Pics and other stuff

Tajinaste azul Last year I found these beautiful blue flowers for the first time, but I set out to look for them a bit too late. Th...

Here it is. At least one version of "it"* While winter lasts and walking conditions are favorable I try to do at least one hi...

Infinitely impressive, if somewhat underused, City of Arts and Sciences For New Year holidays we went to Valencia. We've never bee...

Cofete ! Finally :) This weekend, 23—24 January, we came to Fuerteventura yet again. We used an excellent Bintazo offer by Binter Cana...

As I suspected, when you start walking down from Cruz de Tejeda, you can see Roque Nublo. You just need a clear day for that A few week...

Although I wasn’t tough enough to stay on Fuerteventura for more than two years, it keeps calling me back. I went there in the beginnin...

For Tamara’s birthday, we went for a short walk from (more or less) Las Lagunetas to Cruz de Tejeda. We often heard that Barranco de la Min...

View into the Valle de Agaete from the trail. There is a whole chain of reservoirs down there, some at alarmingly different levels from eac...

Afternoon light is a lot more interesting than the morning one Our little tent was bought and used only once some six years ago, on oc...

We spent almost all summer in Gran Canaria. Which was nice, but, for a bit of change, we went to La Gomera for five days. We took the early...

Up and away I am sure I said it a few times already, but let me say it once again — Caldera de Tejeda on Gran Canaria is the most spec...

Barranco de las Nieves, or maybe de las Laguentas, or maybe de la Mina. Go figure My legs!!! Three days later, they're still hurtin...

The main purpose of the walk was to see this We went for an evening walk to Pico de las Nieves organised by Couchsurfing Gran Canaria. ...

A couple of weeks ago we went for a weekend break in Firgas, a small village inland from the north shore of Gran Canaria. We were stay...

This post is mostly a reminder to myself to repeat (and improve on) the experience next year. Read on if you are interested in flowers ...

After the first successful attempt to get to The Landmark of Gran Canaria, Roque Nublo , I figured that there must be an easier way. Afte...

We went to La Gomera for four days during this Easter Break (Semana Santa). (Now we've visited all the big Canary Islands except El Hi...

Little uneven-shaped Nublo asteroid, just for the heck of it :) Roque Nublo is the most iconic sight of Gran Canaria (and don't tel...

Artenara is one of the not-so-easily accessible villages on Gran Canaria. It is overlooking the Caldera de Tejeda, and is on a slightly ...

I was looking forward to my first carnival at Las Palmas and was not disappointed. While perhaps not as spectacular as the carnival of S...