After yesterday's brave foray into Marbella. ..some soul soothing ... wandering early across the campo ... finding the pre-tarmac roads ...
The Marbella trip was good for research ... good for Susie, who had a full summer wardrobe session at Mark's and Spencer's in the Canada Centre .... like malls everywhere ... shopping as a leisure experience ... seduced by psychologists to buy shiny stuff to try to fill the gaping existential hole ... this place has a special story, funded with dirty money by several of Jesus Gil's successors ... now doing time ... Marbella itself conjuring an image of a gold plated turd ... is this negativity coming through prejudicial processing, over sensitive perception, out of sync vibrations?
Research suggests corruption endemic throughout the Spanish construction industry ... probably not just Spain ... when local politicians can hike the value of scrubland many times simply by rezoning, the scene is set for temptation ...
This crazy building led boom was widely supported whilst most people profited ... now that austerity is demanded by central banks, calling in the debts, accountability is required ... thousands of illegally built properties are set for demolition ... the pendulum swings ...
Consolidating the previous exploration, under the motorway, with the coast and the bus back more or less known... honey and banana bun packed like a Camino snack and musing about building strength for the Via de Plata from Sevilla to Santiago later in the year ... up ahead more relics of abandoned urbanisation ... dual carriageways going nowhere ... the one aiming for the coast abruptly reverting to a footpath ... then scrub ... thorn bushes to navigate to add to the surreality ...up a hill to an old well ... under a fence to a lane and eventually connecting with the other end of the intended road ... an established suburb... this is building boom and bust on an epic scale ...
Back to the coast ... a wander along the sentido for coffee at the Tubilito ... and greeted like a local settling down in the shade for some blogging ...some slightly disturbing conversation with a German hippy, resident here for 17 years ... a good life ... not as good as it was ... war coming in Europe ... ermm pardon? Which part of the mind is this information coming from? Sorry, my English is not so good ... what are they planning?
Back to the blog ... another coffee ... a hot sun and cool breeze ... ... pondering wandering home to complete the circuit ... wondering how Poppy's getting on with the ants ... it being ant season and ants being very keen on cat food ... and Poppy used to running buffet ... they have launched four incursions so far ... fascinating to observe ... sending scouts ... then the advance party ... followed by the platoon ... marching like an army ... any empathy not effective so broom disrupts the hordes ... sorry folks but not indoors please ... their dismembering of a deceased salamander on the sunroof was epic to observe ... three days work from corpse to nada ...
A stop in San Enrique to join Russ at the bar ... review the news ... his feed includes French revolt ...not prominent in mine, though resident sister and pal may update ...
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