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Elantxobe November 4, 2004

Posted by Andy Roberts in : hi res photos, transport, movie clips , trackback

Elantxobe is an unspoilt small fishing village on the Basque coast not far from Bilbo, which Igor recommended to me via international ginatxt. It was incredibly quiet at the time, really like a ghost town, perhaps because of the time of day and time of year, but it is certainly photogenic in a postcard sort of way.

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Sitting in the only restaurant open, I’d been staring at a roundabout with BUS written on it, but it only dawned on me that it was in fact a BUS TURNTABLE when I saw it in action. Luckily I was just fast enough to capture the last bit of movement on camera, so this entry can add nicely to my collection of sad bus spotter blogs ;-) click the turntable to rotate the bus

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4 Comments »

Comment by Frankie Roberto
2004-11-04 16:40:10

Haha! Nice. I guess it saves doing a 7-point-turn…

 
Comment by Gina
2004-11-05 12:41:30

This is soooooo cool-I saw a movie of this town last weekend. It was shown to me by two mad Basques who were so excited they kept leaping up and practically hugging the screen when something they considered to be interesting came on, which of course was every 3.5 seconds. They are quite excitable you know…. :-) but it looked like a gorgeous wee town…

 
Comment by Gina
2004-11-05 12:45:42

hey and I’m famous….international ginatxt-I like it!

 
Comment by teresa
2006-02-20 12:41:59

this small fishing village has got more to see than a the turntable bus if you go on summer months is heaving with people and i know because i have spent 25 years of my life there going every summer holidays and even in winter months and is the most picturesque village of the whole coast of bizkaia.
if you go go up th mountains but is better if you do it with somebody of the village as if you don’t know the ins and outs you can get lost very easily.
good trip next time any of you decide to go and do be put off by the slope to go from the fishing village to the top part of the village.

 
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