SUNRISE & SNOW DAY. GRAN CANARIA.

I THINK THIS WAS HANDS DOWN THE GREATEST DAY OF MY LIFE! I WOKE UP EALRY IN THE MORNING AND WENT FOR A SWIM AND WATCHED THE SUN RISE! WHEN I ARRIVED HOME THE GUYS WERE HYPED BECAUSE WE FOUND OUT IT WAS SNOWING IN THE MOUNTAINS. IT HAS NOT SNOWED HERE IN OUR LIFE TIME!!!! DURING THE DAY IT HAS BEEN LIKE SUMMER 23-27 DEGREES. EVEN THIS DAY WAS HOT; SO WE RUSHED TO THE CLOSEST CAR HIRE COMPANY AND WERE ON OUR WAY TO PLAY IN THE SNOW. WE ALSO DECIDED THAT WE WOULD MAKE THE MOST OF THE DAY AND DRIVE A FULL LOOP AROUND THE ENTIRE ISLAND. LITTLE DID WE KNOW THAT PRETTY MUCH ALL THE ROADS WERE LONG CURVEY AND CLIFF SIDE WITH NO BARRIERS! ONE SLIP AT THE WHEEL AND WE WOULD SINK INTO THE DEEP BLUE ATLANTIC! AS WE DROVE UP THE MOUNTAIN WE WERE SURROUNDED BY LUSH GREEN PINE FORRESTS THE TEMPERATURE DROPPED SWIFTLY AS WE WEAVED OUR WAY UP THE MOUNTAIN!!! WHEN WE ARRIVED TO THE SNOW THE ENERGY WAS HIGH, AS FOR MANY OF THE PEOPLE THERE IT WAS THERE FIRST TIME TO SEE SNOW!!! PEOPLE WERE MAKING SNOW MANS, THERE WAS DONKEY RIDES AND WE WERE JUST BLOWN AWAY THAT WE WERE PLAYING IN THE SNOW IN GRAN CANARIA. I ACTUALLY ASKED SOMEONE IF IT SNOWS HERE A FEW DAYS EARLIER AND GOT SERIOUSLY LAUGHED AT! WE THEN CONTINUED NORTH AND VISITED THE BLACK CHURCH, SOME LITTLE TOWNS AND CAVE HOUSES! IVE ALWAYS DREAMED OF SEEING THE SUNRISE AND SET ON THE SAME DAY AND THIS DAY IT CAME TRUE. WE STOPPED IN A NICE LITTLE FISHING TOWN TO HAVE A QUICK SWIM AND TO WATCH THE SUNSET! SOME PEOPLE EVEN APPLAUDED WHEN THE SUN FINALLY SUNK INTO THE OCEAN IT WAS THAT BREATH TAKING! IN ONE OF THE LAST PHOTOS U CAN SEE SOME RUGGED CLIFF SIDES, WE PRETTY MUCH HAD TO WEAVE AROUND THESE THE WHOLE 150-200KMS BACK HOME TAKING US MUCH MUCH LONGER THEN WE THOUGHT. WHEN WE FINALY ARRIVED HOME WE WERE SO SO SO DEAD! MILES INSTANTLY FELL ASLEEP ! ! !

ABANDONED RESORT. SAN AUGUSTIN. GRAN CANARIA. SPAIN

WHILE SITTING ON THE BALCONY AT AIDAS SCOPING THE VIEW I NOTICED THAT THE RESORT IN FRONT OF HER PLACE WAS ABANDONED SO CHAY AND I WENT DOWN TO SCOPE IT OUT. WHILE I WAS IN ONE OF THE FIRST ROOMS TAKING PHOTOS MARY RAN BACK AND LOOKED LIKE SHE HAD SEEN A GHOST! SHE CASUALLY WENT TO WALK INTO A ROOM TO SCOPE IT AND HEARD A T.V ON. WE SNUCK PASS AND REALIZED SOMEONE HAD DISCOVERED THIS FREE RENT PARADISE LONG BEFORE US. WE SEARCHED AROUND MORE AND FOUND SOME OLD POSTCARDS, PHOTOS FROM THE SQUATTERS, CREDIT CARDS AND THEN THE RUBBISH ROOM. WHILE WE WERE UP IN THE RUBBISH ROOM 2 ANGRY LITTLE DOGS BELLOW STARTED GOING CRAZY AND THEIR OWNER (WHO WAS WATCHING T.V EARLIER) WAS LOOKING AROUND FOR US. WE TRIED TO STAY LOW AND KEEP OUT OF SIGHT. I THEN OPENED UP A DOOR TO CHECK OUT ONE OF THE ROOMS AND BAM, I WAS FACE TO FACE WITH AN AFRICAN SQUATTER WHO WAS AROUND THE SAME AGE AS ME. HE WAS AS SHOCKED AS I WAS, I APOLOGIZED FOR BEING IN HIS HOME AND HE GAVE ME A WEIRD LOOK AND CLOSED THE DOOR. I CONTINUED TO TAKE A COUPLE MORE SHOTS AND THEN HE STARTED TO PLAY SOME KIND OF EERY SOUNDING FLUTE INSTRUMENT. THE WHOLE TIME WE HAD THE CREEPS THAT SOMEONE WAS FOLLOWING US. WHEN WE LEFT THE TRASH ROOM OUR UMBRELLA THAT WE HAD LEFT OUTSIDE THE DOOR HAD BEEN STOLEN . . .