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 We are leaving the airport behind.  You want stats.  I know you want stats.  Ok, its first flight was in 1933.  In 2019 it had 8.53 million passengers and, with no sense of the ironic, wiki record passenger numbers went up 99% in 202-22.  In 2023 Amsterdam was the chief destination, with Rome second, then Paris-Orly and Gatwick fourth.  Stansted came 12th and Heathrow 20th.




 We are off, navigating the borders between industrial happenings, isolated yards, now built around; settlements which have put on weight and now spread to meet their neighbours and inconvenient new roads.



Aldaya is one of those places which existed a bit of a walk from Valencia, but has become part of the outer reaches of the city. The name comes from the Arabic, meaning ‘the farm’ or ‘the city’. It has the usual antiquity, a Roman villa, being granted to a monastery by one the Alfonsos of Aragon, and had almost 2000 people living in it in the 19th century. Steady growth, to 1940, turned into rapid ascent in the 1960s to today’s over 32000.  Diverse wooden, metal and plastic industries are responsible - 20% of the town’s land is given over to industry. It also has a very large shopping centre.



2024 saw Aldaya badly hit by  Gota Fria event.  https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c98eylqeg06o  Cold air descends over the warmer waters of the Med leading to massive downpours of rain. In this case a year’s worth fell in eight hours.  The storm swept away bridges and homes, killing 200 in the province.  



Wiki is quiet fulsome ‘The municipality was completely flooded due to the overflowing of the Barranc de la Saleta on the afternoon of October 29, 2024 and the water did not recede until the early hours of October 30. The inhabitants claim to have lived a nightmare and the mayor confirmed the death of three residents whose houses were flooded with them inside. In the days following the tragedy, both the town's residents and the municipal brigade began the cleaning tasks that continued until months after the flood, with the aim of making Aldaya regain its previous appearance.  Months after the Dana of 2024, the town's residents continue to live a never-ending nightmare. In addition to the psychological scars they have suffered from the night of October 29, the smell of mud and rot, dust, and dirt make life in the town increasingly difficult. Many residents claim that the town has become a "ghost town" with no street life, no entertainment, and no tourism. 



After that we need a club and the Zulu is not far from out route.  It is LGBTQ+ friendly.. According to DarkLord Acid - some waggish story here I’ll be bound  ‘Everything about this place is OK but the sound guy sucks so bad he refuses to fix the sound for the bands think twice before booking at the location  two thumbs down for the sound guy 👎👎’    Nazariy was not impressed ‘Dirtiest place I've seen since 90-s . Jesus... the toilets are terrible, non existent. How can people rate this more than 1 star?  Authorities please demolish this hole and make some flower shop or something , it will be more useful  However Lisa said ‘Enjoyed the night on 27th January with 2 soundsystems. Felt safe sleeping in my van on the road outside.’



So we go and we go to the railway.








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