Day Three

Monday 27th August

After another English breakfast (Ill be the size of a Playstation 3 when I get back) I decided that today I was going to go discover some of Las Americas and catch a glimpse of mount Teide if the sky was clear enough (a mountain hides it from view in Los Christianos).
Me, Dad and Chris left my Mom to fry on the beach and headed off a short while down the coast into Play De Las Americas. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would have been however it was very busy and still there were the annoying touts.



I had someone talking Russian to me because apparently I looked Russian : S

Once was had walked past the custom built beaches we found a little bench on the corner of the coast. The wind was stronger here but it was very warm and pleasant so we sat here for what seemed like ages watching the whale boats go in and out and looking at a box that had drifted onto the beach.



Looking down the coast you could see how elevated the land becomes as it raises quite steeply towards Teide, the views were really something.



Decided to take a picture of the waves crashing on the rocks, however it didn't happen much because the waves wern't always strong enough and also i had to time the delay on my camera exactly correct ! it took me ages to get this shot.



I have hundreds of photo's stored on my laptop. Im going to do a best of the best at the end of my Holiday to post on here. So Ive saved some really nice ones !


It took us about half an hour to walk back and we had some tapas in the bar above the ferry terminal. The woman couldn't speak english so I didn't know what it was that I had picked but after thinking it was chicken it turned out to be Rabbit stew - please don't hate me Meg !
It was really nice ! probably the niceset and most authentic Canary dish I had eaten so far.

We passed the harbour on the way back and I noticed the large group of people fishing who seemed to be there everyday at that one spot.





I went back down to the beach after looking in a few shops and had a dip in the water but it was freezing for how hot it was ! (33 Degrees) So I didn't last long and opted to lie down on one of the sunbeds instead.

Went back to the apartments and played some Final Fantasy IV. Met Yang the monk from Fabul.

To eat we went to one of the best conceptions ever created, the chinese all-you-can-eat buffet! It was called the many stars and It was pretty good. After this we mulled over going to see Scotch Eddie and Ged Bolton (Rod Stewart Impersenation) at the Cheers bar, but we decided that we didn't want our ears to bleed so we went to a karaoke bar instead - what were we thinking.

Went back a bit early on account of the Island tour we have to wake up at 7 o'clock in the morning for : /

Day two

Sunday 26th August 2007

The first thing to do today was to go find some breakfast. So after dodging even more annoying scratch card people we finally got down to the waterfront and found a restaurant called the Olive Garden. Now here I thought I would be health concious so I opted for the Vegetarian breakfast, however, the guy who served us assumed I was a vegeterean and so tried to flog me all the other Veggy dishes on the menu - but I didn't have the heart to tell him the truth. I fealt a fraud.

After quickly leaving I then went down to the beach (not actually a natural beach but instead created from sand imported from the Sahara) for a little paddle. The water was nice.



I then saw the Ferry from La Gomera come into port while I was at the beach , it was huge.



I also decided to bury my feet into the sand,as you do.




Next we headed back to the apartments but stopped off at a travel place to have a look at some of the trips that were on offer. There was a Dolphin and Whale watching trip and a trip of the island (including the massive cliffs of Los Gigantes) which were available. I hope to go on these at some point during this week.

Went back to the pool at the apartmens, swam about a bit, posted yeserdays blog ; ) then played some more Final Fantasy IV ! levelled up a bit.
The Cleaner came while Chris was asleep and he looked so shocked when she popped her head around the corner. He then hurriedly vacated the apartments in a half-asleep state and he couldnt get the door shut properly.!



We went to a restaurant, that had been reccomended to us by a local bar owner, that was just down the road. I had chicken with mushroom sauce because I do love my mushrooms. It was nice 7/10 !

Had an ice cream down by the sea front, then looked around for another bar to go to but alot of the places we wanted to go had closed on account (I guess) of it being a sunday night. Mom and Dad then went to a bar across the road from the apartments while me and Chris headed back because I felt a bit knackered.

Played some more Final Fantasy IV, met Gilbert the Bard prince of Damcyan.

I couldn't get to sleep so I stayed up until about half past four looking at google earth....goodtimes!