2023 Journal for Alan Morris.
During 2023, I had some sad times when I lost a few friends and members of my family when they passed away, but I also had great times to balance those out. I was lucky to attend many musical events, fiestas, shows, and travel. I visited three different continents when I went to Africa, South America and Europe on various cruises. I went to five countries and many cities. I saw many fantastic things, crossed off a few things from my bucket list and made many new friends.
The year overall was a good one where the good outweighed the bad, and it gave me the courage to continue travelling and enjoying the world and all it can show me.
![Alan Morris under a blanket in his apartment.](/images/headers/alan morris/journal2023/wk52-2023.jpg)
During week 52 of 2023, I spent most of the time inside my apartment trying to shove enough tablets inside me to get rid of a cold.
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![Alan Morris and Kristin Nakova in the Celt Bar in Los Alcazares.](/images/headers/alan morris/journal2023/wk51-2023.jpg)
During week 51 of 2023, I saw a lot of friends, listened to some Christmas Carols sung by Spangles Ladies Choir and went for the Annual Christmas swim in the Mar Menor.
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![Alan Morris with Suzy and Neil Twigg in Harrys bar, Los Alcazares.](/images/headers/alan morris/journal2023/wk50-2023.jpg)
I spent most of the week trying to get rid of a cold and resting my leg.
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![Alan Morris with some lemon curd pie in Campbells bar.](/images/headers/alan morris/journal2023/wk49-2023.jpg)
This week I spent most of the time trying to recover from my holiday in Brazil. I rested my leg and worked on my website, but I did get out for dinner on Sunday.
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![Alan Morris in a beach bar at Copacabana Beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.](/images/headers/alan morris/journal2023/wk48-2023.jpg)
In week 48 of 2023, I travelled to and arrived in Rio de Janeiro on the cruise ship Costa Favolsa and spent 5 days there before flying home.
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![Alan Morris in Olinda, looking over the beach at Recife, Brazil.](/images/headers/alan morris/journal2023/wk47-2023.jpg)
This week was spent cruising across the Atlantic before we arrived in Brazil and then visited Recife, Salvador, and Ilheus before ending the cruise in Rio de Janeiro.
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![Alan Morris in Tenerife with Mount Teide in the background.](/images/headers/alan morris/journal2023/wk46-2023.jpg)
This week was spent cruising towards Brazil on the Costa Favolsa, visiting Cadiz and Tenerife on the way.
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![Alan Morris on a flight from Alicante to Barcelona.](/images/headers/alan morris/journal2023/wk45-2023.jpg)
This week was spent working on my website and preparing to leave for my cruise from Barcelona to Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.
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![Alan Morris, Martin Purdom, Paul Eburne, Bernard Fisher, Mike Maloney. In the Buenavista restaurant.](/images/headers/alan morris/journal2023/wk44-2023.jpg)
This week, I continued to rest my leg. I got a knee support, which seemed to help with the strength and pain in my knee. I did a lot of work on my website and went out for meals with friends on different days.
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![Alan Morris sat at Buena Vista restaurant in Los Alcazares.](/images/headers/alan morris/journal2023/wk43-2023.jpg)
This week started off with me in a lot of pain & finding it hard to walk. Towards the end of the week the pain began to subside & I started to feel better.
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![Alan Morris & John Parr in La Playa bar, Los Alcazares.](/images/headers/alan morris/journal2023/wk42-2023.jpg)
This week started off slowly & ended in a lot of pain but one in which I saw an old friend for the first time in about 10 years.
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![Alan Morris on the beach in Los Alcazares on Caldero day.](/images/headers/alan morris/journal2023/wk41-2023.jpg)
This week started off slowly but finished in a flurry. I met lots of friends on Caldero day, spent a few hours with friends whilst out shopping, had dinner at a Chinese restaurant with another friend, met another friend for coffee & finished the week at another friend's house having dinner.
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![Alan Morris in Los Alcazares stood in front of some local street art.](/images/headers/alan morris/journal2023/wk40-2023.jpg)
This week I continued to do lots of work on my photos, adding them to photo albums on my website. I did the important job of renewing my home insurance & got my disability scooter included in it.
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![Jacqueline Carpenter & Alan Morris sat at Buena Vista restaurant next to the Mar Menor.](/images/headers/alan morris/journal2023/wk39-2023.jpg)
This week I had to do a lot of work on my website. A piece of software I use on it malfunctioned & I had to buy new software & install it on the server. I also had to spend way to much money buying a new watch & mobile phone, both of which broke within a couple of days of the other.
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![Alan Morris, by the mermaid statue at Plaza de Espejo in Los Alcazares.](/images/headers/alan morris/journal2023/wk38-2023.jpg)
This week was another quiet week, I did a lot of computer work, I got some new reading glasses, watched two very good Arsenal games on the television & went out for breakfast with my friend June one morning.
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![Alan Morris, next to the boy on washing line, street art in Los Alcazares.](/images/headers/alan morris/journal2023/wk37-2023.jpg)
This week I started a diet in an attempt to lose some weight before I go on my cruise & I also started to try to walk a bit more so that I can manage to walk around a bit more on some of the excursions I have planned.
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![Alan Morris, Colin Alexander & Kelvin Bateson at Roccos bar.](/images/headers/alan morris/journal2023/wk36-2023.jpg)
This week was quite quiet but I did catch up with some old friends & collect a trailer to help me move my kayak backwards & forwards to the beach. As long as September stays warm I may now be able to get out on my kayak more often.
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![Friends curry night, at Casa India in Los Narejos.](/images/headers/alan morris/journal2023/wk35-2023.jpg)
This week was expected to be a quiet one but ended up being a busy week. I ate out a few times & saw some old friends, I bought a big trolley to transport my kayak around & I reveled in Arsenals victory over Manchester United.
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![Alan Morris sat at La Sombre Pizzeria (The Office) in Los Narejos.](/images/headers/alan morris/journal2023/wk34-2023.jpg)
This week was spent entirely in Los Alcazares & mainly in my apartment working on my website. I did get out a couple of times to meet friends for a drink & a chat but it was a relatively quiet week.
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![Alan Morris sat amongst the plants on his balcony.](/images/headers/alan morris/journal2023/wk33-2023.jpg)
This week was spent mainly in Los Alcazares but I did quite a lot. I made some videos, including my first attempt at underwater filming with my mobile phone. I ate out with friends, met other friends for a drink & watched a parade in Los Alcazares.
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