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Your first glimpse of Gibraltar from the highway really does send chills up your spine.
Gibraltar - first glimpse		 It wasn't quite this cloudy the day we were there, but I loved this picture.
Gibraltar with lowering clouds		 We parked in La Linea, Spain, and walked across the
Gibraltar - customs		 Here's the town of Gibraltar, a little slice of Britain crowded onto the tiny isthmus in front of The Rock
Town of Gibraltar		 A friendly monkey watches us riding the cable car to the Top of the Rock.
Cable Car
The cable car ends at an abandoned restaurant and viewing platform. We're 1/4 mile up, according to the sign.
Top of the Rock		 Gosh, it's a beautiful view. It looked just like this when we were there.
Gibraltar - view 		 Our pictures were lost, but these are really much nice than mine were...
Gibraltar - view 		 We spent a long time watching the seagulls banking and wheeling against the considerable wind.
Gibraltar seagull		 Same view, fluffier clouds.
Gibraltar - more view
We walked along this very trail, and up to the ruins of an old Moorish watch station (I think that's it on the peak)
Gibraltar trail		 The view from the Moorish outpost. Anyway, it looked a lot like this.
Gibraltar - view from high peak		 A really cool view from the watchtower (or somewhere) down to the fishing settlement on the far side of the rock
Gibraltar - precipitous view		 The highlight of every tourist's trip to the top - the lovable Barbary ape.
Barbary Ape - formal portrait		 Really, they're not apes at all. They're macaques, a type of tailless monkey from North Africa.
Ape on post
Legend has it that if the apes die off, Britain loses the rock. Can't let that happen, so free lunch is provided daily.
Planet of the Apes - lunchtime		 There are a couple hundred apes on the rock - yes, the monkey-minders count them. They even give each one a name.
Ape by wall		 The monkeys live in tribes of 20-30, with a complicated matriarchal family system within the tribe.
Monkey family		 As you can see, they have no trouble keeping that birthrate up, tourists or no tourists.
Barbary Ape		 An adorable juvenile, finally big enough to pose for his own picture
LIttle cutie
Probably a mother and half-grown youngster. Or it could be a male and a younger friend. Tribal structure is complex.
Mom and teenager		 Aw, is that cute, or what?
Cute family		 The daily tour buses provide endless amusement for the monkeys - balancing on moving buses is a favorite game.
Bus gym		 As if the monkeys themselves weren't photogenic enough, the top of the rock is covered with large bonsai trees.
Monkey tree		 This monkey has a real future in modeling.
Photogenic ape
Another cute mom and baby picture.
Mom and baby		 Another fine photo op. It's a good thing this mischievous ape doesn't know how to load the cannon.
Ape on cannon		 The apes seem to find the tourists just as amusing as the tourists find the apes
Ape and kids		 In this case, the monkey seems to be having way more fun than the tourist.
Ape on tourist		 This guy should watch his pockets. One monkey tried to steal Amber's backpack right off her back!
Ape on guy
The monkeys regularly leap into the windows of moving tour buses - we saw this happen!
Ape through the window		 Actually, in the incident we saw, the monkey leaped in the window and the driver casually tossed him back out.
Ape at window		 This monkey obviously has some kind of arrangement with the driver of this tour bus.
Ape in car		 Sure enough - here he is making the payoff
Ape and driver
Ape laughing
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