You keep what you kill

Final bonus leg of our trip! A pleasant stroll just a few k along the coast, across two smaller ridges, will get you to Playa La Guancha. Shortly before you decend to the beach, there’s an overhang to the right, perfect spot to rest, eat the food you bought at the pasteleria, and take some…

Woke up in the morning, looked out of the window, and saw the neighbours‘ cat staring back at me. Looking very hungry and expectant. Bad luck, my friend. 😀 This was a relatively short and purely downhill section, so nothing compared to yesterday’s labours. The descent through Barranco de las Cocos is nice, lot of…

Overall, this was probably the best leg of our trip. A great mixture of challenging trails (especially the final climb up to Alajeró), fantastic landscapes and views (especially Barranco de Guirimiar), a wonderful cottage to stay at in Alajeró, and a bit of adventure. So, to get one thing out of the way first: If…

As mentioned before, Chipude is a great base for tours to the parque nacional, Alta Garajonay etc. So we did a nice little round-trip that took in two great peaks: The mystical Fortaleza and the highest peak on La Gomera, Alta Garajonay. The rainforest in the area around the peak had burned down a couple…

After two off-days in VGR we were back on the trail again, climbing roughly one k up to Chipude. We started relatively early, shortly after sunrise. Unless you want to really show how tough you are, I suggest that this is the best time of day to undertake this climb. You’re mostly in the shade,…

VGR is kinda the touristy centre of the island. So if you are planning on doing any tours, „cruises“ etc., that’s where most of them depart. We didn’t need any of that, so cannot report on them. What I can say though is that there’s lots of nice food to be found here. 🙂 One…

To stay our course we had to backtrack to Arure in order to continue our route as planned. Also, we did not want to miss the La Merica high plateau and views! We dutifully waited 25 minutes at the bus stop before I hailed a taxi to drive us up to Arure. I was certainly…

So, after not sleeping at all, we were up early enough to catch the bus to Las Hayas. A bit of an adventure, you basically stand around until it arrives or you lose patience and call a taxi. 😀 And yes, you have to signal the drive when you want to get off – since…

A little round trip from Vallehermoso to explore the northern coast of the island. You will get nice (dry) forests, lots of hungry chickens and cats, abandonded settlements, boring churches, and beautiful ocean views galore. What’s not to like?! Plus gum trees, so a good follow-up on yesterday’s outback theme. 😀 Because we stayed at…