21-11-25

Today the bus I had planned to take didn’t show up (no idea why); but I decided just in time to go for plan B, and take another bus to Faro Punta de Jandia – and then hike back from there to Morro Jable.

Couldn‘t believe what met my eyes when looking for bus 111 at the bus station… a tiny rugged and dusty, probably four wheel drive ‘bus‘ – and I just got the last free seat.

the bus trip
view from the bus, after it’s dropped off everyone else in Cofete (on the north side of the tip of Fuerteventura), and is continuing up and back over a mountain pass to go on to Faro Punta de Jandia
Tiadhe bus line 111, at Faro Punta de Jandia

There once seems to have been a museum and a cafe/bar in the lighthouse (Faro), but it seems a while since it’s been open; so there’s nothing much around but nature. – And the end of Fuerteventura’s part of the GR131, which I hiked backwards today.

Faro at Punta de Jandia
Punta de Jandia, view towards Puerto de la Cruz
There were a whole bunch of crabs (?) at the water’s edge, some as large as my hand; but all to fast to get a meaningful picture… so their dead cousin will have to do 😉

Starting out the terrain was almost sand dunes, but then quickly got more rocky.

permanent ‘camping’?

The path is sneeking along the costline, dipping down through ‘river’ beds and the up and over the next tip constantly. Really quite beautiful and diverse.

Then after about half the distance, the path steers more inland, and becomes a bit more boring. But there is nice views both to the sea and into the mountains; and there is these cuties:

‘Ziegenvieh’ – and not ‘Wollvieh’ (as I learned from the German part of an information sign)

Then, just when approaching Morro Jable, the path gets exciting again; running along an old water pipe high up along the steep hillside. Lovely views and cool, differently coloured rock compositions.

Today’s hike was approximately 20km, quite flat and with light pack – so easy 😉

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