Even though this is a weekly blog, all the pictures are in fact from one day: Sunday, 18th January. That day, Lars and I drove up to the mountains where we had cycled a couple of days earlier to explore some places with our cameras, something that is difficult to do from a bicycle–medium format equipment and tripods are not exactly easy to carry on a racing bike. So this Sunday we packed everything into the car and drove. My resulting black & white medium format pictures are shown here, but in this blog I show some colour pictures, all taken with my “pocket” camera, the Ricoh GR.
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Lars in action at the Puerto de la Carrasqueta:
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Having a sturdy tripod and a camera with self-timer allows for nice selfies:
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The town of Jijona, as seen from the surrounding hills:
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Ruin of a Moorish castle in the hills above Jijona, in colour and B&W:
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Abandoned house in the countryside between Jijona and Busot:
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Another self-portrait:
Our last stop, and the source of the remaining dozen images, is a place near Busot, called the Preventorio de Aguas de Busot. More information is available here (in Spanish). Basically, this started as a fancy hotel/resort in the mid-19th century, became a hospital for children with tuberculosis just before the Civil War in 1936, and was subsequently abandoned once the disease was largely eradicated in Spain. Today, it is the property of a wealthy businessman from Alicante, but remains in its abandoned state. We start the tour on the grounds, and finish it inside the building.
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Overall view of the Preventorio:
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Side view of the Preventorio:
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The water tank:
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Ruin and sky:
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Door with mesh:
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Tree:
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The entrance:
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The main hallway:
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This room was once filled with beds and sick children:
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Looking into the neighbouring room:
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We were not the only ones exploring the place. The Preventorio seems to be treated by the locals as a park:
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Looking up at the ceiling. Access to the upper floors is impossible, just as well:
