Driving to Masca, an old pirate village newly accessible by road: one of the craziest thing I've done!
(The "lines" you see are the roads...and not one way ones at that!)
March 18, 2007
Masca, Tenerife Island, Canary Islands, Spain
" too much of a visual stimuli to absorb it all"
Tenerife: The place that's got
it going on. Great newly paved roads everywhere; Fluid traffic (pretty rare
for an island); Desallinated water so water never is a problem;
Windmills for power so the locals don't have to be cut off in favor of
the tourists in need of a warm shower, without forgetting activities and
strong church presence so the youth stays busy and well behaved (which sometimes
results in scarce grafitis that read "Espana, te amo" (Spain, I love you)).
Now, Tenerife has got to have it all figured out. The place is a terrestrial
paradise that will haunt you from the moment your feet touch the Spanish
soil at the airport and will never cease to captivate you from that day on.
Once you are there, nothing else matters. It's an instant soother, an instant
feeling of warmth that will cling to you for the rest of your stay. Ken still
speaks of how he wouldn't mind retiring there. Neither would I, and yet, it's
an island we speak of. But this island, has got it all: City, countryside,
beaches, mountains, you want it, you name it: Tenerife's got it. The place
is simply synonymous with happiness. If you read the article that mentionned
how Denmark is the happiest place on earth and actually believed it...you
got it all wrong. Tenerife has got to be. Everything is so colorful.
It's like a child' painting : Colorful cars, colorful flora, colorful birds...and
people. They always seem to be having the best day of their life and it seems
contagious. You can't help but sing along, bust a move and laugh with them.
Unfortunately, pictures can't capture the feeling of this paradisiac place.
Pictures could barely capture the beauty of the place. You've got to experience
it and see it with your own eyes. And even then, your eyes won't
believe it. I know mine didn't. It was too much of a visual stimuli to absorb
it all.
