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RE: Not the Coast I Remember…
From the look of the photos on your blog, you are more or less in the same area where I lived and grew up, 1972-1981-ish (Mostly San Pedro and Estepona). I went to the States for University in 1981... and only came back for visits a few times to my parents who were still there... when my mother died in 2011, it was SO different there I almost didn't recognize anything, other than the mountains and the beach.
Thank you for taking the time to respond to my comment ;)
yes, thats what I thought too when looking at your pictures.
And your absolutely right in the area of San Pedro and Estepona and Casares where I lived the most of my time in Andalucía has dramaticaly changed over the years with the construction of new buildings and infrastructure.
The biggest changes I ever noticed were in the town where my wife grew up with her grand parents in one of the subburbs of Madrid, there were just a few houses and a church and today its one of the most expensive places in th whole Madrid area with 2 Univerities, schools and more.
The only thing what is still present there like before is the house of one of her uncles which was build up on a solid huge rock, ah and the lake what they had build in that old times.
So, it means you got actually no more ties to the region here, or did you still have some relatives here in the area ?
Things definitely do change, and that holds true no matter where you are.
I spent some of my childhood in Nairobi, Kenya. It was a big city, to be sure... but you clearly were aware that you were in a developing country. Central Nairobi today is a bunch of glass and concrete skyscrapers you could find in any major city...
Once my parents' apartment sold, I really had no more ties to the Costa del Sol. A friend from my school days still lives in Gaucin. Another friend had an art gallery in Marbella for many years, but she moved back to Sweden some years ago to be with her aging parents.