Gibraltar 02/04/2014

Today we docked at the Port of Gibraltar at around 0730 and grabbed a taxi for a tour around the rock - our driver was Kevin (a local born and bred).  We had seven in our party today.  We kicked off for a quick tour through the 100 Ton Gun, St Michael's Cave, the Great Siege Tunnels, Moorish Castle, Europa Point and the resident monkeys - the Barbary Macaques.

Barbary Macaques

We then took a stroll around the main city centre.  The girls did some shopping. I did some 'tyre kicking' in a camera shop but came away empty handed.
One of the highlights of the day for me was the monkeys.  They run around in the wild here.  They are territorial and hang around in gangs, so when gangs come across one another, there's an 'all-in' brawl apparently.
Gibraltar is a British Territory and has been since the 18th century.  A population of around 30,000 people.  It's neighbouring city La Linia shares the border between which is basically the perimeter of the airport.  It's interesting - the airport runway and the main road that crosses the border intersect.

The airport runway

Gun at Moorish Castle

Whenever a plane lands or takes off, they temporarily close the road to clear the runway.  We got to witness a flight arrival from a high vantage point above the airport where the tunnels are.
All aboard by 1830 and we set off around 1900.

L to R: Judy, Me, Mark, Mario, Chris, Oscar, Lesley, Jenny, Karen