Gran Canaria - Off To Madeira

Happy Day after Easter,

I need to correct info I share on the last blog. Madeira is part of Portugal not part of the Canary Islands which are Spanish in nature. Madeira is an autonomous region of Portugal. This is where Madeira wine comes from, which as we know is exported around the world.

another correction, we are not going to Oporto, Portugal. I slept through that notice. We are going to Vigo, Spain instead. Apparently the dock in Oporto is not completed and we are not able to dock as a result. I have no idea as to what to expect in Vigo. You and I will find out together.

Today, was a nice tour of Gan Canaria. Begin in Las Palmas where we docked. Las Palams has a population of over 200K. It is an attractive city with the amenities of a European experience. We drove south along the coast to visit the sand dunes on the beach at Porto del Ingles, this is an over populated setting with hotel after hotel and apartment after apartment. We the went to Puerto Rico (not in the Caribbean) a beautiful harbor with condos growing out of the hillsides. The town is surrounded by hills filled with condos. In the valley is the town at the end of which is the beach. The beach is horse shaped with the condos looking down on the water etc. From there we went to another waterfront community, the name of which I forget. We spent over an hour hear wandering the streets and shops. There is a beautiful hotel complex on the beach with gorgeous flowers creating arches as you walk among the low standing buildings. This was a great visit. After we gathered the Brits we headed home. It was a little over an hour drive. The ride home was filled with a vista of the diversity that makes the climate on the island unusual. the island has arid area, plush green areas, lots of mountains, beautiful coast line--somewhat like the coast of California,mountains plunging into the ocean. There are plains where farming is done and so forth. For a small piece of real estate there is a lot going on here