Gran Canaria photographs
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Mark & Helen Syrett
Thu 20 Oct 2011 08:27
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We hired a car with Oyster Moon and did a drive
around Gran Canaria.
We took the 'high road'' out of Puerto de Mogan and
looked back into the village/town.(1).
We went to the north of the island via Las Palmas,
where the 250 ARC boats leave from on the 17 November to cross the Atlantic to
St Lucia, and then drove down the mountainous west coast---very high, steep and
twisty with hairpin bends. We had pulled off the road to take this photograph
just before the articulated lorry that is in the photogarph came round the bend
and went on down the hill! (2)
In the more fertile areas the flatter land was
covered with tented frames and netting which we think provided shelter from
the sun for the crops of bananas, avocados and other fruit. The ''tented'' areas
covered many acres and it must be big industry for the
island.(3)
Puerto de Mogan is a pretty village and is known as
the ''Venice of Gran Canaria'' because of the narrow streets and bridges over
watercourses.There are a lot of visitors coached in to visit, particularly
so on market day when one of the largest markets on the Canary Islands is held.
(4).
When we drove to Las Palmas we went via Maspalomas
which is on the south east tip of the island and renowned for it's sand dunes.
We were not disappointed----it looked like the Sahara desert beside the sea. Not
a place to go on holiday if you want a short easy walk to the beach (5).The
photograph was taken from the hotel complex.
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