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January 4th 2009
Published: January 22nd 2009
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The Canary Islands are a haven for middle-aged northern European holiday makers on package holidays, a place where they can warm their pasty bodies and eat food from their homeland. Does it sound like somewhere that we'd like to go? No, but the call for sunshine was too much for us and after ruling out our preferred destinations (Morocco, Egypt etc) as too expensive, off we headed to Gran Canaria ... Read Full Entry



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View on the coastal driveView on the coastal drive
View on the coastal drive

Gran Canaria has some amazing volcanic structures
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Agaete

Church in Agaete
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Agaete

House on the pier
El Dido de DiosEl Dido de Dios
El Dido de Dios

A little difficult to see
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Agaete

Boats on a pebble beach
The mountainsThe mountains
The mountains

A river formed by the huge storm
The mountains The mountains
The mountains

A waterfall
LaraLara
Lara

Looking cold and windswept during the first rain in 18 months
Sheep through the windscreenSheep through the windscreen
Sheep through the windscreen

It was wet and cold, and we were surrounded by sheep!
Patterns in the sandPatterns in the sand
Patterns in the sand

The dunes, Maspalomas
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Maspalomas

The dunes - a lovely area but watch out for the large colony of nudists!
Casa de Colon, Las PalmasCasa de Colon, Las Palmas
Casa de Colon, Las Palmas

Apparently Columbus may have stayed in this house which is now a museum
Al looking at the menuAl looking at the menu
Al looking at the menu

In the 'Bar of the Kangaroo'



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