We had booked tickets for the cable car up the Teide first for the 22nd of December, but it was canceled due to bad weather and we learned that even the road over the mountains was closed for days because of the snow. We changed our tickets to 31st of December, hoping for the best. […]
One of our excursions took us to San Cristóbal de La Laguna. The city was founded in 1496 after the conquest of the islands by Spain. It served as the capital of the Canary Islands until in 1723 it was transfered to nearby Santa Cruz at the coast. Where now the city stands, was once
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From our campsite it was a short drive to the coast, which we explored on a hike. The nearby fishing village of Las Galletas was the perfect location for a lovely Christmas lunch before we sat together next to our campers with cokkies and sweet wine. We had a lovely evening togehter, what more do
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One of the famous hikes in Tenerife leads into the Barranco del Inferno, a gorge leading to a waterfall. Cordy and her mother remembered that hike from 2000 with little Monty carried in a baby wrap. Today you have to book a timeslot and wear a helmet all the time. This time, Monty had to
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From our camping in the south (Camping Nauta), we went on excursions with a rented car. Our tickets for the Teide cable car were canceled due to the snow. We therefore decided to drive up the volcano as far as we could, before the road was blocked. Our drive took us through the clouds with
What had happened? How did we get from Sidi Ifni to Morocco, you wonder? Our problems with the car had cumulated in a dead generator and a cardan shaft close to its end. We therefore made our way first to Mercedes in Casablanca, but they didn’t have the parts and informed us about delivery times
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