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CHRISTMAS RENTAL

We are looking to rent a 4/5 bedroom villa or apartment in the area from Dec 19th to Jan 2nd, or around those dates. Can anyone help?
[email protected]

Quesada

Hi Jock,

How many people is it for as I could possibly help you on this. I know of one on the golf course area.

Regards Tracy

Commented La Luz Bar/Restaurant in La Marina 2011-07-13 23:12:23 UTC

hi we have a large 3 bedroom villa that sleeps 6 plus plenty of room for the two substantial foldaway beds we also have(, not sofa beds) we are on central quesada. If you want to post your email I will send you a direct link to our website.

let me know if i can help you further

Commented we love it here in Quesada 2011-07-14 16:09:37 UTC

It is for 6 adults and 2 kids over Christmas and New Year. My email is [email protected]

Commented jockkennedy2008 in Quesada 2011-07-14 18:39:50 UTC

Hi Jock
Ive emailed you direct with details of the villa, it certainly meets your needs comfortably in terms of size and sleeping arrangements.
Juast let me know if I can help you further.

Kind regards

Commented we love it here in Quesada 2011-07-15 21:52:27 UTC

New Chinese

Has anyone yet tried the new Chinese, that has opened up down near Mercadona. Is food OK and are they cheap?
Daisy

La Marina

Looks like no one has been there.

Commented Daves Homes in Rojales 2011-05-05 07:28:50 UTC

Where abouts is this New Chinese ??

Commented Carol in La Marina 2011-05-05 10:30:54 UTC

We saw a sign to this new chinese when out yesterday. It is over the main roundabout, behind the Spanish restaurant. Think it in the green roof tiled building. Waiting for any other reports
Ian

Commented Ian in La Marina 2011-05-09 12:46:41 UTC

We called in and looked at the menu. I did not think the prices were reasonable. Try the one before you get to Benijofar opp. the BP Garage. Lovely food, good prices and you cannot fault the service. Young Jani and Sindy are so wlcoming and polite, it is a pleasure to go there and well worth the ride out. Eve

Commented Caroline in La Marina 2011-05-11 14:02:12 UTC

We just saw the green roof as we drove by - very elaborate and looks very expensive. Yes, quite agree Eve. The Chinese at Rojales, at the moment, is the best around. A very friendly welcome from brother and sister and lovely food and possibly the cheapest around. All our friends go there now. You must all try it. Perhaps I'll arrange a Get-together for the people on this forum one evening. It is called Restaurante Chino PATO PEKIN, Avda, Constitucion, 55 03170 Rojales, Alicante Tel: 618 280 358 xx

Commented Carol in La Marina 2011-05-11 17:18:55 UTC

Just to let you know that Ian and myself and a couple of friends went to Restaurante Chino PATO PEKIN at Rojales last night and had yet again, another lovely evening. If you haven't tried it yet, you must go along for yourself and try it x

Commented Carol in La Marina 2011-05-12 10:24:59 UTC

Just to let you know that the New Chinese restaurant does NOT have a luxury green roof - I think that must be somebody's villa, and they probably wouldn't be very pleased if we all arrived there wishing to be fed ha ha. The New Chinese is directly opposite the large Chinese Warehouse on the N332. We looked at the menu and it is very expensive and that does not include the wine. So goodness knows how much a bottle of wine would cost at this place. Plus the road where you park is awful - great large holes where you could ruin your car. So, we will not be going there. We will stay with our lovely Chinese at Rojales...............

Commented Carol in La Marina 2011-05-15 09:34:45 UTC

We have just got back from yet again another lovely evening at Chino PATO PEKIN at Rojales (Opposite the petrol station) - Great Food and wine and Great Price.

Commented Carol in La Marina 2011-05-25 21:50:57 UTC

Hiya, the best chinese I have found is near the hotel laguna in dona pepa, it is called china town laguna, and it is 10 euros for all you can eat(without wasting any) and you order at the table and they cook it for you, I wouldn't go to another one now, well worth a try!! :)

Commented palmsequestrian in Catral 2011-05-28 08:13:19 UTC

Sounds good but does it include the bottle of wine - I bet it doesn't...............

Commented Carol in La Marina 2011-05-28 09:16:44 UTC

No it doesn't include the bottle of wine!! BUT.............food is the best well worth missing out on the bottle of wine.

Commented palmsequestrian in Catral 2011-05-29 06:37:42 UTC

4 of us had a meal friday night all enjoyed it and the price did include drinks plus a FREE bottle of wine per couple on leaving prices start from €4.95 please comment after trying not by just looking through the window and at the menu

Commented david in La Marina 2011-05-29 09:52:04 UTC

Which Chinese restaurant was this David ??

Commented Carol in La Marina 2011-05-29 10:50:22 UTC

the new one on the N332 opposite Mercadona

Commented david in La Marina 2011-05-30 07:31:23 UTC

Yes quite true David, but we didn't see any menu del dia's on the Menu - maybe we missed them.......

Were there many people in there? Perhaps we will give it a try then if you think it good !

Commented Carol in La Marina 2011-05-30 08:08:49 UTC

Are there any other people that have tried this fairly new Chinese over the road from Mercadona? We drove past the other evening and there were quite a few cars outside.
Have any more of you had a meal there yet and if so, please could I have your comments? We are wondering whether we should try it one evening. Thank's

Commented Carol in La Marina 2011-07-14 15:31:21 UTC

I had my birthday at this restaurant with a few friends recently. An absolute brilliant night finished of with them playing "Happy Birthday" and bring out this huge boat full of fruit, ice cream and fresh cream.

Malika and I have been there a few times now, even just this last Wednesday. The ffood is a mixture of Tia, Chinese and Japanese. Delicious. menu of the day starts at 4.95€

Definitely worth a try.

Commented Malika in La Marina 2011-07-15 09:03:06 UTC

It sounds absolutely wonderful Malcolm. Am I correct in assuming that one can either sit inside or outside ? It would be extremely nice to be able to sit outside during this lovely weather.

Commented QueenBee in La Marina 2011-07-15 10:06:42 UTC

When we were having a nosy about the other week QueenBee - Yes there were tables and chairs outside, so I would say yes you could sit outside, not that we have been there yet.

Commented Carol in La Marina 2011-07-15 15:23:05 UTC

Problems

Do all you people out there who live on a Parque know that you could be responsible for the maintainence of sewerage pipes etc on your parque along with all the other residents? People who only come here once a year and probably speak several different lauguages.

La Marina

When like myself you are an ex Full time Politician it is easy to spot when another Politician is ducking and diving. So here we are and he will PROTEST Loudly, but if Jeff is giving you that type of answer and not offering you help then it is a very poor and short sited local councillor, that in this day and age tries on this kind of tactic. Although he is a new boy his predecessors should of had this sorted out for when problems like this came up. He is I expect a little worried about how many other cases like yours are around. He would be far better off sorting this one out quietly and quickly before campaigners get to strong a sniff of Blood and go after the new regime with a new strong angle. He is new and means well BUT.

Commented Douglas in La Marina 2011-07-15 14:22:07 UTC

Douglas he did offer to help with trying to find out the lay out of the parque from the original blue prints and finding out whose sewerage goes into ours, but this could takes months and time is not on our side. We are living on a time bomb, having to keep checking that the inspection cover in our garage is not overflowing. The best of it is the car won't even go in it. Perhaps it would be best to remove the storm drain, have the wall built back up in the garage and cover over the inspection cover. End of problem. The problem will go up the line.

Commented Caroline in La Marina 2011-07-15 15:07:42 UTC

ANOTHER EARTHQUAKE IN ALICANTE PROVINCE

3.8 earthquake recorded in inland Alicante village. The epicentre was in a small village called Algueña, it was recorded at a depth of 11km and occurred at 12.54an on monday. The tremors were felt in Murcia and Alicante provinces. No injuries or damage was reported.

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ANOTHER EARTHQUAKE IN ALICANTE PROVINCE

3.8 earthquake recorded in inland Alicante village. The epicentre was in a small village called Algueña, it was recorded at a depth of 11km and occurred at 12.54an on monday. The tremors were felt in Murcia and Alicante provinces. No injuries or damage was reported.

Torrevieja

Opinions

Opinions are just personal views; they are not laws, decrees or the truth. No matter how close the person is too you they are not an expert on you or your goals; you are. Believe in yourself, believe in your goal and keep going. No achievement has been made without some opinions being made, Columbus was mad, everyone knew the world was flat! Bill Gates was told by bankers, nobody will want those machines in their home! Head up you are in great company and opinions will change.

Los Balcones

Horse Riding

I would like to say a big thank you to all of you on the forum who supplied me with the links and leads to put together the Horse Riding page. It should prove useful to us locals plus for holiday makers. Tourists more often than not do not know what is available in this area. Only piece missing at the moment is a link for riding on the local beaches. Page is at http://lamarina.aspanishlife.com/topics/7-la-marina-subjects/articles/173-horse-riding-info-from-la-marina When reading please look for any errors and let me know.
Next will be with your help Diving.

La Marina

Ian,
I previously gave you the number to Bar46 in La Mata 966926299, if you ring them they will give you the number to the adjacent bar owner who if he cannot help you himself, I know he has many horses, he will know who can.

Commented Angelique in La Marina 2011-07-15 09:34:32 UTC

Entrepreneurs encouraged to borrow

Entrepreneurs encouraged to borrow in Santa Pola

ENTREPRENEURS IN Santa Pola are to have access to microcredit (money loaned at low interest) of a maximum of 25,000€ from MicroBank (owned by La Caixa) under the terms of an agreement with the council to encourage the growth of business within the town. Autonomous and entrepreneurial individuals are encouraged to apply to the Local Development Agency (ADL) of Santa Pola for microcredit against presentation of a suitable business plan.

The council signed the first cooperation agreement with the bank this week, attended by the mayor, Miguel Zaragoza; Councillor for Employment Jorge Perelló; Local Development Agency Manager Jose Mazon and Santa Pola technical Emprende Córcoles Llanos. MicroBank Commercial Director Ramon Gatell, and the Area Director of Elche Business, Angel Carrasco were also present.

Santa Pola

Cheerio

Well I have to say after such a short time I have decided I have had enough. I just can't bear the rantings & ravings of the people who seem to have hijacked this site. Bye !!

La Marina

Mags,
Sorry to hear this!

Commented Angelique in La Marina 2011-07-15 06:52:05 UTC

Expensive Restaurants

For the information of the of the haters of wasted money and supporters of the previous government, this article details how the previous government team spent 24000 euros of your money on restaurants with one meal costing 800 euros and jolly trips to london for council allies. also the fact that the theatre in san fulgencio still owes 800000 euros of which 400000 is the interest on the unpaid debt. all this has come to light with thanks to the new government team and its "advisers", lets talk about waste shall we.......
http://www.laverdad.es/alicante/v/20110714/orihuela/carlos-raminez-recrimina-gasto-20110714.html

La Marina

DISGUSTING ... I had a feeling things would start coming out of the woodwork. When politicians sling mud the way the AP and PSOE are doing, it's normal to cover up the things THEY have been doing!!!!!
WHAT A JOKE!!! And you are right Curious, these things are being brought to light thanks to these "Advisors". Maybe people will start thinking a little differently about them. But probably not as whatever these advisors do, I don't think they will EVER be able to please certain people!!! LOL

Commented Tony in La Marina 2011-07-14 08:53:18 UTC

Curious,
A drop in the ocean compared with the first four weeks of this government?
Underhand employment tactics, new offices, where will it all end?

Commented Angelique in La Marina 2011-07-14 09:40:57 UTC

Curious and Tony,
We are all aware of the "antics" of our old government and I for one are with you both, I quite agree it is a waste of OUR public monies. However, done is done, is it not?
What people like both of you, me and many more should be doing is to make sure that the current government does not folow this pattern.
At the moment non of us are affecting the current trend of "throwing monies around like men with no arms".
From what I can see the new crowd are no better or no worse that the last lot?

Commented Angelique in La Marina 2011-07-14 09:46:26 UTC

Done is Done....dont make me laugh this is the tip of the iceberg are you saying its ok because you cant change it, guess we know where your loyalties lie...you want to deflect criticism from the last govt by slinging mud at the new one...i will keep telling people the truth which is more than you can do,

Commented Richie in La Marina 2011-07-14 09:56:21 UTC

I have no doubt that San Fulgencio is in debt,The sum being bandied about is roughlyb 8 million euros,I am sure it will end up much higher.some of this will of been excess spending by the previous council,and some from councils previous to the last one,so make no mistake no one comes out of this whiter than white.
The problem this time that the people we could normally scrounge money from i.e Alicante Diputante,Valencia community,and Central Government,are now in a worse position debt wise than possibly ever before.I agree with the comment ,what is done is done,that is not a sign of putting our hands up and giving up,it is a fact ,that we are not going to get that money back.
We need to go forward and this new council needs to take us with it,
Let us see some openness about them,tell us what they want to do and why,stop lying to us over things that may not be serious,which is what they are doing at the moment.because we will not believe you when things are serious.
Stop trying to score points off of each other.Get on with the b****y job tou are paid by us to do
,and dont forget those previous few words 'Paid by us to do'

Commented Alan in La Marina 2011-07-14 11:51:44 UTC

Interesting to see curious put the small article about San Fulgencio on here and not the main article. We know where your loyalties lie. As for telling the truth well Mr Wiszniewski and his overpaid advisors wouldn't know the truth if it jumped up and slapped them over the head, let's look back at what was previously said on this forum by Mr Wiszniewski (all proven to be untrue):

1. The animal ambulance belongs to San Fulgencio and as agreed with K9, it will continue to be used as such in the municipality.

2. The animal ambulance ITV was up on the day it was stopped.

3. When we had the meeting with K9 last week, we discovered that there is no actual contract found in the records of the Town Hall.

4. It was agreed with Brenda (K9) that bills would still be paid. It was intimated that to continue, a new contract would have to be drawn up!

5. I understand that many people are worried about the wages for "My advisors", but please remember their wages are apparently less than the wages for the 4 employed by the last group.

6.And now Mr Wiszniewski is telling people that a serious fault was found on the animal ambulance when it was taken away from k9 and they are currently waiting for a part to come from Germany however,LAST WEEK, the animal ambulance was driven to the K9 shop so that the K9 volunteers could remove their own property from it, AND THE AMBULANCE HAD A NEW ITV ON IT!

And let's not forget what curious wrote recently:

I notice that the comments about Cereco have stopped when it emerged that SATS will be dealing with the abandoned animals for the time being HMMMMMM 

And here is the main article in La Verdad newspaper today:

http://www.laverdad.es/alicante/v/20110714/orihuela/solo-witold-recibira-junta-20110714.html

This newspaper article informs us that Mr. Wiszniewski is to get 650€ for each government board meeting in the Town Hall. There are usually 4 or 5 meetings each month, bringing him a total of between 2600 to 3,250€ per month. All that money to sit in a meeting with the other Deputy Mayors (all Spanish), a meeting at which he will not understand a word that is being spoken!

Commented Julie in La Marina 2011-07-14 12:51:48 UTC

Tony
Nice to hear from you again,Just one point I cannot understand,from your comment perhaps you could enlighten me.You seem to say that the 'Advisors' that this council have brought in to the team are somehow responsible for finding out how money was wasted by the previous council.
Jeff is on this forum as saying,that of the five 2are helping organise the fiestas,one is working on producing a council website,another is in the tourist office giving help and advise to all who need it,and the fifth is given his 20 years of experience in local council,to help all councillors.Just which of these are finding the waste of previous councils.Or was jeff telling porkies when he gave their job descriptions.

Commented Alan in La Marina 2011-07-14 13:23:33 UTC

Curious,
It gives me great pleasure to make you laugh, we all need humour in our lives.
Once again you are making assumptions as where my loyalties lie, please tell me!
I do not remember mentioning "tips of Icebergs" but if I did then please remind me, otherwise I will assume that your overpowing powers of interpretation have once again been engaged?
You are obviously a very, very special person since you know the truth, I am not sure that anyone else does?

Commented Angelique in La Marina 2011-07-14 18:59:09 UTC

Alan,
At the risk of being boring I agree with you again.
Personally I have no conception as to how much debt San Fulgencio Council face, however, it seems to be generally accepted by everyone that it is a significant amount.
I think Alan that you would agree that the degree of openness or transparancy shown by the new council is at best limited if non existant?
If I could think somewhat ahead, the labour parties are finished, the last local election poles in Spain substantiate that, it is only a matter of time before PP are in national government. This of course will benefit us with a PP majority here in San Fulgencio if we include Jeff and his vote.
Monies will be forthcoming from National level and perhaps we can in San Fulgencio begin to prosper.

Commented Angelique in La Marina 2011-07-14 19:11:47 UTC

Julie,
Of course the entire current situation is a total mess, along with yourself and others have I not been saying this for weeks?
I do not know what Jeff can contributre to any meeting with anyone, he has already lost the credibility he had?
I suggest Jeff does not take out any salary or expenses for the first year until he gets his feet firmly back on earth.
Before the election Jeff would have been the first to suggest that incompetant people should not be paid?
The man clearly needs time to get up to speed?

Commented Angelique in La Marina 2011-07-14 19:21:10 UTC

Alan,
I am totally in agreement that Tony cannot have read the press release from The Mayor, nor has he any conception concerning the duties of "Jeff's Army"

Commented Angelique in La Marina 2011-07-14 19:25:54 UTC

Angelique,
Just how close we are in thought at times amazes me.at this rate we could become good friends.
PP will become the next government of Spain of that I have no doubt,but the vote will be more as sign of the Spanish people having had enough of how they have been treated by the present Government ,rather than them has faith in the PP party.I gather that the Spanish economyis in such a bad state that I cannot see any body getting any benefit from them being in power for at least a few years.
I really have no polital leanings in Spain although i have always followed politics from an early age,but getting back to our local politics,I hate it when politicians talk to me like I am an idiot and will believe anything they say as the Gospel truth,It is then that the real me comes out.

Commented Alan in La Marina 2011-07-14 19:30:34 UTC

Alan,
I believe you and I have no other thought than the wellbeing of La Marina and the people who live here.
I believe we both dislike the wasting of public funds intensly?

Commented Angelique in La Marina 2011-07-15 06:51:07 UTC
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