2012 - OCEAN PRINCESS - CANARY ISLANDS

AS I TOOK THIS PHOTO SO A SMUDGE STARTED TO APPEAR IN EVERY PHOTO. I HAVE TRIED TO ZOOM & CROP AROUND IT BUT YOU WILL SEE IT SOMETIMES.

SOMETHING ON THE SENSOR - NEVER DID GO AWAY, SO I BOUGHT A NEW CAMERA..

I HAD NEVER THOUGHT OF THE CANARY ISLANDS AS BEING HILLY, BUT HERE WE GO, CLIMBING, UP & UP...

GREAT LOOKING CACTUS...

TERRACED HILLSIDES ALWAYS LOOK GOOD. HARD TO BELIEVE PEOPLE CAN FARM WHERE IT'S SO STEEP, BUT THEY DO..

AND WHAT GOES UP, MUST COME DOWN & HERE WE ARE AT THE BEACH...LOOKING VERY BROWN...

I NEARLY MISSED THE BUS HERE, STEPPING INTO A BAR FOR A QUICK COFFEE...

WE STOPPED AT A VILLAGE SQUARE WHERE PEOPLE WERE TAKING PART IN GAMES...

NOW YOU PROBABLY THINK THAT THE CANARIES WERE NAMED FOR BIRDS, OR VISE VERSA, BUT THERE MAY BE CANARYS HERE & THEY MAY BE NAMED FOR THE ISLANDS, BUT THE ISLANDS ARE NAMED FOR DOGS.

NOT THAT DOG THOUGH - IT SHOULD BE IN DALMATIA

AND THAT'S JUDITH. ON HER WAY TO OR FROM THE HOP ON HOP OFF SHE TOOK WITH JOSH. SHE HAS A FUNNY STORY ABOUT THAT BUT I CANNOT REMEMBER IT..
THEY SAY TO DRESS DOWN WHERN GOING ASHORE - I GUESS JUDITH DID NOT GET THE MAIL.

NOT A FANTASTIC TOUR.
A BIT TOO MUCH DRIVING & NOT ENOUGH WALKING FOR ME.

A BIT RAINY IN THE HILLS WHERE WE WERE IN CLOUD, BUT IT DID NOT LAST LONG & LOVELY WEATHER IN THE CANARIES AND GREAT LOOKING BEACHES..