Torre Del Conde San Sebastián de la Gomera

... kabelbaan op 3555m hoogte. 400m per uur stijgen is nog een vrij goed gemiddelde! :-)<br>Aangezien we pas om 13u toelating gekregen hebben om naar de top te wandelen, moeten we nog even tussen een bende toeristen ons lunchpakket opeten.<br>Na nog eens een kwartiertje wandelen zijn we dan volledig op de top van de Teide. Heel mooi uitzicht bij een heel heldere en zonnige dag! De meeste omliggende eilanden zijn ook te zien.<br>Verder vallen ook de zwaveldampen en -geur op. De Teide mag dan wel ...

... 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>

Vandaag gaan we klimmen op 2000 meter hoogte. Van aan de zee een klein uurtje rijden en al op 2000 meter hoogte zitten. Ons Renault Cliotje mag zich bewijzen! Uiteindelijk vrij rustig aan, maar we komen overal waar we willen!<br><br>Het is warm, de zon brandt en na vandaag besluiten we toch om ons maar goed in te smeren!<br><br>Bij terugkomst in Los Cristianos vinden we ons ...

... br><br><br>Not sure if the weather will allow us to do the Masca gorge but still a few days left so maybe.´Tenerife Amable´ it says on the back of the buses, which means ´kind Tenerife´ - and so it is, appreciated all the more after so much travelling; pleasant temperatures only four hours from home, no insects and no time difference, unbelievable!<br><br>and so it is nearly Christmas and we´ll be in the UK - so Feliz Navidad to all and enjoy.

... that our bikes hadn't recovered from the dismantling experience completely - not wanting to change gears easily which doesn't make climbing hills much fun! Once up we followed the road as far as it would go, and ended up at a bizarre place which seemed to be a hermitage or some kind of religious centre, but was surrounded by many huts constructed from tarpaulins, pallets, cardboard, battered bits of boat and the ...

... br>- the stupendous view from the terrace of our apartment in the Caledonia Park complex, especially at sunset when the mountains change colour from green to red to grey<br>- being able to spend a day in the mountains and then return to a sea view<br>- the best (and cheapest!) food in the resort, the Canary island specials at the Gran Paella Valenciana restaurant<br>- the 9am scrum for sunbeds at the Caledonia Park pool (and no, we don´t participate!)<br>- picking up a little ...

... leading to the sea. There are several parts to the place, we stayed in La Calera which is the old village stuck precariously to the side of the La Merica cliff.<br><br>As Valle Gran Rey faces west, it gets wonderful sunsets, and the biggest crowd we´ve seen in our whole trip gathers on the beach each evening. Bongos are played, people dance in the waves as the sun sinks behind El Hierro (believed to be the end of the world) and everyone enjoys the view with a beer or a ...

a<br>bit more energetic over the last few days. We got the bus to Santiago<br>del Teide and got talking to Peter from the Netherlands, whose company<br>was much appreciated on the walk along the ridge above Masca. He was<br>carrying a rather large backpack but as he´s an experienced mountaineer<br>this just about kept him to our speed! The views were spectacular and<br>we got back just before it started to rain. The journey home involved<br>two buses and a long wait in Guia de Isora ...

... as Las Americas is so hilly even getting about it is good exercise - but we´ve made the most of the warm sea and sandy beach. We also took a walk up the Barranco del Infierno - about an hour and a half to the waterfall through a succession of different landscapes and dizzying views.We have found a good and very cheap restaurant, and eaten sardines and canary potatoes until they come out of our ears. In a desert of tribute bands, we´ve also ...

... food, a peaceful if basic place to stay and a landlady who rattles on in Spanish despite our understanding maybe one word in twenty. However with the aid of the phrasebook we get across what we want to know: or so we believe... The shipping magnate Fred Olsen has this place sewn up, but we came over on the boat he doesn´t own which the Tenerife travel agents swear blind doesn´t exist! Yesterday we did a walk of about ...