Tenerife

Mountain of El Teide and siskokset kuin ilvekset (sisters like a pair of lynx)

...everybody knows where Tenerife is so no point to put out a map here. The crossing from Porto Santo was pleasant, we had good winds too and quite some thunder in the air to keep us alert and awake. Thanks for Vit for breaking all records in watch keeping (especially in early hours) and for good companies during the crossing.

Concurrent with Kiwi, Laura and Helvi (mum) landed on the island to visit us for a week. At this point, Philipp was kicked out from the boat for some hiking on the nabouring island La Gomera. The mother - daughter quality time was spend by exploring the surprisingly varied landscapes of Tenerife on small hikes and extensive road triping. Renting a car is something other cruisers seem to do at every harbor. We are normally too cheap for such luxury. On Tenerife with huge elevation differences it totally made sense.

It turns out that Tenerife offers a lot of grazy amazing possibilities for hiking too. After our dear guests flew home today, we decided to use the freedom of not having to hurry anywere, and planned another week of exploring the island before moving on.

Suitcase full of presents from Finland!

Laura and mum tried beach life at the city beach of Santa Cruz (the sand is brought from Sahara, there is no yellow sand on this vulcanic island)

The great pine forests of Tenerife -picture taken at 2000 m altitude looking down to the cloud tops . The vulcano peak of Teide left of the sun