| Our Iran tour arraged two walks near La Orotava. | | | | A large part of our path is at the edge of a |
| The first one, from Icod Alto to La Guancha (and | | | | mountain, from which you have a view 1400 |
| return by bus). The first part of the walk is OK, | | | | meters down - if it would not have been cloudy. |
| starting with a gentle walk through the fields, | | | | But the path is great, and we really enjoy |
| being greeted by many farmers, followed by a | | | | ourselves. |
| tough climb towards the top of the ridge. | | | | About halfway we meet a group of Germans. |
| From that point on, the walk gets a bit boring. | | | | Apparently, they're not having fun at all. The |
| Almost all the way we walk over wide forest | | | | difference in walking speed in this group is huge. |
| roads, where you could easily drive. | | | | The only thing the fast walkers do is wait for the |
| Sure, the walk has some good things too. The | | | | slow ones. And the slow ones just get more and |
| best parts are the hitch hiking bee, a sudden view | | | | more exhausted. We're glad we not part of this |
| of the Teide and our cookie break at a picnic | | | | group. |
| place (with barbecues, of course). | | | | The next tours of iran we see is even slower |
| | | | | than the slowest walkers in the German group. |
| The next walk, at Aguamansa, is much better. | | | | However, they're having a lot more fun. Yes, it's |
| This is a walk around the organ pipes of Los | | | | a group of English botanists. Of course, they stop |
| Organos. We follow small paths through the | | | | every 20 meters, to see another interesting plant. |
| forest, pass crosses of Santa Barbara and small | | | | Although they are having fun, we're glad we're |
| chapels with Madonnas. | | | | not part of this group either. |