Lazy day trip to Marbella
Wednesday, August 29th, 2007Taking a bus from Banús, Paul managed to work out that we needed to get off after 11 stops. “This looks very like the centre of Marbella!” I shouted as we passed the 5th bus stop. Paul made us stay on board and was awarded the title of “knob of the holiday” when we finally alighted in the slums, some 2.5 kms past the centre.
On reflection though, I always say if you want to experience the true culture of a place, go into the back streets where the locals live. We found Bar Parquesol on the Avenida Navel Una first – very “local”. The owner of the tabac/newsagent across the street was cheerily drinking his profits at the bar.  Overheard voices were unsurprisingly Spanish and I imagined the word mañana being the most common in use. We had a couple of beers then decided to move on to the more touristy part of the port.
Stumble It!