British Expats - COSTA ESURI

My friend Phil has done it again!

Right - He is now officially declared a complete madman WELL DONE m8y!

See the link here: http://www.justgiving.com/philsmillion

And here: http://www.philpacker.com

He has just rowed the channel for H4H, and intends to complete the London marathon on crutches.

Any donations to his appeal are most welcome. Please no SNIP Mods! :)

Jonathan

What a bloody brave man he is. :thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:

You forgot this link mate HERE as some people on this thread never venture off it.

tednsharon

Feb 23rd 2009 9:16 am

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Originally Posted by shirley and anthony hide (Post 7313230)

If your over at Easter we will hopefully see you then,recession/depression permitting.
The weather is still lovely as well

Yes - back at Easter, but for the second week of the school hols, not Easter weekend.

BobD	Feb 23rd 2009 11:08 am

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Back from another great week at Esuri. Six games of golf in eight days, I need to get back to work for the rest!

We decided to have a trip up to the new road bridge mentioned on the forum recently. It is a very pleasant trip, about 150KM in total. We drove up the Spanish side first, up to Villablanca, then stopping at San Lucar, before carrying on to El Granado, and finally across to the bridge at Pomarao. They were still putting the finishing touches to the bridge, (as can be seen from the photo), as it had only recently been opened to traffic.

From the other side, we took the new road towards Mertola, but when this ran out, we had a choice of two ways to get to the town. I think we chose the wrong one, via Fernandes, as this turned out to be a single track, with a few passing place to get past the sparse traffic we met coming the other way. However, we finally made it to Mertola, and stopped for a coffee. This looks an interesting town, and one I wish we had found more time to enjoy. From there we drove down to a further short stop at Alcoutim, finally following the river down to Castro Marim, and back across the Guadiana.

There is quite a contrast in the scenery on both sides of the river; the Spanish side is more barren and rocky, whilst the Portuguese side is greener, like the English countryside. Both sides have some hilly roads, with steep slopes and sheer drops on both sides, much like the roads crossing the Pennines. We saw a fine selection of wildlife, some we recognized, and some we didnâ€™t. I particularly enjoyed the last leg of the trip, following the Guadiana from Alcoutim to Castro Marim

There are some more photos of the bridge, and accompanying dam on our website, for anyone interested.

chrispee

Feb 24th 2009 9:35 am

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Hi everyone

Have just spent 4 glorious days in CE - 18 - 20 degrees , blue cloudless skys . My son visited with us for the very first time . He thought CE could be great but that it was like a building site in too many places for it to be really attractive , especially to new purchasers .

The cranes are moving on "Sun and Sands" and the villa with the curved roof was being worked on . Completion at S&S expected in July with 90% of the units sold ??!!

The golf course was busy on the mornings we played and we decided to try a mid-day start . Big , big mistake - followed some Germans who took nearly 6 hours for the round !!!! Visited Quinta do Vale across the river . Fantastic views of the golf course there and of CE - go and have a coffee and sit on the balcony - lovely .

Article in the new "Resident" paper showed Ayamonte council officials signing an agreement with the owners of Albatross 1 to allow local people to rent 1 of 70 or so apartments there for about 450 Euros per month with an option to buy after a few years at 1250 Euros per sq.m. of floor space.

Went to Jags , great food and we were well looked after by Jean Michel . Thoroughly recommend it .

Everywhere was so quiet , except Ayamonte which remains a centre of activity no matter when you go there . On our way to Faro today for our return flight to B'ham at 11 a.m. we saw only 10 other vehicles .

I'm not sure that we ever want CE to be too busy but it would be nice if it was "finished" so that there was a better feel to the place .

Keep posting the useful stuff .

Chrispee:thumbsup:

Reptonian

Feb 25th 2009 1:21 am

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John and Kath's palace proves it has a stunning view - as it is clearly visible directly under the bushy-topped tree! Sundowners up in the tower anyone?

Mike and Carol

Feb 25th 2009 11:23 am

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Originally Posted by Fortaleza (Post 7323334)

Oh dear! I'm not sure if even HE has gotten in touch with his prick despite being a prize ...........

I see that the school children are out again. I thought that the moderator was
there to stop comments like this and when people alter peoples names to try to be funny. This used to be a good forum giving good advice to all of us.

Fortaleza

Feb 25th 2009 12:02 pm

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Originally Posted by Mike and Carol (Post 7323483)

You see, if you posted more often than just 62 times in 4 years, you might - just might, mnd you - understand what is happening.

The answer I gave was in response to someone clearly using an alias.

But, bless. I shouldn't expect too much of you - after all you thought Esuri was a good investment!!!!! :lol:

jdr	Feb 25th 2009 6:05 pm

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Originally Posted by Mike and Carol (Post 7323483)

As he says keep up to speed, but then the mods usually delete these before they are seen. ;-)

Pollyana

Feb 25th 2009 9:01 pm

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Originally Posted by Mike and Carol (Post 7323483)

If you see a post like that which needs attention please report it by using the blue square with the exclamation mark on it, next to the karma button.
If you don't bring the posts to our attention then they won't get seen unless one of us happens to read the thread.
Moderators have lives of their own to run and cannot monitor the posts 24 hours a day, so the help of all posters in reporting problems is welcomed.

Mitzyboy

Feb 26th 2009 12:50 am

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Yes I do apologise ....... I actually have been at Spanish lessons so not online until now. If you report something then all the mods are alerted to it

Fortaleza

Feb 26th 2009 3:46 am

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Originally Posted by jdr (Post 7324290)

As he says keep up to speed, but then the mods usually delete these before they are seen. ;-)

You little devil you! Look what you started :D

laudinehall94

Feb 26th 2009 7:21 am

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Originally Posted by adiemac (Post 7029735)

Chevy,

I have a deposit on one of these apartments also. From conversations with my lawyer and TASA they have been trying to refinance for some time. They claim they have not issued all of the Bank Guarantees for that reason, although that is another matter. I am told they have managed to refinance a development in Morocco which was key to their survival but they still obviously need to do the same at Esuri to be able to finish the phases they have started.
I was there in October and there was maybe a dozen or so workers on site so not really much activity considering the amount of work still outstanding. I have some pictures of the site if you are interested. The site office was open sporadically when we were there. Also they have indefinately postponed all of the other phases. Phase 1 completion is due 1st Q 2009 plus the 3 month allowance making it due finally on the 1st of June 2009. Not sure about Phase 2.

I would not be at all surprised if they had stopped work completely.

Hope this helps.

Hi Chevy

I would love to see any pics you have of the tasa development. We are in the same boat as you...ours nis in phase 2. Currently our solicitor is looking into things.

Brizey

Feb 26th 2009 12:11 pm

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Have some Tasa pics from January but cannot upload them for some reason.

Any advice administrators?