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Canaries Xmas Cruise 2021 - La Gomera Page |
La Gomera
Wednesday 29th December 2021
Coming into San Sebastian, the Capital
At breakfast, we sat next to David & Elizabeth, she (Swiss) not only remembering my talks in 2014 but my name. A perfectly blue sky for a change, which lasted all day. We went on an all-day tour, which coincided with our last one at first but we had more (& better ) chat from the native guide, explaining about the three levels of vegetation: the banana & pine level, the Heather Tree level & the Laurel level. The interesting fact that they had about enough water without the desalination plants elsewhere in the Canaries, owing to the rain & wet clouds that sit on top sometimes.
Teide on Tenerife seen over San Sebastian |
Canary Pines with Aloes in the foreground |
Valley up from San Sebastian |
from Mirador Roques Agando |
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The Mirador de Igualero |
Inside the Church |
Back of the Church |
From the Mirador de Igualero. Not my best panorama
Le Cercado
Le Cercado |
Bar Restaurant Victoria - Le Cercado |
Natural Volcanic terracingo
We stopped for coffees at El Cercado when we got to the top of the island, about the same height as Ben Nevis. Then, we went down to sea level through the Valle Gran Rey, the Great King being the last of the Guanches, who were wiped out by the Spanish invaders
Into the Valle Gran Rey |
Terracing for vegetables |
The Valle Gran Rey |
St.Peter’s Herminatge |
Behind the Hermitage |
Facemasks compulsory in Spain |
Back up the Val de Rey |
The Prom at Val de Rey |
Back up into the Laurel Jungle at the top, we stopped at a restaurant after a walk through the jungle. We had the fortune of being on a table with David, Elizabeth, Terry & Seamus. They gave us plenty of food, although the crayfish David & I had was a mistake. Avis had excellent veal. While waiting for pudding, I told the story of Teophanu introducing forks to Western Europe.
Where the pines give way to the Heather. |
Laurel jungle |
More laurel jungle |
Then, the Guide Riccardo took us over the top to his valley & then, round to the port
Riccardo’s Valley
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Parasitic plant |
The road over the pass |
Nearly back |
Aloes |
Canary Pine |
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