- Joined
- Mar 23, 2005
Came to Santa Ponsa to use up last of annual leave. Comedy of errors so far :Sparkle_Cool: First g/f manages to lose her passport in Edinburgh airport at customs. Having finally located forgotten smaller basket due to personal search and help of customs we were on our way. All fine and transfer not a problem. Dropped off at Playa Santa Ponsa and....no one there! Wait around for 15 mins and a cleaner appears, who unhelpfully understands no English. However she is pointing out the door so I assume I have come in wrong door and look for another entry...nae luck. At last I see a note on the door saying that we should make our way to a hotel further along the road. All good. In the hotel I think I have lost my keys for home...eek! Franitcally emailing my sons I ask them if they have spares and find them because they must.
Then I realise I have forgot charger/lead for laptop...not good because it is how I find my way around! Also not good as I just paid 14 euros for 7 days wifi.
Oh well lets get on with holiday. Things pick up next day as I find a shop only 50 yards from hotel that sells chargers for 30 euros. Yeh well I'm a modern man and need technology
Eben better I find beers going half price in a supermarket, 25 cents for 330ml san miguel, Alhambra. Then day gets even better when keys turn up in inside pocket of Jacket. Not all goes swimmingly (pardon the pun) as we decide to pay a visit to the swimming pool. Deciding the inside one would be warmer than the outside one, we feign to act like David Wilkie warming up. Ok coupleof lengths is surely enough for first time, and after all the pool is at least 25 yeards long. We then retire to Sauna. It isn't very warm! No problem says I, flinging copious amounts of water on the coals. All goos excpet when g/f points out..."that fire is electric"!!!! Ok if I'm a cat I still got 8 lives left.
Out the pool and all good now
Until well the nice people in hotel do their level best to embarrass us in front of tons of Spanish by informing us we cannot take water or soft drinks as we are only half board; not all inclusive...though apparantely we can at breakfast 
Well they can't stop us having three plates of dinner 
Rhonda tries her best to oblige 
Ok back to room and as I settle on inet before heading out, Rhonda scream.....
On the floor a huge cockroach comes wandering before us. Now having been to India and making the mistake of standing on one and seeing hundreds of tiny roaches run all over the place, I decide capture is a better method. Failing to trap it with a glass from toilet; it manages to evade us and disappears under the door between our room and next door. That takes care of that says I as I hear frantic running around in room next door.
Settling down, Rhonda thinks it will be a laugh to tell me I have one running up my leg. Not falling for that I can't help but laugh as she scream again seeing one clamber from under the bed. I manage to catch this fella and duly present it to the receptionist at front desk who also jumps with a bit f a start. Well i did tell her I would speak in private! The guy at the desk of cours he brushes it off macho man style by saying "well it is Santa Ponsa and they come in from the heat" Fine with that, says I, but can you also now get someone to my room and spray it with some deterrant! Duly obliging me and Rhonda head out.
I will now out of respect for Rhonda say nothing of a touch of the runs, but lets just say the aroma in the Irish bar will never be quite the same!
Well least this Irish bar is actually ran and owned by a bona fida Irish man, and a couple of Everton supporters in as well. For some reason we end up with a Rangers supporter joining us, well least he had little to boast about. But he did inform us that the Scottish corner bar was owned and run by a Hibby so we will find our way down there this week.
Returning to hotel and Rhonda decides to have a shower...more shouts! The shower is leaking not only onto the bathroom floor, but under the door and into the lobby. Said guy on front desk was not much use, replacing towels but doing absolutely nothing about flood in lobby! Oh well it's their insurance.
Ah well I am sure the holiday will all be fine...honest...now wheres that 25 cents beer :doh
oh and neighbour has put a towel at bottom of door between our rooms...must be expecting a deluge of cockroaches :laff:
Then I realise I have forgot charger/lead for laptop...not good because it is how I find my way around! Also not good as I just paid 14 euros for 7 days wifi.
Oh well lets get on with holiday. Things pick up next day as I find a shop only 50 yards from hotel that sells chargers for 30 euros. Yeh well I'm a modern man and need technology
Eben better I find beers going half price in a supermarket, 25 cents for 330ml san miguel, Alhambra. Then day gets even better when keys turn up in inside pocket of Jacket. Not all goes swimmingly (pardon the pun) as we decide to pay a visit to the swimming pool. Deciding the inside one would be warmer than the outside one, we feign to act like David Wilkie warming up. Ok coupleof lengths is surely enough for first time, and after all the pool is at least 25 yeards long. We then retire to Sauna. It isn't very warm! No problem says I, flinging copious amounts of water on the coals. All goos excpet when g/f points out..."that fire is electric"!!!! Ok if I'm a cat I still got 8 lives left.Out the pool and all good now
Until well the nice people in hotel do their level best to embarrass us in front of tons of Spanish by informing us we cannot take water or soft drinks as we are only half board; not all inclusive...though apparantely we can at breakfast Well they can't stop us having three plates of dinner Rhonda tries her best to oblige Ok back to room and as I settle on inet before heading out, Rhonda scream.....
On the floor a huge cockroach comes wandering before us. Now having been to India and making the mistake of standing on one and seeing hundreds of tiny roaches run all over the place, I decide capture is a better method. Failing to trap it with a glass from toilet; it manages to evade us and disappears under the door between our room and next door. That takes care of that says I as I hear frantic running around in room next door.
Settling down, Rhonda thinks it will be a laugh to tell me I have one running up my leg. Not falling for that I can't help but laugh as she scream again seeing one clamber from under the bed. I manage to catch this fella and duly present it to the receptionist at front desk who also jumps with a bit f a start. Well i did tell her I would speak in private! The guy at the desk of cours he brushes it off macho man style by saying "well it is Santa Ponsa and they come in from the heat" Fine with that, says I, but can you also now get someone to my room and spray it with some deterrant! Duly obliging me and Rhonda head out.
I will now out of respect for Rhonda say nothing of a touch of the runs, but lets just say the aroma in the Irish bar will never be quite the same!
Well least this Irish bar is actually ran and owned by a bona fida Irish man, and a couple of Everton supporters in as well. For some reason we end up with a Rangers supporter joining us, well least he had little to boast about. But he did inform us that the Scottish corner bar was owned and run by a Hibby so we will find our way down there this week.
Returning to hotel and Rhonda decides to have a shower...more shouts! The shower is leaking not only onto the bathroom floor, but under the door and into the lobby. Said guy on front desk was not much use, replacing towels but doing absolutely nothing about flood in lobby! Oh well it's their insurance.
Ah well I am sure the holiday will all be fine...honest...now wheres that 25 cents beer :doh
oh and neighbour has put a towel at bottom of door between our rooms...must be expecting a deluge of cockroaches :laff:
the 400 was for both of us by the way. Food is bloody good, had mackerel, swordfish, fresh sea bass as well as all the usual spanish dishes. Does feel a little like living in the land of the small people though, I think there must be some special week on for OAPs as there are tons of them and they have bingo and dancing/singers etc aimed at that age group, Dont think any of them are over 5 foot 5