View from hotel window
Cactus flower in hotel garden
Palm-tree fruit: dates!
Sand, Rock, Sea, Sky - Puerto del Carmen
Puerto del Carmen
Puerto del Carmen, old town
Back gardens overlooking new marina, old town, Puerto del Carmen
Air vent? A common sight on houses in the old part of Puerto del Carmen
Trekking upwards, Puerto del Carmen
Puerto del Carmen sunset (cameraphone, sorry)
Parascending, Puerto del Carmen
Old and broken branches pruned off Palmeras
The Palm-tree wood is very soft and pulpy
This is new to me - oversized surfboards?
Lifeguard's hut, near Matagordas
No birds were harmed in the taking of this picture - a Passion Flower
Arrecife
Tiled plaza, Arrecife
Boat passing Fort of San Gabriel, Arrecife
Bandstand, near Nautical Club, Arrecife
Fountain near Children's playground, Arrecife
Drawbridge on causeway to Fort of San Gabriel, Arrecife
Causeway to the Fort of San Gabriel, Arrecife
View towards Arrecife Gran Hotel from Fort of San Gabriel (bit crooked, sorry)
Mar @ Fort of San Gabriel, Arrecife
Looking through an empty lampshade, Fort of San Gabriel, Arrecife
Church, Arrecife
Decrepit buildings on an Arrecife street... you turn a corner and are greeted with...
...El Charco de San Gines, Arrecife - a tidal lagoon in the town
El Charco de San Gines, Arrecife
Spanish Flag on rowboat, El Charco de San Gines, Arrecife
El Naife, Esmeralda, y Nuria - El Charco de San Gines, Arrecife
Doesn't look very sea-worthy to me - El Charco de San Gines, Arrecife
Banksy-style graffiti, Arrecife
About the only things taking the sun on this beach in Arrecife! It was completely deserted compared to the packed beaches 2km down the coast...
Deserted beach, Arrecife
Nice view from hotel, Puerto del Carmen
Distant Puerto Calero
Inside Nuestra Senora del Carmen
Dredging entrance to harbour, Puerto del Carmen
Barranco del Quiquere, en route to Puerto Calero (a good 40-minute walk from Puerto del Carmen)
Every so often you see these little cairns daubed with white paint - presumably boundary markers?
Puerto Calero's Marina is much bigger than Puerto del Carmen's
Skeleton of a Bryde's Whale, Puerto Calero
Off Fishing!
And our friends are all aboard - Yellow Submarine, Puerto Calero
Kerr-ching, Puerto Calero
Looking back to Puerto Calero, halfway to Puerto del Carmen
A hawk of some kind keeping an eye on things
Sunny path back to temporarily overcast Puerto del Carmen
Nice clear waters - good for snorkelling/diving?
Flowering Cactus
The Rich Are Different From Us (part 94), Puerto del Carmen, Old Town
Birdcage bathed in sunset
Sunset from Fariones Hotel, Puerto del Carmen
Entrance to James del Agua
LBB at waiting area, Jameos del Agua
Underground cavern formed when rivers of molten lava flowed down to the sea
The lake is home to tiny blind white crabs
Crab-spotting, Jameos del Agua
Reflections, Jameos del Agua, Lanzarote
Zen and the art of stone placement
The Gang at Jameos del Agua
Swanky pool, Jameos del Agua
Giant leaves at exit of Cuevas de los Verdes
Descending into La Cueva de los Verdes
Nicely-lit-up Cavern
Cavern Lighting, La Cueva de los Verdes
Cavern, La Cueva de los Verdes
At Mirador del Rio
Looking across the channel at La Graciosa
Isla Graciosa
Mirador del Rio
Feel the heat coming up from underneath - in Timanfaya National Park
Throw some scrubwood in there...
And three seconds later, it's up in flames!
Park assistant pours a litre of water down a 3m bore-hole
Two seconds later, it re-emerges as steam!
The grill used by the restaurant is just heat from below
The restaurant's grill - you can watch your meal being cooked by the heat of the earth
Restaurant uses cast iron pans to cook over the volcanic heat; this 'arty piece' is where they go when retired
From Bus Tour of Timanfaya National Park, Lanzarote
Weird lava formations, from Bus Tour of Timanfaya National Park, Lanzarote
Some plant life taking hold, from Bus Tour of Timanfaya National Park, Lanzarote
Sunset in Puerto Calero - looks vaguely like a HDR image, but this is a JPEG straight from the camera
Sunset in Puerto Calero
Catamaran full of tourists returning to harbour
Kids fishing at morning, Puerto del Carmen
Swimmer heading ashore for breakfast, Puerto del Carmen
Idyllic morning scene
Boatman off to to a spot of fishing himself
And that's all, folks!
