Blogs from Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, Europe - page 26

Sunday 20 th June Day 15: I wake with anticipation, but also with some stress. Will my wife and four year old make it on time, or will I spend the day at the airport trying to figure out where they are? Their flight goes from Cape Town to Joburg then on to Madrid, where there is a four hour wait before catching their connection to Tenerife. That's a lot of flying. Waking at 8.00 AM, I still don't leave the apartment before 9.00 and even though I drive at speeds well in excess of the posted 120 KMH limit, I manage to miss the turnoff for the north airport. By the time I arrive at the airport I'm a nervous wreck, remembering my wife telling me, “you better be there when we arrive”, however everything ... read more

From London Kelly (18 at the time) and I flew to Tenerife in the Canary Islands just south of Spain (technically part of Spain, but I don't think you can really count it as having been to Spain itself). Upon arrival at our hotel - originally booked for Mom and Kel - it was very nicely (hmm) made apparent to us that we were not allowed to stay there unless accompained by someone older than 23. Problems! Phone call to mom (who was only suppose to join us in a few days) and another rushed pack-and-fly landed mom in Tenerife with us for a two-week girls trip. We spent the next two weeks on the beach and in the sun. We did two island tours which definitely did not agree with me - on a boat ... read more

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Sleep was difficult that first night, the serenading continued for an impressive few hours, fueled by Alcopops and the occasional flash from wideboy, i have a feeling he has no boundries, cracking, i share a room with him.. we went out that night, myself ginge and wideboy ran out of our room, hoping to put some distance between us, the cockroaches(not the the girls across the vista) and the alluring brown decor.. to the other lads flat, white walls, view of an actual garden, english translation not spanish, tiled floors, shower that works and light, i knew i should have paid more attention to the ceefax page which we booked our holiday from. how remiss of myself, let me introduce my traveling companions, ginge, dipper (dear reader dipper is also 7up, his nickname will change as ... read more

So this is where it really began, this is where i first recieved the bite of the unwelcomed travel bug..further reflection will also show this is where i recieved my first bit of an infected mosquito, soaked with drunken scottish blood from the bloke next door i imagine, as well as my first sight of a ginger man at full erect first thing in the morning singing Bros tunes in the shower..a momentous holiday i think we can all agree let me explain how i got here, some of you might have read about wideboy inviting me on holiday with him and my moment of weakness and saying yes..i think in part it was down to me still working to work out if bears actually shat in trees, must check our bear ghrylls on bbc 2 ... read more