Gran Canaria

2007-12-01 19:29 by jens

It supposed to be a package and a letter waiting for us at the main postal office of Las Palmas. We went to the postal office with high hopes when we arrived at Las Palmas. The lady helping us took our passports and disappears in the back of the office. After a minute or two she came back, but without any package nor letter. We'll come back tomorrow we thought and walked back to the boat. The next day there was still no package but this time we didn't give up as easy. Three people got involved in the chase for our packages but without any luck. Instead a Swedish speaking man (we are after all on the Canary Islands, for many years the first choice of swedes looking for sun) explained that the package for sure was at another post office. 20 minutes later we located the office but there was no package there either. What to do? The Swedish speaking man at the first office felt like at good choice so we walked back. We managed to persuade him to take on last look for our package and after a minute he came back with the package but no letter!

 

While waiting for the letter we've been working on the boat and buying food for the crossing. After a few days we got bored and rented a car to check out the island. First we took the car to the top of Gran Canaria to check out the view from its highest peak. Unfortunately it was not possible to climb the last 20 meters without climbing gear so we had to stop just below the top.

 

After the climbing exercise we had lunch in one of the tiny villages in the mountains of Gran Canaria. The inner parts of the island is not as affected by tourism as we had thought. With some effort it's possible to find nice small restaurants that has not yet been ruined by the flood of tourists. Canary stew was on the menu. Vegetables, potatoes and some kind of meat. Very simple and tasty.

 

Later we took the car down small serpentine roads to the west coast and continued on to the south coast. The contrast between the small villages in the mountains of the island and the big hotels by the south coast was huge. Not wanting to check out big hotels we hurried back to the boat in Las Palmas.

 

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1   Fredrik Bodin2007-12-01 19:48

Tja grabbar! Var det mitt paket ni fick? :-) Allt till sin belåtelse? Använd dem hårt - ser fram emot en recension! När kastar ni loss igen?

2   Annika (gräsänkan)2007-12-01 23:13

Det odefinierbara köttet i grytan var troligtvis kanin. Det är deras nationalrätt (typ). Ha det gott o Lycka till med allt! Puss till Andreas o kram till Jens :-)

3   Helene T2007-12-04 14:48

Vad i hela friden ar det..? Kalhygge pa en ö ??? Vem gor detta och varfor ? Tack for svar om ni vet. Helene

4   Jens Utbult2007-12-04 14:56

Det där var nog bara träd som växte på det viset. Den delen av Gran Canaria där bilden är tagen är ganska karg och det mesta var brunt och torrt förutom träddungen som klättrade uppför sluttningen.