Saturday, 26 December 2015

Boxing Day at the Beach


What a haze of a day. Boxing Day passed by quickly this year! There was a cool view of Santa Cruz from the glass elevator on the side of our hotel in the morning.


I like arriving into places in the dark as the next morning, you are never quite sure what it will look like. From up high, it looked like a model toy town! We had a good breakfast (although I had to decline the champagne as we had to drive!) before setting out into the island...


To our surprise, it was really busy in town and we almost couldn't get into the shopping mall to buy some food. Somehow, what we thought was a supermarket, turned out to be a five story shoppers dream that seemed to be experiencing a bit of a Christmas shopping frenzy!?! More of a shopping nightmare for us! Got out as quick as we could!! 


A short drive later and we arrived at our apartment - our home for the next week on the south east coast in a town called Guimar. The sand is volcanic and black and there were even a few waves rolling in. It was straight into shorts and sandals. The sky was hazy blue and the wind was warm..


It was getting windy through the afternoon. Two kite surfers were getting some big air as they rode the waves. (Look closely at the pic below - the guy out back is airborne!).


After strolling along the promenade and through town to check out our new neighbourhood, we walked back along the beach before heading home for a big cook up and a chat with the Martin Clan back home.






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