Thursday, 5 January 2012

4/01/2011 Tenerife, Canary Islands

We got up and going around 8am so we had enough time to fit in another big English breakfast before catching to bus transfer down to the boat ‘The Royal Delphin’ which we caught for a whale and dolphin spotting cruise. We saw lots of dolphins swimming around the fish farms which was pretty speccy then went further out to find a school of pilot whales and their calves – amazing! It was a perfect day, 26 degrees and sunny and the boat had a glass bottom section for spotting things under water which was cool. Tom went for a swim out the back of the boat before we set off back to the port where we walked back to Las America’s along the coast line. We had great views of La Gomera (another Canary Island) from the water and as we walked back along the coast. We walked along the water front in the opposite direction in the afternoon and watched some surfers for a while then walked back to watch the sunset from the beach near our hotel. Laura and I tried Canarian chicken and potatoes for dinner which was good then we got an early night ready for our early start and long day to follow.

The view from our hotel

The view from the bus stop

Laura and Tom waiting for the bus

Boarding The Royal Delphin

The harbour

The harbour

The harbour

The harbour

On board the Royal Delphin

Cruising down the coast of Tenerife

Cruising down the coast of Tenerife

Cruising down the coast of Tenerife

Fish farms

Dolphins playing around the fish farms

On the water

Laura and Tom Cruising around Tenerife

Tom and I cruising around Tenerife

Tom and I cruising around Tenerife

La Gomera from the water

Pilot whales!

Pilot whale

Pilot whale

Pilot whale

Pilot whales

Pilot whales!

Pilot whales

Pilot whales

La Gomera

Pilot whales!

Pilot whales

Pilot whales

Our lunch spot

La Gomera

Our lunch spot

Cruising back along the coast of Tenerife

Cruising back along the coast of Tenerife

Walking back along the coast of Tenerife

The beach just down from our hotel

The beach just down from our hotel

La Gomera in the background

Walking along the coast

Walking along the coast

Walking along the coast

Luxury!

Cacti

Tenerife

Walking along the caost

Tom and I watching the surfers

Sunset from Tenerife

Sunset from Tenerife looking out to La Gomera

Sunset from Tenerife

Sunset from Tenerife

Sunset from Tenerife

Sunset from Tenerife

Sunset from Tenerife

Sunset from Tenerife

Sunset from Tenerife

La Gomera

Laura, Tom and I watching the sunset

Las Americas

Sunset over the beach at Las Americas


Tom walking along the coast

Sunset from Tenerife

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