Today we went to Timanfaya National Park on the other side (west) of the island. Laura woke up with a headache and took ibuprofen and was determined to come and not miss out. There were two main things to do when going to Timanfaya National Park, 1 is to go on a camel ride and … Continue reading Day 9–Friday 2nd August 2013
Laura was still not feeling very well today, so we decided to have a day around the pool. Still very hot and the sun is so much more intense than at at, even if the temperature is around 30°C you can burn so much more easily here. So we smothered ourselves in lotion, found some … Continue reading Day 8–Thursday 1st August 2013
The Blanket Tour Today is the day we were due to go on our free coach tour around Lanzarote. Except at 3am Laura was VERY unwell with her migraine. She was in a lot of pain. She took some more pain killers before losing them again about 30minutes later. After around an hour she finally … Continue reading Day 7–Wednesday 31st July 2013
Today was a funny day. We popped to the supermarket to get some more food for dinner, DWF Custom Pizza. But the funny thing was that we were upstairs watching a pair of collar doves whilst Laura was on the look out for Parrots, and these two doves flew onto the patio table. Dad asked … Continue reading Day 6–Tuesday 30th July 2013
We had a lazy day today, keeping out of the sun to try and recover from the sun burn. There is a sun care rep that comes around every day (except Thursdays) and sells sun care products that are especially designed for the Lanzrote (and Canarian) climate. We bought some recovery gel which is Aloe … Continue reading Day 5–Monday 29th July 2013
We went to Teguise Market which is in, no surprise, in Teguise which is, roughly, in the middle of the island, 3/4 of the way up. Anyway, the market was huge and sprawled over the town, which is old and looks like the builders had no concept of a straight line. A point in case, … Continue reading Day 4–Sunday 28th July 2013
Today was a pool day, we managed to get 5 sun loungers by the pool, smothered ourselves in sun lotion and relaxed. Adam and I went in the pool which was FREEEEEZING!!!!! a real shock; I was expecting a warm swimming pool, heated by the sun, but I think they must have just refilled it … Continue reading Day 3–Saturday 27th July 2013
After a lay in and breakfast in the onsite restaurant, we watched a Paella and Sangria demonstration. The sangria we could taste, but the paella was €5.50 and we’d just eaten. We then went off to the shops to buy the food shopping needed for the next few days. Nothing too exciting today, more of … Continue reading Day 2–Friday 26th July 2013
The journey there… Well where do I start, we left on Thursday morning to meet up at Mum and Dad’s at around 11am-ish to load the car and set off to Gatwick. It was earlier than expected, but everything was done and instead of waiting around at home, we decided to make our way. Picked … Continue reading Day 1 – Thursday 25th July
The site we were staying on had WiFi available, but you had to pay for it… so £12 for 7 days seemed reasonable enough, the trouble is, with 8 WiFi devices they couldn’t all work simultaneously… (Laptop, 3 phones, 3 iPads and an Xbox) The solution… turn my laptop into a WiFi hotspot and connect … Continue reading Suffolk Sands – WiFi