pago del humo, chiclana
Dec 23rd 2007, 5:48 am
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Re: pago del humo, chiclana
I think a some people feel if someone else is getting away with it then They can. I remeber when I had a place there I often saw building rubble in bags thrown in the containers. There is a turn a blind eye ...because I may want to do it mentality at play there.....and that seems to be apt for other situations too....
getting off the subjsect of rubbish for one mo but sticking with Pago del Humo... I haven't been through there in a little while where are the favourite places to eat....I recall La sorpresa as being good...anyone interested in starting an eating out thread....
I guess some parts are pretty off the beaten track....O.k I CONCEDE.
getting off the subjsect of rubbish for one mo but sticking with Pago del Humo... I haven't been through there in a little while where are the favourite places to eat....I recall La sorpresa as being good...anyone interested in starting an eating out thread....
I guess some parts are pretty off the beaten track....O.k I CONCEDE.
Dec 23rd 2007, 11:34 am
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Re: pago del humo, chiclana
I think a some people feel if someone else is getting away with it then They can. I remeber when I had a place there I often saw building rubble in bags thrown in the containers. There is a turn a blind eye ...because I may want to do it mentality at play there.....and that seems to be apt for other situations too....
getting off the subjsect of rubbish for one mo but sticking with Pago del Humo... I haven't been through there in a little while where are the favourite places to eat....I recall La sorpresa as being good...anyone interested in starting an eating out thread....
I guess some parts are pretty off the beaten track....O.k I CONCEDE.
getting off the subjsect of rubbish for one mo but sticking with Pago del Humo... I haven't been through there in a little while where are the favourite places to eat....I recall La sorpresa as being good...anyone interested in starting an eating out thread....
I guess some parts are pretty off the beaten track....O.k I CONCEDE.
We like both the Sorpresa and Venta Florentina for affordable, good food locally - and of course, they are both open all year round!
Dec 23rd 2007, 12:17 pm
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Re: pago del humo, chiclana
Althgough not in Pago Hotel Antonio in El Colorado is good. I think it also depends on the time of year. When it is cold and rainy outside I want to sit in so Florentinas and Antonios are fine but in the summer when it is hot we tend to give Florentinas a miss as there is no outside space any more.
Dec 24th 2007, 9:32 am
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Re: pago del humo, chiclana
Having seen the "fresh" pork being slaughtered round the back of the venta bring on frozen meals. 
Dec 30th 2007, 2:12 pm
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Re: pago del humo, chiclana
Any other good places to eat in the pago del humo area.....???
Jan 1st 2008, 2:58 pm
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Re: pago del humo, chiclana
The reason I ask is because I love food.....it's my addiction !!especially spanish food, having been raised on it....I also had some very good meals around that area...lots of good home style spanish food. I do visit freinds around there from time to time and whereas I would not wish to return there in any ,permanent e.g to live or semi-permanent e.g holiday home ,way I still maintain a keen interest....
hows that ...oh by the way happy new yaer and a belated merrry christmas to all on the forum....sorry I've scoffed all the mince pies ( home made of course) and I am making short work of the Turron. Still I guess we have got Reyes to look forward to on the 6th.
Ciao
hows that ...oh by the way happy new yaer and a belated merrry christmas to all on the forum....sorry I've scoffed all the mince pies ( home made of course) and I am making short work of the Turron. Still I guess we have got Reyes to look forward to on the 6th.
Ciao
Jan 9th 2008, 9:17 am
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Re: pago del humo, chiclana
Well I returned to London from Pago yesterday and wish I was still there !!
New Years resolution is to down size and make serious plans to spend more time there.
Yes the rubbish is an eyesore and I would hate it strewn across our road. The bins were oveflowing after the weekend holiday but were soon cleared. The dead cat in the road has gone too.. an accident not dumped.
Everywhere has irritations.. I always try to focus on the positive and ignore the negative, unless I can do something about it.
Pago and Chiclana are hick areas/towns.. that's why I like it there...I don't want the C del Sol with views of high rises and cranes and English being spoken all over the towns. I get depressed driving the coastal road once I get past Tarifa. Perhaps Chiclana is on a par with Skegness or Mablethorpe.. maybe a bit more developed. Would I live in those places in Britain?? Not unless I had an idyllic place tucked away out of sight.
The same in Spain. I love the wonderful market in Chiclana, the tumbledown houses, the 70's fashions, the cafes. The slow pace. One can always shop and socialise in Cadiz or Jerez or Seville if you are looking for something more upmarket. As to legality of houses. Those of us on yellow land are in the wonderfully Spanish situation of being not quite legal, but not illegal either.Yes those on white land and those without elex are in a pickle, but a local lawyer is helpling some people sue their builders. And the food.... yum...Balandros in Cadiz...get there at 1945 and be very English and wait across the road on the sea wall.. head in as soon as they open and you won't have to queue. Don't bother with the restaurant, just gorge on the tapas at the bar. Try the black squid pasta, the octopus, the chocolate cake.
El Timon in Roche not cheap but one can order a plate or two and share, they aren't snooty. Florentina in Pago as ever.
New Years resolution is to down size and make serious plans to spend more time there.
Yes the rubbish is an eyesore and I would hate it strewn across our road. The bins were oveflowing after the weekend holiday but were soon cleared. The dead cat in the road has gone too.. an accident not dumped.
Everywhere has irritations.. I always try to focus on the positive and ignore the negative, unless I can do something about it.
Pago and Chiclana are hick areas/towns.. that's why I like it there...I don't want the C del Sol with views of high rises and cranes and English being spoken all over the towns. I get depressed driving the coastal road once I get past Tarifa. Perhaps Chiclana is on a par with Skegness or Mablethorpe.. maybe a bit more developed. Would I live in those places in Britain?? Not unless I had an idyllic place tucked away out of sight.
The same in Spain. I love the wonderful market in Chiclana, the tumbledown houses, the 70's fashions, the cafes. The slow pace. One can always shop and socialise in Cadiz or Jerez or Seville if you are looking for something more upmarket. As to legality of houses. Those of us on yellow land are in the wonderfully Spanish situation of being not quite legal, but not illegal either.Yes those on white land and those without elex are in a pickle, but a local lawyer is helpling some people sue their builders. And the food.... yum...Balandros in Cadiz...get there at 1945 and be very English and wait across the road on the sea wall.. head in as soon as they open and you won't have to queue. Don't bother with the restaurant, just gorge on the tapas at the bar. Try the black squid pasta, the octopus, the chocolate cake.
El Timon in Roche not cheap but one can order a plate or two and share, they aren't snooty. Florentina in Pago as ever.
Jan 9th 2008, 7:05 pm
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Re: pago del humo, chiclana
Well I returned to London from Pago yesterday and wish I was still there !!
New Years resolution is to down size and make serious plans to spend more time there.
Yes the rubbish is an eyesore and I would hate it strewn across our road. The bins were oveflowing after the weekend holiday but were soon cleared. The dead cat in the road has gone too.. an accident not dumped.
Everywhere has irritations.. I always try to focus on the positive and ignore the negative, unless I can do something about it.
Pago and Chiclana are hick areas/towns.. that's why I like it there...I don't want the C del Sol with views of high rises and cranes and English being spoken all over the towns. I get depressed driving the coastal road once I get past Tarifa. Perhaps Chiclana is on a par with Skegness or Mablethorpe.. maybe a bit more developed. Would I live in those places in Britain?? Not unless I had an idyllic place tucked away out of sight.
The same in Spain. I love the wonderful market in Chiclana, the tumbledown houses, the 70's fashions, the cafes. The slow pace. One can always shop and socialise in Cadiz or Jerez or Seville if you are looking for something more upmarket. As to legality of houses. Those of us on yellow land are in the wonderfully Spanish situation of being not quite legal, but not illegal either.Yes those on white land and those without elex are in a pickle, but a local lawyer is helpling some people sue their builders. And the food.... yum...Balandros in Cadiz...get there at 1945 and be very English and wait across the road on the sea wall.. head in as soon as they open and you won't have to queue. Don't bother with the restaurant, just gorge on the tapas at the bar. Try the black squid pasta, the octopus, the chocolate cake. El Timon in Roche not cheap but one can order a plate or two and share, they aren't snooty. Florentina in Pago as ever.
New Years resolution is to down size and make serious plans to spend more time there.
Yes the rubbish is an eyesore and I would hate it strewn across our road. The bins were oveflowing after the weekend holiday but were soon cleared. The dead cat in the road has gone too.. an accident not dumped.
Everywhere has irritations.. I always try to focus on the positive and ignore the negative, unless I can do something about it.
Pago and Chiclana are hick areas/towns.. that's why I like it there...I don't want the C del Sol with views of high rises and cranes and English being spoken all over the towns. I get depressed driving the coastal road once I get past Tarifa. Perhaps Chiclana is on a par with Skegness or Mablethorpe.. maybe a bit more developed. Would I live in those places in Britain?? Not unless I had an idyllic place tucked away out of sight.
The same in Spain. I love the wonderful market in Chiclana, the tumbledown houses, the 70's fashions, the cafes. The slow pace. One can always shop and socialise in Cadiz or Jerez or Seville if you are looking for something more upmarket. As to legality of houses. Those of us on yellow land are in the wonderfully Spanish situation of being not quite legal, but not illegal either.Yes those on white land and those without elex are in a pickle, but a local lawyer is helpling some people sue their builders. And the food.... yum...Balandros in Cadiz...get there at 1945 and be very English and wait across the road on the sea wall.. head in as soon as they open and you won't have to queue. Don't bother with the restaurant, just gorge on the tapas at the bar. Try the black squid pasta, the octopus, the chocolate cake. El Timon in Roche not cheap but one can order a plate or two and share, they aren't snooty. Florentina in Pago as ever.
Hi Poollounger sorry about this but I am going to have to take issue with you over comparing Chiclana to MABLETHORPE,
......No way are they comparable 
Chic'a has a great beach, M'thorpe has a 
great beach,M'thorpe is a hick town in the winter that comes alive in August with winging moaning holiday makers who cause havoc in the supermarkets, sprawling out on the beach as if they own it and pinch all the parking spaces. Chic'a is a hick town that comes alive in Aug...
with winging moaning holiday makers, reeking havoc in murkydonna whilst hogging all the parking
M'thorpe has it own lingo, Chic'a has it's own lingo....
M'thorpe has some pretty wried peeps, Chic'a has more than it fair share of wried peeps......OK I see your point
