More Graciosa

Ile Jeudi
Bob and Lin Griffiths
Mon 3 Sep 2012 16:25
Monday 3 September 2012
 
Well, in theory our anchoring permit ran out yesterday but nobody has been by to chase us away yet.  We will have to wait and see.
 
The sea calmed down enough to enable us to take the dinghy ashore on Saturday and we walked to the 'town'.  The walk was about 40 minutes which is fine but much of the way was soft sand which was a bit harder.  We don't have internet access at the anchorage and until we can get new Spanish sim cards we won't with the smartphone either.  We found an internet cafe in town and caught up with the essentials and went on to have lunch at the same place.  Lin found the greengrocer and the butcher and was pleased with what they had available.  The 'supermarket' wasn't too bad either.  We loaded the rucksacks and trudged back to the bay where the boat is.
 
The town itself consists mainly of small, single story apartments for the holidaymakers and there is a campsite in the dunes.  Very popular with the teenagers and hippies.  There are one or two of the more elderly brethren who look well oiled as they consume their tins of beer at 10.30 in the morning.  Some had eyes to match their red faces and we have noticed similar people on our travels who seem to gravitate to the simple places like this.
 
Just to prove where we are:-
 
 
 
The place is reminiscent of the island of Culatra off the Algarve coast near Faro.  If Culatra is a one horse town without the horse, then Graciosa is a one horse town without the town:-
 
 
 
The 'building' to the right of the blue quad bike is for sale:-
 
 
 
A nice coffee spot by the harbour.  That's Lanzarote close by just across the strait (you can see the open water at the Graciosa harbour entrance):-