Amanda’s mum and dad had kindly
booked a holiday to Lanzarote to see us and as always with visitors we were
treated to the tourist experience. Day 1
we all pack in the car (Vikki, Amanda and Mum cosy in the back) and headed out
to Timanfaya and join the cue of hire car to enter the park. When you actually headed into the park you
left you car and jumped onto a coach for it to take you around the remains of
the lava film which stretch for well over 100km. The volcano in Lanzarote erupted from 1730
for 6 years and is very evident throughout the island. The lava fields stretch
as far as you could see and there were various spectacular craters.
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| Volcanic landscape |
The tour took around an hour and
then we drove out Salinas
and onto Playa Blanca and marina Rubicon for a browse around the tourist shops.
That night we headed out for a
scrumptious Mexican in the marina at Las Magaritas, delicious and even better
for Mark & I as Vikki treat us. The
food was great and the owner is a very nice and has lots of stories to share.
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| Look at our fancy cocktails |
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| All dressed up for our night out |
Day 2 we followed the trail of Cesar Manrique who
is a famous Lanzarote artist, first stop was a random piece of artwork and a
local crafts centre.
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| Odd monument designed by Manrique in honour of the farmers of Lanzarote |
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| Odd Inca looking statues (replicas) found in Canaries |
Then off a long the coast to Famara,
stunning surf beach shame no time for a swim.
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| Famara surf beach |
Then up to the view point which
over looks Graciosa where we had a great view of the anchorage where we had
spent the previous week.
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| Graciosa from Lanzarote |
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| Mum, dad, Mark & Amanda overlooking Graciosa |
This was not the end of the day and the next stop
was the Cactus garden opened by Manrique, never knew there were so many cactus and actually some
were very pretty and it was a green oasis on an island that can seem like very desolate,
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| These are all cactus! |
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| Amanda & Dad in doorway to windmill overlooking gardens |
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| Mark blending in with the green |
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| What a pretty cactus |
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