21-11-18

Woke up still very tired and with aching feet, so decided to sleep in and have a rest day. I’m on holiday, so everything is allowed 😉

Did a little bit of sightseeing along the quai of Arrecife.

Then took the bus to Yaiza, where I had booked for the night in a B&B. Turns out it’s an old building that had been restored and transformed by Cesar Manrique – what a surprising treat!

It had cooled down with a bit of clouds, so after having checked in, I went for a little exploratory walk of small Yaiza. Backtracking the GR131 where I would have come from, had I hiked the part as originally planned.

Along sandy black gravel roads through endless wine plantations, always with a couple of old volcanos in the distance.

Then through the village of Uga, where all the dromedars live (I learned from a sign, but didn’t see any):

And back to Yaiza, at the outskirts of the Timanfaya national park, the region that had the most recent volcanic activity in Lanzarote – in the 18th century.

Lava stones look still pretty fresh.

Arriving back at the home for the night at sunset; you can actually see the sea from here!

Totalling in at about 12km roundtrip (cheatingly without backpack).

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