@semanticist they're unfinished :) no pics of the polished ones nearer to Alamein, but they acquire balcony-effect ornamentation, a layer of sand-coloured concrete spackle, end up a lot more aesthetic

I remember first passing through Alamein and thinking how Chinese it looked, though at a smaller scale, identi-buildings stamped out for km outside a city core

Bits that look like Benidorm and its sister town Finestrat, further along. That's the Mediterranean coast for you, pile 'em high. Almost makes me want to go back and look at how Benidorm is growing