We continue to have some really interesting rough seas, along our rugged north eastern coastline and aside from a few overcast days the sky’s have remained clear, with the temperature gauge stuck in the low 20’s….Perfect! We’ve gotten into a bit of a morning routine; Up at around 7:00am (Sunrise is around 7:30am), exercise for about 45 minutes, before heading out for a good walk along the coastline and if the seas are calm enough, a swim at La Goreta beach, which unfortunately hasn’t been as often as we’d of like. The wind blows predominantly from the north east, which means that the eastern side of the Island is the blowy side, with the western Atlantic side, protected from the wind (If it blows from the south, it brings with it the sand from the Sahara). We’ve discovered La Pardilla tennis club, where we’ve played a few times, which we’ve enjoyed. This week we’ve been exploring the south west of the island, which started with a visit to the sand dunes of Maspalomas (about 20 minutes southeast from where we’re based). The dunes were created at the end of the last ice age, some 6000 years ago, but unfortunately all our initial visit afforded us was a brief glimpse, as wind together with heaped mountains of sand, made for some inhospitable conditions, so instead we headed southwest to the port of Mogan. It’s a charming little fishing port with white washed buildings, decorated with sprawling bougainvillea and other colorful floral foliage. We had a delicious late lunch in a restaurant overlooking the many yachts (all sail!) in the harbor, before walking out to a rocky cliff edge to catch what was promised to be the perfect sunset (sunset is around 6:10pm), but just as the sun was about to slip into the water some low lying cloud denied us. The following day we decided to give the sand dunes another go, again it was like walking into a sand storm. However seeing as this was our only reason to visit Maspalomas we braved it and wind aside it was pretty incredible. Apparently the dunes move between 2-5 meters every year, and after walking through them for a couple of hours I don’t doubt it. Missing our swimming we decided to check out some recommended quiet swimming locations, that Rach had researched. First up was Las Maranuelas in Arguineguin, which is a really nice little port town away from the tourists, with a great place to swim and chill. We grabbed a very late lunch and caught a amazing sunset! Monday we decided to visit another local beach, the Medio Almud beach in Tauro, which was not only a lovely beach, but had a great area for swimming, we didn’t stay the whole day as we had a tennis court booked. A great week and we’re really enjoying the contrasting sides of the island.
Dream Chasers 