Tag Archive for hiking
Bandama
on February 15, 2013 by Matthew Hirtes
Day trippers
My fellow passengers on Global’s 311 bus line which travels from Las Palmas de Gran Canaria to Santa Brigida and vice…
Cruz de Timagada
on August 29, 2012 by Matthew Hirtes
Head like the proverbial orange
On the ever-quotable An Idiot Abroad, Karl Pilkington claims: “You’re better off living in the hole looking at…
Tejeda
on August 15, 2012 by Matthew Hirtes
Wake up to wonder
If you lived within view of a sight as majestic as the Taj Mahal, would you ever tire of…
La Culata, Exploring Gran Canaria’...
on April 11, 2012 by Matthew Hirtes
Celtic connections
This is La Culata’s football pitch. La Culata is a hamlet in the heart of Gran Canaria where donkeys still tend…
Roque Nublo: Hiking to Clouded Rock
on March 19, 2012 by Matthew Hirtes
Rock of ages
Welcome to picture-postcard Gran Canaria. Before your very eyes, you see the emblematic Roque Nublo (Clouded Rock) which accompanies many…
Tejeda Circular Walk
on March 10, 2012 by Matthew Hirtes
PNHRCQKJUSAR Rural retreat
Las Palmas kills me. So I relish the chance to escape from its living hell as much as possible. Currently…