{"id":4078,"date":"2012-06-08T16:40:57","date_gmt":"2012-06-08T20:40:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tourdebocrie.com\/?p=4078"},"modified":"2015-07-02T15:06:55","modified_gmt":"2015-07-02T19:06:55","slug":"day-12-thursday-june-7-cadiz-to-tarifa-spain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tourdebocrie.com\/?p=4078","title":{"rendered":"Day 12, Thursday, June 7 – Cadiz to Tarifa, Spain"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our first three miles out of town was a peaceful ride\"\"<\/a> along the beach\"\"<\/a> allowing us to catch one last glimpse of the old city of Cadiz.\"\"<\/a>The next two hours, however, was a miserable ride along the interstate. \u00a0We began to doubt if we wanted to continue through the rest of Spain in these conditions. \u00a0But we managed to find a road that paralleled the interstate\"\"<\/a>which was much less ‘hairy’ and gave us an opportunity to take a break,\"\"<\/a>look around and enjoy the scenery\"\"<\/a>and see the ocean in the distance.\"\"<\/a>Though the sun was once again hot, the Atlantic was providing us with a very cool tail <\/em><\/strong>wind. \u00a0Which we were going to need, to help us over the mountains in the distance.\"\"<\/a>No more complaining about hills<\/em>,\"\"<\/a> apparently it is mountains from here on out.\"\"<\/a>But the cool temps and wind helped a lot. \u00a0We’d had a plan to stop at about 40 miles, but we were feeling good and we would have to go over<\/em> this mountain\"\"<\/a> to get to the hotel, I think not!<\/p>\n

Somewhere around 50 miles we dropped into a valley filled with hundreds<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a> and hundreds of wind generators.\"\"<\/a>Nothing but wind generators for several miles, that and wind in our face; now we realized just how much the wind was assisting us. One more climb, however,\u00a0\"\"<\/a>before we dropped into view of the beautiful sea and more kitesurfers\u00a0\"\"<\/a>and windsurfers\"\"<\/a>than we’ve ever seen in one place, they too were\u00a0really<\/em> enjoying the wind. \u00a0But we needed a rest, so on to town. \u00a0Many of the streets of Tarif \"\"<\/a>are straight up and down, which we discovered when trying to locate a hotel, not recommended at the end of a tiring 65 mile day. The town front along the water is under refurbishment, \u00a0but the real beauty of Tarif is the beach\"\"<\/a>and naked beachgoers (of course)\"\"<\/a> this is the mountain we just came through to get here,<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>There is also an old fort, Castillo de Santa Catalina\"\"<\/a>fishing port\"\"<\/a>and lots of character to the area.\"\"<\/a>There is also an awfully fast boat to Morocco,\"\"<\/a>which is only 14 kilometers away…..guess tomorrow we take a break and go to Africa.\n\t\t