British migrant, gypsy quarter, mid life adventure, exploring Almeria, Andalusia, Spain
Ever since I moved to La Chanca people have been telling me about the Chanqueñan singer Sensi Falan and last week I finally got to meet her. She is quite a special person. Born into a family of 'marineros' she was brought up in La Chanca, and despite becoming pretty well known, still has her… Continue reading Entering La Chanca society!
Yes, I'm still alive and kicking in La Chanca, where it's actually been quite peaceful recently. No more fights or murder reports, just me nearly dying from the shock of returning to real life with an almost proper job! I decided to supplement the freelance legal-admin work I've been carrying out over the last few… Continue reading Still alive
The formatting on my latest post The darker side of La Chanca was corrupted making it difficult, if not impossible to read. I have now rectified this. I can't republish the blog but you can try this link https://lachancalife.com/2019/09/13/the-darker-side-of-la-chanca/ or go direct to http://www.lachancalife.com to read it. Thank you!
Things have been a little volatile in La Chanca. A murder and a fracas to be precise. This was the headline in the local news this week: “Suspected murderer from La Chanca-Pescaderia arrested in Roquetas de Mar”. They showed this police photo of the suspect: And the story goes that on September 4 a black… Continue reading The darker side of La Chanca
I'm sitting in a first class train carriage somewhere around Oxford. I didn't intend to go first class - £115 standard from Derby to Poole was quite enough in the first place - but after standing for an hour in the corridor outside the toilet I thought better of it and upgraded. I had no… Continue reading In transit
I can hardly believe that I've been living in La Chanca for six months now. On the one hand it seems like only yesterday that I was packing up my things and saying a tearful goodbye to the pets, but on the other it feels an age away. Now is a good time to take… Continue reading Six months in!
That was my friend Juan Jo's main comment when he came to visit La Chanca at the weekend! That combined with daughter Ellie spending a whole day asking me if I thought I would die from getting shot in the street brought a few doubts to my mind, but I roundly dismissed them. Personally I… Continue reading There’s a strong smell of weed!
