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Puerto Del Carmen Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Puerto Del Carmen, Spain and Canary Islands
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The West Coast
... edit this post with photos of the area. After the Salinas, we dropped off our rental buggy to the resort and walked to the Avenida of shoppes in Puerto del Carmen. Of course, it was a very long walk - downhill and we were just narkyrd by ...
Market and Beautiful Views (above and below)
... brought us to the underground auditorium where concerts are held on a regular basis. Past this point is restricted to scientists and their investigations of this unique area. It was becoming late in the afternoon at this point, so we decided ...
Timanfaya
... for great views of the park and then returned to the camel station. Photos to come later of our deuroternomy (sp.?) adventure. We are now back in Puerto del Carmen, awaiting to ring in the New Year. HAPPY NEW YEAR to all and all the best for 2009 ...
Living it up big on Lanzarote
... evening, and we have eaten at a different place on each of the past 11 nights. Apart from that we have only been outside Puerto del Carmen on two occasions, so I'll let Gail get on and tell you all about that. Tuesday 13th December We ...
Welcome to an island paradise
... our resort rep who shows us which bus to get on to take us to our resort. It is situated in the town of Puerto del Carmen, which we learn is the busiest resort on the island where shops, bars and restaurants line 4klm of coastal road and shelving sandy ...
Land of Eternal Holiday
... we went onto the Hilarios volcano, where the hermit, Hilarios, had once lived with his camel. Now there was a Manrique designed restaurant, Del Diablo, up there, which cooked its food over the volcanic heat. The pit that led down into the earth had a hot ...
Cold Swimming Pool
... but I was still a pale Celtic. Ellie’s bravery in the pool attracted an audience of admiring children as she swam round and round. That night I dreamt of awful friction between Kelfin and me. We were with friends at the Glastonbury festival, when ...
Taking it Easy
... pool, the only woman to be so brave, but the freezing Lanzarote pool I could not tackle. Only children could brave that, not any adults, and Ellie was the most courageous of all of them, staying in a long time. As for Jai he gave it a miss. In my ...
Weak Still from the Miscarriage
... lately been through. I collapsed on the sand, the energy refusing to come back to me. Nitai took the children off for chips, and I lay there, quite worried about what was happening to me. Maybe the blood was not properly renewed in my body yet, my ...
Malvasia Wine
... to our own beautiful setting. I drank the local malvasia wine, popular in olden England, but now only available in these islands. Shakespeare had mentioned malvasia in his literary works. It was so strong I could not even finish one glass. I could ...
Jaime's Seduction Attempts
... no English so we could only speak Spanish with him, which required much reference to my Spanish phrasebook. Nitai cooked a lovely meal and we drank El Campesin malvasia. When the children had gone to bed, we went out looking for entertainment. In ...
Home of Cesar Manrique
... streets and was almost in a crash on a confusing roundabout. Eventually he found his way out back to Puerto del Carmen. I made chips and invented some new age dancing exercise, quite exuberant, from the influenced of the full moon. Nitai drove up to ...
Malvasia and the Volcanic Landscape
Nitai was telling me about his nighttime visit to the moonlit volcanic mountains. It had been powerful and frightening. He understood why Manrique had chosen the symbol of the devil to represent this land of fire and why we had felt such an oppressive ...
Lanzarote 2005
... many hours throughout the year, which allows sun worshippers to enjoy the long white-sand beaches and clear waters: those of Famara, Papagayo, Orzola, Puerto del Carmen or Las Cucharas. The wind is constant and moderate almost all year, making Lanzarote ...
Papagayo Beach
... and lay in the sun, with Nitais music playing on his tape machine. Moving on we went to the salt drying region of Janubio and watched huge sprays from the waves crashing against the black rocks. We passed Los Hervidos with its arch of rock that the sea ...
First Experience of Lanzarote
... about the guy for quite a while afterwards. As we paddled through the water, the children played excitedly, drenching themselves and getting covered with the dirty looking volcanic sands. We settled on the sand, watching yet another fit local guy, his ...
Church and Papas Arugadas
... manage standing I had to give up on the service. Nitai stayed for it all though, being greatly moved. There was a black priest, and the service was in Spanish. Meanwhile I watched the locals playing boules and very clever at it they were. Waking up ...
Ancient History of Lanzarote
... dragged off to some lustful mans lair. I sat outside till late, listening to music, singing along, and reading a book about Lanzarote. The history of these islands was so interesting. The ancient peoples here worshipped God by the name of Abora, which ...
The Tropical and Cesars Nightclub
... normal self. This island was beautiful and had been my place of healing, both physically and psychologically. I felt for this island and knew I could live here forever. Nitai returned having had lots of fun driving round lots of beaches. We went off ...
Canary Island Quotes
... would be. Our talk was also of the sadness of having to leave Lanzarote. Later it was back to my reading of these once sacred islands. Homer wrote in his Odyssey (8th century bc): 'You will be led by the gods once to the ends of the earth, into the ...
The Morning After
... his lover. We didn't really communicate till reaching the airport for the flight back to England. Then it was like, oh, we love each other and never mind what had happened. We both had awful hangovers. And so to England, farewell to sun and blue skies ...
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