Another day we decided to travel across the island from the east coast to the west one. I didn't take us long, even though the bus had to visit a couple of small towns on the way, like La Oliva and Lajares.
We tried to reach the lighthouse, but it turned out to be far away from the beach outside the town called El Cotillo, where we arrived. So we decided to walk a bit south, and visit the old tower El Castillo, which was a point of defendence for this Spanish territory from English and French pirates.
After spending quite a while looking for a bakery we read about in th guide, we gave up and had some Spanish ice cream, which were extremely fruity and refreshing in the 30 degrees and full sunshine weather.
The combination of bright blue sky, white sand and blue ocean, which we saw there, is in my opinion the most beautiful and the most calming set of colours I have seen so far...
Monday, 7 September 2009
Park Oasis
On one of the days we decided to go to the south of Fuerteventura, and we visited Park Oasis - amazing place with lots of animals and plants. We took lots of pictures with elephants, giraffe, zebra, camels... We aslo saw parrot show, reptile show and sea lions' show - can't believe how smart some of these animals are...
On the way back I was thinking about how weird it is, that some people in our age find pleasure and fun in for example getting drunk and losing consciousness, and some are happy enough, when they can have tasty smoothies or see some animals...
On the way back I was thinking about how weird it is, that some people in our age find pleasure and fun in for example getting drunk and losing consciousness, and some are happy enough, when they can have tasty smoothies or see some animals...
Water and fire
One of the best days on Canary Islands was the one when we took a trip to Lanzarote island. The travel by fast boat was very refreshing. I even saw flying fish - for the first time in my life! But it was difficult to take a picture of them, as their colours are as blueish as the ocean :/
Lanzarote, as Fuerteventura, is a volcanic island. Lots of the ground here is covered with a thick layer of dried lava. These rocky fields and mountains (actually - active volcanoes!) have a whole variety of colours: black, brown, red, orange, yellow, green and grey. The guide told us also that these colours change depending on the season and the time of the day - the sun light changes its appearance in a nearly magical way...
The trip to National Park Timanfaya and the travel by a narrow, curvy path between active volcanos was thrilling!
During this trip we could also see green lagoon and boiling springs by the coast...
In the evening - chilling out in the pool :)
Lanzarote, as Fuerteventura, is a volcanic island. Lots of the ground here is covered with a thick layer of dried lava. These rocky fields and mountains (actually - active volcanoes!) have a whole variety of colours: black, brown, red, orange, yellow, green and grey. The guide told us also that these colours change depending on the season and the time of the day - the sun light changes its appearance in a nearly magical way...
The trip to National Park Timanfaya and the travel by a narrow, curvy path between active volcanos was thrilling!
During this trip we could also see green lagoon and boiling springs by the coast...
In the evening - chilling out in the pool :)
Mmm...
One of the little, but very pleasant and happy discoveries during our holiday: a "juice/shake/ice cream" place called Secret de Sur. Situated somewhere near the end of the main street of Corralejo, is serving probably the best smoothies in the world!
Of course we could not end up going there only once - we had to try all three fruity combinations: with mango-banana-apple, raspberry-banana-apple and strawberry-banana-orange...
Los Lobos
Close to Fuerteventura, there is a small island Los Lobos, which makes an undeniable impression of a mystery. This place is empty, with no streets, no shops or houses, no people, except from those who walk along sandy paths in silence.
There are no plamtrees giving shadow, no flowers growing around, no animals, maybe only small lizards. Smaller hills are surrounding the paths, and above them rises the mountain La Caldera. Unfortunately, the extreme heat didn't allow us to climb it...
The trip to this deserted, undiscovered, kind of lonely place, so different from the toursit centres and at the same so close to them, was one of the most interesting experiences during the time spent on Canary Islands.
There are no plamtrees giving shadow, no flowers growing around, no animals, maybe only small lizards. Smaller hills are surrounding the paths, and above them rises the mountain La Caldera. Unfortunately, the extreme heat didn't allow us to climb it...
The trip to this deserted, undiscovered, kind of lonely place, so different from the toursit centres and at the same so close to them, was one of the most interesting experiences during the time spent on Canary Islands.
First impressions
Feuerteventura is an amazing island. It doesn't look like a standard "tropical" island, where you go for exotic holidays, jumping in the waves and lying under plamtrees... This place welcomed us with rocky mountains, red and brown deserted spaces, and a beautiful, constantly changing coastline - from unfriendly rocks to beaches with white silky sand...
The weather is the kind that I love the most - it's hot and sunny, no rain, no dampness in the air. Clear sky, and light cool breeze in the mornings and in the evenings...
The weather is the kind that I love the most - it's hot and sunny, no rain, no dampness in the air. Clear sky, and light cool breeze in the mornings and in the evenings...
Back home...
Okay - so probably the next ten posts or so will be about our holidays in paradise, which have finished just last night...
I will write about our exploration of the Canary Islands and try to put some pictures as well...
Coming back to reality is a bit of a pain, but it's good to be surrounded by familiar places and friendly people. It will be fine, I just need some sunshine :)
I will write about our exploration of the Canary Islands and try to put some pictures as well...
Coming back to reality is a bit of a pain, but it's good to be surrounded by familiar places and friendly people. It will be fine, I just need some sunshine :)
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