Ronda

=RONDA= About 90 minutes east of Mijas is the “white town” of Ronda - what the maps and guide books didn’t mention is that the last 40kms is on a windy steep mountain road! The road, whilst wide enough for two cars, (and it even had a middle line!) was still a bit of an ordeal – remember I fully got over mountain driving a few days back. Needless to say that a quick trip to the coast to visit the in-laws would be discussed a few times before it actually happened. But the drive was worth it! Ronda was one of the last Moorish bastions to fall to the Christians and one look shows why – it is build over a 120m deep chasm and perches on the edge of these very steep rocky cliffs. Its not a place to grow up with a fear of heights!

We wandered the old town, went down into Moorish Water Mine – a zig-zag stairway down to the river level which a human chain of slaves used to gather water for the city. Its tricky going down but a real bugger coning back up! Gail opted out of going down the last 50 or so steps and instead called from a window as if trapped in a tower like Rapunzel – unfortunately her hair wasn’t long enough to reach down so she’s still there
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