Wandering around Tenerife
Just some shots as I travelled around the island. If I think there is an interesting story, it will be in the captions.
Canarian architecture from La Orotava
Maybe not the largest dragon tree, but surely the largest one I saw! La Orotava.
Classic Canarian church architecture, 17th century. La Orotava. Mixture of Spanish and Moorish styles.
What does a little town do when they need a soccer pitch and there is nothing but lava fields around? Build on top of them! Las Manchas.
Someone decided that Masca would be a great tourist town. Well, it is but the road is wild and tough, and when you get there, there is no place to put a vehicle as it is hanging on the rim of the canyon.
Masca from afar. A tough situation to eek out a farming existence.
I loved watching this unfold. I was in the same situation a few days ago with a big truck on Gran Canaria. The car on the right has no choice but to back up. And as you are backing up, the bus continues forward right on your bumper. Reasonably steep drop off too if you screw up. No pressure, huh?
Lovely coastal town of Los Silos.
A classic Canarian historical building with the typical balconies that they did back then. Los Silos.
Coastal shot, Garachico.
Garachico. In 1705 this town was the most important harbor in the Canaries. In 1706 a giant lava flow wiped out their wonderful harbor and most of the town itself. Mostly rebuilt of course, but never an important town again.
The view of what is left of Garachico’s harbor today. The 1706 flow is on the right.
Sunrise from my room in Santa Cruz de Tenerife.