Hotel Parque Tropical Playa del Ingles
Avenida De Italia, 1 Playa del Ingles, Grand Canary, Canary Islands, 35100, Spain and Canary Islands
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Seriously, we wanted to chill for the New Year ...
... get out of tourist ville that seems to be most of the south end of the island.
Needless to say, our rental car costs were somewhat less then a big rental deal for which we gained a certain appreciation of the charm the island has to offer .... and it was all good.
Highlights for sure as the Jardin du Cactus, Palmitos park and a little town deep in the island call Teror.
Detti is a person who amazes ...
Meeting up with Sean
... my brother Sean who has spent a number of months out here each year for the past eleven years, hiding out and roaming the beaches in search of non transiant happiness .
We chatted for all the time we had and managed to get in a nice swim before we said our Goodbyes on the road side on a beautiful sunny afternoon.
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Getting ready for the ARC (Atlantic Crossing)
... für Geschwindigkeit und richtige Navigation erhalten. Ein ehemaliger Olympia- und Volvo Ocean Race Teilnehmer hat uns auf unserem Boot besucht und erklärt, wie man am besten und schnellsten den Ozean überqueren kann. Extrem spannend aber alles total neu für mich. Meine beiden Kollegen sind seit dort total crazy unterwegs und haben nur noch ein Ziel - den ARC in unserer Kategorie zu gewinnen! Dazu werden wir uns täglich mit dem Racing Team über Satellit austauschen und ...
Pre-tour Travels - Grand Canary, by Chris Lunsford
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
This morning Hal and I make our way back to the BCN airport. We have a non-stop flight to LPA on Grand Canary Island. It is about 3.5 hours from take off to touch down and we gain an hour as per the time difference. Upon arrival at the hotel we do a quick costume change (into shorts) and we are ready to explore Grand Canary Island. The Canary Islands are a Spanish autonomous community ...
Leaving Las Palmas, Gran Canaria
... went. Including flour bombs, water canons and total chaos.
As NARCS and SNARCS we decided to have our own opening party on the beach. With a total of 27 dinghies lined up we had a great night with some great guitar playing.
Arriving at Tenerife we were greeted with a far more rugged coastline and terrain than the previous islands. We checked into the Santa Cruz Marina ...



