impressive defence system devised by man.
During the war of American Independence, when France and Spain made an all-out attempt to recapture the Rock from the British in Gibraltar's 14th Siege, known as The Great Siege, which lasted from July 1779 to February 1783.
These are impressive, all dug by hand and a bit of gunpowder.
Here you can see the road/path crossing the runway!
Time for a sleep!
We thought the Siege Tunnels were impressive, these were even better. Our tour guide was only there to escourt us through and answer questions, we had audio guides for all explanations. He was quite young but his knowledge was really good. The boys really enjoyed this 45 minute tour also.
These weren't just tunnels, this was a whole undergound city! The entire 16,000-strong garrison could be housed here along with enough food to last them for 16 months! Within the tunnels there were also an undergound telephone exchange, a power generating station, a water distillation plant, a hospital, a bakery, ammunition magazines and a vehicle maintenance workshop. The total length of the entire tunnel network inside the Rock is approximately 34 miles (52km). Very impressive to see!
Known as Clapham Junction as all tunnels meet here.
Pub dinner at 'All's Well' in Gibraltar before walking back to Spain. Cale and I had fish and chips with mushy peas, Nico a burger, and Brad had a pie!
It would be rude not to wash it down with a pint!
On the runway!
With the Rock of Gibraltar in the background.
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