The best Chinese meal

We do love a Chinese meal every so often and there is plenty of choice in the area there are two wok buffets and several other restaurants with Menus. We prefer the Nan King Garden in Benimar, opposite the Dutch butchers, they have air conditioning but we prefer to sit outside and watch the world go by, we nearly always go for the Menu del Dia the price ranging from €4.50 to €7:50 per person, This includes Sangria, prawn crackers, starter, main course(good choice), Coffee or Icecream, included is Half bottle of red or white wine and Shnapps while you are paying the bill.

Centro Commercial

WHERES THE CARREFOUR?
When work first started clearing the area the news was that the commercial centre at Benimar would be finished by the end of 2008. since then the developer has changed and although the infrastructure is in place work has totally stopped. whether the companies who were rumoured to be taking retail space have pulled out,who knows,One thing, at least the street lights are not on at night, whereas at the barren development on the Quesada to Torrevieja road (just outside Quesada)hundreds of street lights are on for no reason whatsoever. What a waste of power.
However work is proceeding on putting the infrastructure in for the residential development between Benimar and Benijofar(near Studz,The pub) so maybe some of the properties have been sold off plan.

Dredging the Segura

Over the past few weeks work has been going on to remove the silt from the River running through the town, they are now working down at the basin near Rojales bridge. to do the job efficiently the river is dammed and trucks bring in dry soil which is mixed with the silt by an excavator and then put back in the trucks to be taken away, It used to get very smelly along this stretch of river so hopefully when it is finished there will not be this problem. The ducks and geese dont look very happy about it and it can only be hoped the fish have all moved upstream.

Auction at the Indoor British market

There is an auction at the Indoor British market every Saturday at 11:00, there is generally around 350 lots which seem to get good prices for the sellers and plenty of bargains for the Buyers. i have put the Fiat Cinquecento in to auction this Saturday. This is the car we bought in Leicester in April and then drove home in. Its a reliable little car, which had many new parts just before i bought it, it also has all UK papers, Tax and MOT untill next April, so it will be fun to see if it reaches its reserve.

A social weekend

CYCLISTS ALONG THE RIO SEGURA
THE ANIMAL AID AND RESCUE VEHICLE


Yesterday lunchtime saw the Supervalue supermarket paella party near the Campo de Golf in Quesada, It was a a very tasty paella complete with snails (not to some peoples taste) beer and soft drinks provided. In the evening San Fulgencio town hall threw a party at Calle Del Bosque recreation area, to launch their provision of the animal aid and protection vehicle for the area this is a converted ambulance which will be manned by volunteers to rescue distressed and stray animals,(volunteers required) there was a buffet supper and beer, wine and soft drinks flowed, at the same time young trees were planted by children.
Today was The day of the Bicycle for Rojales, around 160 cyclists of all ages took an escorted bike ride along the Rio Segura to Guardamar and back through Quesada, at the finish in Rojales there were refreshments and prizes to lucky ticket holders. Although it was very hot, the ride of around 15 kilometres was taken at a very leisurely pace, so there were no casualties.