Club Hotel Riu Oliva Beach Resort Corralejo

... and Tatiana have a lovely son who is now seven months old is called 'Ignacio Valentino' and of course he is just gorgeous!

Before we knew it Alain was due to fly home and we took him back to the airport for his flight back to Madrid and then on to Paris.

We spent another few days at the Sun Island Apartments and then flew home on the 19th

The adventure begins....

After making the crossing from Lanzarote to Gran Canaria I can quite see where this saying comes from...it was horrific. Two hours into the 15 hour journey and my plan to test whether I get seasick started to go badly wrong. What was I thinking? Why didn´t I take my pills? 3 - 4 meter swell, high winds and waves coming every few seconds. Anyway 3 major lessons were learnt that night...firstly take seasickness pills ...

... and there were some of the biggest most lavish craft on the water in there.

There sure is a lot of money about. Porto Calero is lovely and great coffee in the marina too. We saw a lot of ARC (Atlantic Rally for Cruiser) boats getting ready for their departure mid November and some of the World rally boats too. - None looked like Dark Horse!!!

Mercury Rising left Puerto Calero and many good nights behind, on 17th November. We set sail for the Atlantic crossing after a final farewell with family and friends. That morning, we joined Jackame and left Lanzarote with favorable weather ...

This was the tour I had been looking forward to most. A trip to Fire Mountain and look at some real volcanoes complete with Lava flows, caldera's, and collapsed lava tunnels. In addition we also went to the coast and saw how the sea interacts with lava recently (1736), deposited extending the ...

EXCELLENT PHOTOS ARE INCLUDED IN HERE

We are having a trip to the eastern coasts of Fuerteventura this day.
A big surprise seeing our friends Maurizio and Silvia coming to pick us up and share this day with us, to the eastern coasts of the Island of Fuerteventura.

The beaches in Costa Calma are excellent, but I feel lucky that ...

CALETA DE FUSTE

Tips and Information

This resort place here has many names.

It is variously called Caleta de Fuste, Caleta, El Castillo (because of the 17th century fortification) and most recently Costa Caleta.

Many people who are traveling to Fuerteventura might get a bit confused.

I remember when I was trying to find a place to book and was checking the sites, I found many similar ...

... they cannot be compared to our Greek beaches here in Greece or Cyprus. There is always the thread of sharks since it is the Atlantic Ocean, and the water in the morning is quite cold. Out in the open ocean there is tide and people should always be very careful.



There are red or yellow ...

A STROLL IN THE CITY AND THE CENTRAL BEACHES



There are clouds in the sky today, and I don't feel like going swimming.

It is a day of taking photos!

The stroll is great because there is a sea breeze that makes my walk pleasant.

... Spain. Oops - my bad! We arrived at the hotel and we gave him a 3 Euro tip. He only accepted 1 Euro and returned the 2 Euro coin. How often do you see that in Canada? It's nice to be in a place where tips aren't expected! The resort was nothing special, but it was cheap. It's a little bit tacky - just a typical all-inclusive resort (though luckily, we were able to take only the accommodation part). Upon arrival, the receptionist was ...