Last weekend I took friday off and went to Los Gigantes for the weekend. A few years ago, some bad stuff happened on this weekend so now I take myself off and have a fun time instead of sitting home and remembering. Plus last weekend I spent the weekend sick in bed so it was nice to out.
It takes a tram ride and 2 buses to get there. Unfortunately google maps failed me and told me to get off at the wrong bus stop. (I followed their instructions honestly!) I ended up having a longer walk than I expected (though thanks to a lovely older couple I stopped for directions, not as long as it would have been as I was going in completely the wrong direction). Still the walk had some great views, and the weather was gorgeous.
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| lost but good view |
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| Los Gigantes cliffs |
I finally found my hotel and changed into summer clothes again (La Laguna is a bit cooler). My apartment was lovely. Right on the harbor front (though my balcony was overlooking the court yard) and massive, sleeping 6 people. After a quick unpack (i.e., dumping everything on a spare bed), I got to the harbor in time to take a catamaran out for a few hours.
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| Sailing |
I love being on the water so would have been happy just sailing. But we found a pod of dolphins so even better! This is the first time I have actually seen wild dolphins close (that I remember anyway). Usually they hide from me.
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| Dolphins! |
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| Going under |
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| Up for air |
And there was a baby in the group.
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| Baby! |
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| Running ahead. |
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| "Hello?" |
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| Baby saying hi |
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| Racing mom. |
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| Checking us out |
After watching for a while, we sailed to Masca Bay to stop for some late lunch. There is a hike you can do down from Masca, a small town in the hills. You get a bus/taxi to the village, hike down the gorge and then get a boat back to Los Gigantes. I thought about doing it this weekend but my current level of fitness isn't great. And chilling out and sailing are much more fun!
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| Masca bay (boat for scale) |
Lunch was good and I managed to get in a quick swim, which was nice though a little cool. The staff lent me a mask and snorkel which unfortunately was rubbish and leaked. :( But still, that might be the last swim of the year.
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| Great view for a Friday lunch |
The only bad part was, after lunch, we had to pick a up a bunch of hikers to take back to Los Gigantes so the trip back was a bit crowded. (For the first part of the trip though there were only ~12 of us on the boat.) The trip back is along the Los Gigantes cliffs which are huge! The photos don't really do the size justice. I think I have some photos from the Saturday trip with a boat for scale, which gives a better idea.
Back in harbor I got some food from the supermarket (and was very shocked at the prices - nearly 3 times what I pay in La Laguna) and feed the fish for a bit.
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| Fish feeding frenzy |
They did however have some ... interesting different foods. I am not sure whether this is a big tourist flavor or what. I haven't tried them yet. Haven't really worked up the desire to be honest!
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| Because I could |
The Kinder Surprise was a treat! And the toy was perfect, even in the perfect color for the weekend. She is actually more purple in person! And she has a little comb on the stand so you can brush her tail. Yes, I am a big kid at heart and proud of it!
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| Perfect color for the weekend |
I had asked for some advice on where to watch the sunset. The location I was given was spot on. The time of the sunset however was not. And I missed it. :(
But it was my own fault for not checking the time. And honestly I feel asleep too.
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| Late sunset |
I did managed to find a nice restaurant on the harbor that served food very early for Spain (~8pm) and had an amazing French style seafood stew and a couple of nice glasses of wine. Which was good as the Lanzarote wine I brought was unusually really bad and got put down the drain after a few mouthfuls.
