Now I can get around
04 November 2017
I started the day with a little lay in and got up around 09:00 then went to a marina not too far away to see if I could find any boats 🚣 that were maybe going out for the day so that I could have a rest from the trudging around. I sat on the quay for almost 2 hours and saw no body prepping up to go sailing, I even walked some of the more promising pontoons where people seemed to be getting ready to leave. I found only 1 boat but they were going down the coast to Playa Blanca (too far for me to get back to the car 🚗) It is almost like the UK 🇬🇧, unless you already are on a boat they don’t want to know any one else.
I decided to take a look on the North West side of the island. It’s very rugged and it was rather difficult to get down to the sea, except for a few places where there were the small beaches of black sand. I parked up where there were lots of other vehicles, but couldn’t find the people to match (150+ cars 🚗 less than 20 people) I saw a few out on surf 🏄 boards, a few of them seemed to my inexperienced eyes, to be very good, I think I will have to try this next time I get the opportunity. At the centre of some roundabouts they put sculptures up like they have in the UK 🇬🇧 one that I saw was of a family of 3 camels 🐪 so I had to stop up the road and walk back for a few pics, I had all sorts of shouts and horn blasting at me (I think they didn’t like me walking 🚶 down the dead centre or the road between the opposing traffic). I drove through one of the National parks and stopped off to take a look around. The first thing I noticed was the great smell of camels 🐪. I got in the queue and was just about to take a ride, when I noticed that the family of 5 just in front paid 25€ total, then they told me it was 12€, so because I had been on one before whilst in Tunisia 🇹🇳 I decided to give it a miss, what they do have that is free of charge, is a little room dug (or maybe it was a natural blowhole) into the volcanic lava flow that explains all about how all the volcanos 🌋 were linked together and how the locals worked in and around using the camels 🐪 imported from nearby Africa, like draft horses.
It’s been an OK day with temps around 27c and that’s a long way short of what my brother John is having to endure at 35+ (how’s the work going mate) but much better than the UK 😀