The mou
A natural lab
La desembocadura
Text & Photographs : Ignacio M . Yélamo Mayorga .
The dance of the reeds awakens in the early , clear light of a winter morning , propelled by the calm December air . The thistle butterfly can already be observed searching for the brightest blooms along the coast at that hour . Only the occasional screech of a seagull , the chorus of frogs , or the encompassing whistling of passing birds make sounds here . The kingfisher , with its bright gala hues , is one of the most visible visitors to this alluvial delta , which marks the end of a 154,000-meter voyage . A fluvial journey that begins in the Puerto de los Alazores ( Sierra de San Jorge ) and ends in a scenario that has become one of the most important natural environments of the Costa del Sol where , a few kilometers from the city , one enters a place that seems to transport us to another dimension in which time and space are revealed to the speed of the world . We are talking about the mouth of the Guadalhorce River .
To begin , the mouth of the Guadalhorce River ,
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