Montag, 11. Juli 2011

GRAN CANARIA & TENERIFE

Left Marina Rubicon on Lanzarote very early in the morning and had an uneventful ride to Las Palmas where we arrived around 7 pm. Friendly received we were allowed to stay at the convenient reception dock for the night.
Next moved to the big pontoon right across, no fingers and dirty mooring lines to hassle with, but certainly vast marina id rather low priced at €13 a day for a boat our size. Consequently it is very popular with people waiting here for longer. There is also a number of chandleries along the marina front, with a pricing seemingly aimed at yachts that have no other choice, certainly no bargains compared to mainland Europe. So, no shopping for the boat, except of a new antenna for the EPIRB, the having crumbled into pieces in the sunlight.

The town of Las Palmas is really a big busy town, with chaotic traffic and certainly not pretty. The harbor very busy, with freighters coming and going all the time. Something one wouldn't expect on an island of relatively small size. Not many tourists either and the economy appears to be trade based.

We rented a car, originally for three days, but despite confirmation via e-mail, we found the city office, where we were supposed to pick up the car, closed on Sunday. So we ended up touring the island on just two days.

The contrast to Las Palmas, just a bit up in the mountains, couldn't be bigger. What a beautiful landscape, exciting roads and no civilization. Not even a bar or restaurant to have a coffee.

See pictures.

After five days moved on to the south of Tenerife rounding Gran Canaria around the north side, then aiming for the middle of Tenerife and as the wind accelerates bearing off towards the south.
Worked pretty much as planned only that we turned south quite late, worried that the wind would pick up even more.

We have now been five days at the windy south end of Tenerife, in the Marina of San Miguel. This time no car, as we had many previous opportunities to explore the island.
Next stop is planned to be San Sebastian on Gomera.

First three pictures: Gran Canaria
Picture four: The Northwest corner of Gran Canaria
Picture 5 & 6: Around the marina of San Miguel - Tenerife

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