Category: Gran Canaria – The Isle of Dogs
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Gran Canaria – Isle of Dogs
Playa del Aquila I’ll tell you what happens when a coastal event warning is given – very little. I was imagining a tsunami but got not even a wave. We had a lovely sunny day interspersed with the odd cloud and a tiny sprinkling of rain to complete our Gran Canarian holiday. We were quite…
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Gran Canaria – Isle Of Dogs
Arinaga After a very lazy day followed by an even lazier morning the next day, we decided it really was about time to actually do something. The problem is, from 10.30am to approximately 2.30pm, the sun shines on our cosy little garden and it’s just too tempting to stay in it, reading our books and…
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Playa de Ingles and Arco de Coronadero
Gran Canaria -Isle of Dogs Playa de Ingles and Arco de Coronadero A minor miracle occurred overnight. Despite going to bed feeling rotten, I woke up with my sore throat gone and generally feeling much better. However, I wasn’t quite back to full speed so a lazy morning was had, sleeping late and reading books.…
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Gran Canaria – Playa Aguila
We arrived at our destination in time to see our surroundings before the sun went down. We were greeted by a homeless man who was lurking to gain access to the complex. (A lady sitting in her car warned us.) Not a great start but he looked harmless enough and he had disappeared by the…
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Gran Canaria – The Isle of Dogs
Gran Canaria – Big island of Dogs Doesn’t sound that inviting does it? Unless you are a dog fanatic in which case it probably sounds like heaven. Apparently the “dogs” may have been monk seals, seen by Arab traders hundreds of years ago but who knows? Gran Canaria, home to massive sand dunes, rugged scenery…
Middle-aged flash packers 