769. Canary Islands Part 9 | Roque Nublo

Continuing from the previous post..we then proceeded to Roque Nublo and hiked up to the top! It was a relatively easy hike. I enjoyed it as it was pretty rocky and non-slippery (unlike some dirt trails). The scenery of the mountains was really beautiful along the way.

Tomorrow/this weekend we are off on another staycation (to celebrate my boyfriend's birthday)! We will be going to Mogan again for a couple of nights and will visit their surrounding areas. I am looking forward to it.


Hiking in the time of COVID


Made it!


We had to climb over a lot of rocks to get right up to the rock formation



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763. Canary Islands Part 3 | La Isleta and Las Coloradas

A few days ago we walked from our area to Isleta, which is on the north eastern tip of Gran Canaria island (if you look on a map, it's the little section that sticks out from an otherwise fairly round island). I really enjoyed this walk and the scenery along the way. We hiked up a mountain to see this view of a cute little town called Las Coloradas.

Here are some photos from the route, starting with the end of Las Canteras beach.


This blue and yellow building is actually someone's house! So cool.


Down to El Confital Beach. It was pretty unique. It's more of a rock than sand beach.


On the way up the mountain..


Prickly pear plant


View from the top!
Way on the other side is where we are staying. It looks like a far distance but I didn't feel the walk was that long at all.


Then we walked down the mountain and towards Las Coloradas (the little town in the first photo of this post)


We were pretty exhausted by the time we arrived so sat to have a drink and some fruits. It was so refreshing.


Heading back to our area/Las Canteras Beach


The day after. It was a national holiday in Spain (Fiesta Nacional de España) and the weather was really nice..so the beach was pretty packed. There weren't any special festivities though. I guess the residents of these islands don't really identify with being from Spain since they are quite a distance away.

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753. Azores Day 15 | Faial Da Terra Hike & Nordeste

Faial Da Terra is a small town with only a few hundred people, with a really nice hiking trail. The trail is very lush and rocky with some small streams running through. We spent about 2 hours hiking there and back and reached one of the waterfalls (I think there are 3 in total?). I'd say the difficulty level is moderate; there was a lot of up and down. I was pretty exhausted by the end.

There's some interesting wildlife in there (not what you'd typically see on a hike). Here we saw a wild rooster on the right, and a cat..if you can spot it in the picture.

This reminds me - some of our neighbours seem to have roosters. We are in the city and not in a rural area..just a lot of people seem to have them here as a regular "pet". A few nights in the middle of the night they started crowing/calling (?) really loud and once one starts, the others in the area start as well. They don't even do it at the crack of dawn. The past few times seemed to be like 3am. It is pretty annoying but I find the sound kind of funny. I think there's something wrong with our surrounding roosters..like they don't know they should be doing it at dawn. Or is that just like a stereotype and it's normal for roosters to just crow whenever?


Finally reached the waterfall!


After Faial da Terra we went to Nordeste which is the eastern tip of the island. From there we came back to Ponta Delgada along the North coast. The scenery was very beautiful along the way (as it is all around the island!). There's a lot of small towns scattered throughout. They more or less look the same but each has their own unique charm.



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