Parador San Sebastián de la Gomera

... je doet er zeker zes uur over om onderaan de top, "La Rambleta" op 3555 meter hoogte te komen. De top van de Teide is 3718 meter hoog.<br>De wandeling starten we bij de parkeerplaats &#8220;Montana Blanca&#8221; langs de weg TF-21 op 2364 meter hoogte. De wandeling begint heel rustig op een breed pad en slingert langzaam naar boven. Er zijn kleine paadjes aanwezig die de route afsnijden, maar het is niet toegestaan van het hoofdpad af te wijken. <br>Na ongeveer 4 kilometer zijn we op 2680 ...

... van Tenerife Outdoor (een Belgische man en een Nederlandse vrouw) gaan we een wandeling doen naar een soort "cowboyhoed" die in de buurt van de Teide ligt. Zoom maar eens in op de locatie van deze dag en je kan een speciale ronde vorm herkennen op de bestemming van deze wandeling.<br><br>Zeer mooi uitzicht trouwens op de Teide!<br><br>

... van het eiland bewolkt uit, dan kan het hier toch zonnig zijn omdat het boven de wolken uitsteekt.<br>De routes variëren in moeilijkheid van 3 t/m 8a+, in lengte van 7 t/m 45 meter en er is voor ieder wat wils: van korte, krachtige daken met geboorde gaten tot klassieke spleetroutes.<br><br>Vrij ruwe steen waardoor de vingertoppen op het einde van de dag wel eens pijn kunnen doen!

... is a bit bracing at the moment! Also nearly got caught out after months in the tideless Med, had to rescue towel and sunshade as I forgot that water can move!<br><br>In the unlikely event that anyone has been following this journal for over five years, you´ll know that this was our first trip after packing it all up. One or two things have changed here, mostly of course the completion of everything that was being built last time. The only ...

... spend the winter down at VGR! Back in SS we returned to the magic bike man to get gears adjusted and then made some phone calls - including one to the lovely helpful people at Edinburgh bicycles. We were trying to explain that we thought it fairly important that the instructions included a warning that some bikes might need special spacers to ensure the trailer fit properly - the only response they could make was that if ...

Playa de Las Americas, TenerifeEven a six week holiday disappears as fast as the ´normal´´ kind, and we are now looking at a flight the day after tomorrow. We have chosen our own holiday duration for the first time, and it really is time to leave as Tenerife apparently goes bananas over Christmas, and our cheap apartment rate would disappear. Also there´s a storm forecast for the weekend on Tenerife, so perhaps we had better go where there is central heating!<br><br>This week I ...

... colony. The natives are reasonably friendly but guard their privacy, so we were treated to the blissful spectacle of a camera-toting tourist being berated by an irate hippy clad only in an ancient sunhat.<br><br>The highlight of our stay was a busy Saturday which began with the 8am bus up the valley - the fun being increased because there are no apparent bus stops. We jumped off at the foot of Garajonay and climbed up the remaining shortish walk to the peak, which is the ...

... mountain<br>air. The buses are insanely cheap, especially with the magic Bonobus<br>card, so it´s worth the effort.Currently<br>planning to go to La Gomera for a week or so and we´re booked on a<br>ferry on Saturday. And I managed a short conversation in Spanish today<br>- oh, the sense of triumph!The<br>apartment has become a proper home from home, today was tea on the<br>balcony while listening to the new smart washing machine go round. We<br>travellers appreciate the small things!

San Eugenio, Playa de Las Americas, Tenerife.<br><br>If there is a Supreme Being, the climate here is evidence that she might be on our side. Warm in the day, balmy in the evening and cool enough to sleep at night. We are now in the second of our six weeks on Tenerife, although we hope to spend at least one on the neighbouring island of La Gomera.People are sniffy about Tenerife, but I feel it is much maligned. OK, you would not come to Playa de ...

... more hippies - in fact there is a strange herbal smell floating round the pension where we are staying and one of our dreadlocked co-guests seemed distinctly out of it this morning. Maybe this is why everyone is so laid back! Highlight of today was the walk to the beach, past the luxury Hotel Tecina - and there was a wonderful vista of Tenerife with El Teide rising above the clouds, seemingly painted on the sky. This is the ...