The weather was pretty dire this day, and I didn't feel like going anywhere. We bought a few groceries at the supermarket that we finally found in Oasis Dunas, ummed and aahed some more, and finally decided to go and do the drive to the south of the island as planned.
First we had a cold lunch in the apartment, and set off at about 2pm. The wind was pretty bad, and sand was blowing furiously across the road in Parque Natural. We made a stop in Caleta de Fusta, and had a wander around a lovely outdoor bar and restaurant area with a great view into the beach, and then around to a sea lion enclosure (poor beasts), and a lot of abandoned pleasure craft. Finally, we walked through a large resort to have a look at the castillo, and headed back to the car.
We kept driving, intending to stop off where interesting things presented themselves, but didn't make many stops - only Tarajalejo, where we'd taken a wrong turn, to look at the black beach, and Costa Calma, where the densely planted palm trees went some way to stopping the incessant wind. There was a strange section of very shiny motorway road here, but the rest was either two-way traffic or ordinary dual carriageway (with roadworks thrown in).
Eventually we arrived at Morro Jable (about 5.15). It was a big holiday town, with a lot of resorts scattered around. Again, we got the feeling of abandoned building projects, and unfinished roads. We parked, and wandered along the main street in search of something to eat. We found it in a bakery. A quick toilet stop, and we were ready to head off. I wanted some sweets, so walked uphill a little way to a supermarket sign, only to find it boarded up.
Back on the road, Christian followed a services sign, with the aim of finding sweets, but we just went around in a big circle. It got dark after a little while, and so we just kept driving. We stopped at a real services for sweets, then took an internal road through Tuineje to Antigua. That was something of a mistake, because we were on this narrow, meandering road for a long time, and I wondered more than once whether we were going the right way.
Tuineje was a tiny town, and Antigua was fairly uninteresting in the dark. We headed for Corralejo, getting back after 8pm. We had a quiet dinner and some TV before going to bed.
First we had a cold lunch in the apartment, and set off at about 2pm. The wind was pretty bad, and sand was blowing furiously across the road in Parque Natural. We made a stop in Caleta de Fusta, and had a wander around a lovely outdoor bar and restaurant area with a great view into the beach, and then around to a sea lion enclosure (poor beasts), and a lot of abandoned pleasure craft. Finally, we walked through a large resort to have a look at the castillo, and headed back to the car.
We kept driving, intending to stop off where interesting things presented themselves, but didn't make many stops - only Tarajalejo, where we'd taken a wrong turn, to look at the black beach, and Costa Calma, where the densely planted palm trees went some way to stopping the incessant wind. There was a strange section of very shiny motorway road here, but the rest was either two-way traffic or ordinary dual carriageway (with roadworks thrown in).
Eventually we arrived at Morro Jable (about 5.15). It was a big holiday town, with a lot of resorts scattered around. Again, we got the feeling of abandoned building projects, and unfinished roads. We parked, and wandered along the main street in search of something to eat. We found it in a bakery. A quick toilet stop, and we were ready to head off. I wanted some sweets, so walked uphill a little way to a supermarket sign, only to find it boarded up.
Back on the road, Christian followed a services sign, with the aim of finding sweets, but we just went around in a big circle. It got dark after a little while, and so we just kept driving. We stopped at a real services for sweets, then took an internal road through Tuineje to Antigua. That was something of a mistake, because we were on this narrow, meandering road for a long time, and I wondered more than once whether we were going the right way.
Tuineje was a tiny town, and Antigua was fairly uninteresting in the dark. We headed for Corralejo, getting back after 8pm. We had a quiet dinner and some TV before going to bed.
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