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An often-overlooked district in southern Spain, north of Malaga and Nerja. Our trip
4/20/2003 - Drove back roads from Frigiliana over the ridge to Lake Vinuela, through spectacular mountain scenery
Driving through Axarquia		 Our route took us through or past several white villages - Competa, Archez, Sedella, Salares, Aceituno...
Axarquia white village		 Competa is about the same size as Frigiliana - maybe 2000 year-round residents.
Competa 		 Richard was very taken with the green and white tile in Competa's main plaza
Competa - plaza		 Had lunch at this little restaurant in Competa's main square: gazpacho and fish soup - yummy.
Competa - lunch
Competa's church, main square. The day we were there, the church was sporting a
Competa - church		 Once over the central mountain ridge, the scenery looked just like this.
Axarquia scenery		 The Sierra de Tejeda national park and nature reserve covers a lot of the west side of the range.
Nature Reserve		 Sedella is not very big, but is the main town in the valley with the nature reserve.
Sedella 		 The goats we encountered were all over the main road down the mountain, surrounding our car.
Goats
A sweet little town just starting to be overwhelmed with townhouse projects. We had lunch there.
Canillas de Aceituno		 Canillas de Aceituno - random scenic picture
Canillas de Aceituno		 Lake Vinuela can just be glimpsed from Canillas de Aceituno. Or maybe this is the town of Vinuela. Whatever.
Lake Vinuela - first glimpse		 Our goal for the day was to get to Lake Vinuela.
Lake Vinuela - closer		 And here we are - Lake Vinuela. It's a relatively new, manmade reservoir, surprisingly undeveloped so far. That won't last.
Lake Vinuela
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