WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE !

On November 2, TotalAdventure departed Miami on Air Europa bound for Tenerife in Spain’s Canary Islands. After a 3 hour layover in Madrid, the there was a 3 hour flight to Tenerife, changing the clock back one hour to GMT.

The Canaries are a chain of volcanic islands about 100 mile, 160 s km off the coast of Morocco. While Spain is located in the Iberian Peninsula of Southern Europe, the country is also is on the African continent in the Enclaves of Ceuta and Melia ,surrounded by Moroccan territory. The Canary Islands erupted from the volcanic Mid Atlantic Ridge, although it is not quite the mid Atlantic, like the Azores, Iceland or Tristan da Cunha. The climate is moderate, subtropical and dry, influenced by the nearby Sahara. While the Atlantic offers year round swimming and surfing, the peak of El Tiede is covered with snow in winter.

Upon arrival at Aeropuerto Tenerife Norte I was transported to Hotel Silken Saaj Maar. in Santa Cruz de Tenerife. This is the view from my room .It’s fun to ride the waves in the rock pools below.

In the evening we toured the center of Santa Cruz.

Baptismal Font.

Fresh tuna is landed daily in the island’s many harbors.

A subtropical night in the Eastern Atlantic.

The next morning, November 4th, after an invigorating swim in the waves of the rock pool below the hotel, our group left for the seaside town of Garachico. Before touring the town and inspecting some great boutique hotels, TotalAdventure rode bigger waves in volcanic rock chutes there. SEE THE VIDEO AT THE TOP OF THE ARTICLE.

We then went to the lovely Hotel San Roque.

We enjoyed a poolside lunch of local Canarian delicacies.

After lunch we drove from sea level to over 2000 meters in the Chinyero region. From the volcanic forest we could look down upon the ocean and to islands beyond.

Volcanic El Tiede is 3718 Meters ( 12188 ft.) and until recently spewed out hot lava ,taking over many parts of the island. The last big eruption took place in 1909 – a split second in geological time. SEE THE VIDEO ABOVE OF THE LAVA IN THE FOREST FROM THE 1798 ERUPTION.

1798 Lava Flow.

On Wednesday November 5th with checked out of our hotel in Santa Cruz and drove high up into the misty mountains of Parque Anaga. SEE THE VIDEO ABOVE. While Tenerife has very little rain, passing clouds leave mist on the trees making the forest green.

Ferns grow along the forest floor,giving an appearance of a rainforest in a desert climate.

A truly exotic part of Spain. The islands are part of Spain like Hawaii is part of the United States.

Park Information.

Later we stopped to explore the town of San Cristóbal de La Laguna,

A pre-lunch pickup -A Barraquito – coffee with condensed milk and Licor 43.

Bananas are the main cash crop of Tenerife, supplying all of Europe.

Sunset over the cliffs of Tenerife Sur.

The next day our group was supposed to kayak along the cliffs, but high wave warnings caused cancellation. KAYAKING FOOTAGE IN THE VIDEO AT TOP OF ARTICLE.

For our last two nights our group checked into the Hotel Mynd Adeje..TotalAdventure had a very comfortable room, fast wifi,and ocean view, two pools – one on the rooftop and dinner served until Midnight – a reason I love Spain.

A excellent and healthy dinner.

On our final day, November 6, we ventured again into Parque Nacional El Tiede.

The mountain in early November. 5 weeks later it was covered in 1.5 meters of snow.

A high desert landscape, sometimes snow covered in winter. One can be in the snow in the morning and swimming at a warm sunny beach in afternoon.

In volcanic areas there is no uniform landscape. Random rock formations are created according to lava flow.

Tenerife is 2.5 to 3 hours from Madrid. At this time there are no direct flights from North America., but easy connections are made through European capitals. TotalAdventure left Miami on a Sunday night and was in Madrid the next morning, in Tenerife by afternoon on Air Europa.

Special Thanks To Our Host Tenerife Tourist Office.

Special Thanks To Our Guide Dario López !

Special Thanks To Newlink España . They represent top tourist destinations, including Tenerife,La Palma Malta,Peru,Qatar .Jordan, South Korea and Hungary.

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Exclusive Annapurna Panorama Trek

(Kathmandu/Pokhara/Annapurna panorama 10 Days Trek and Tour)

HOTEL:
Package price includes stay in standard three star hotel one room with twin beds adjustable for two people. We also provide breakfast, lunch and candle light dinner. Package price do not include personal expenses for beverage, tips, cloths laundry in the Hotel

VEHICLES:
Package includes vehicle facility according to need of people visiting. We can arrange car, jeep, costar and bus for the travelling. All vehicles are luxury to travel with AC .

APPLICABLE FEES: Our package includes all applicable fees during seven days sight-seeing. That includes entry fee to visit Historical world heritage site, sunrise view, mountain flight, religious places visit, and educational zone visit.

PERSONAL GUIDE: An experienced package guide will be keep in touch with you once you check-in to the Kathmandu International Airport and until you check-out. Your personal guide will be available without any additional charge that excludes personal tips. They will be with you in your every new experience sharing their lots of collective information related to the complete sight-seeing package.

Sight-seeing package description:-

Day 01: arrival to Kathmandu and Check in to Hotel Mirage Lords Inn.

Kathmandu – On arrival, meet our representative at the Kathmandu International Airport & transfer to hotel. Check-in at the hotel. O/N stay in Hotel Mirage Lords Inn. Evening Candlelight Dinner with Live Music.

Day 02: Kathmandu City Tour.

Kathmandu sightseeing. After breakfast, meet at the hotel lobby for your city sightseeing in Kathmandu S/S Pashupatinath, Boudhnath, Swoyambhunath & Kathmandu Durbar square. O/N stay in Mirage Lords Inn.

 

Day 03: Fly to Pokhara.

After breakfast Kathmandu Domestics Airport fly to Paradise Pokhara and Transfer to Lake site Hotel Kailash Resort and evening dinner with Live Nepali Culture Music memorable One.

Day 04: Start Panorama Trekking.

After Breakfast Drive to New Bridge and Trek to Birethati Via Tikhedhunga and Uleri 1000 Step Hill and Overnight Ghorepani Beautiful Village.

Day 05: Early morning climb to Poonhill Panoramic Sunrise view Tower and back to same hotel and make breakfast and Trek to Ghandruk Eco Tourism Village overnight Mountain Lodge.

Day 06: Morning Annapurna Panoramic view and breakfast and trek down to Landruk village and overnight Tolka Beautiful Village.

Day 7.After Breakfast to Climb to Pothana village panoramic view Dhampus and drive back to Pokhara same Hotel evening Dinner Lake site and Overnight.

Day 8: After Breakfast make Pokhara sightseeing Lake Booting and David falls, Mountain Museum and Bindabasini Hindus Temple and Tibetan Refuse camp and Overnight same Hotel.

Day 9: After Breakfast departure to Pokhara Airport and fly to Kathmandu and Transfer to same Hotel Mirage Lords Inn and Farwell Dinner.

Day 10: Visit Touristic Area Thamel visit and departure to Kathmandu International Airport see you again next Destination.

Special Trekking Cost Per Person: US$ 1599/-.

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ArcticTropic was in Spain – the first stop on the Round The World Trip – for three days – to visit with business associates in Barcelona and then to pick up my son who was accompanying me to China. Above – the AVE from Barcelona to Valencia.

On the Floor of Catedral Sant Jordi.

A delicious lunch at Portoles.

Above the Gran Via Marques del Turia in Valencia.

Valencia !

 

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ArcticTropic recently made a trip around the world, The takeoffs and landings are as follows : Miami – Berlin – Barcelona – Valencia – Zurich – Beijing – Ulanbaataar – Guilin – Hong Kong – Tokyo – Dallas – Miami.

This afternoon ArcticTropic begins a Round The World Journey. Here in Miami I will board Air Berlin Flight 7211 leaving at 3:50 PM, arriving in Berlin tomorrow morning at 7:20 AM. I then have a 6 hour layover ! Perhaps I will go into the nearby environs of Reinkendorf. From Berlin I leave on Air Berlin 8722 arriving in Barcelona at 3:45 PM , where I will spend the next two days.

A week from today ArcticTropic boards a flight from Miami to Berlin, then to Barcelona. From Valencia, Spain, where my 12 year old son will join me, we fly via Zurich to Beijing. RIght now working on optimizing the GoPro for amazing video !

A two hour drive southwest of Barcelona  or northwest of Valencia leads to Castelseras and Torrevellila in the eastern part of Aragon.

Medieval castles are prominent on the mountaintops.

Ancient villages are forgotten by time.

The pace of life is much slower than the cities. A three hour lunch is still common.

Church bells are the loudest sound.

It has been quiet since these anti aircraft guns were fired at Communist planes in the 1930s Civil War.

 

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