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甜虫虫
楼主 (文学城)

Don't ask me where I'm from. My homeland is faraway on the other side of the world. I'm here for the olive trees, the little chipping birds, the merrily coursing streams in the valley, and the cavemen mentioned in the books of San Mao.

In the Summer of 2008, I had an opportunity to visit Gran Canaria Island. 

Gran Canaria is one of Spain's Canary Islands, off northwestern Africa. It's wellknown for it's black lava and white sand beaches.

Its capital city, Las Palmas, is located in the northeastern part of the island. After a 26-hour flight, in a summer morning, we found ourselves in this exotic place. 

The beach in the above picure is Playa De Las Canteras. It's the largest beach in the city. I swam there every afternoon after my daily adeventury. The large building on the bottom left corner is Alfredo Kraus Auditorium, a fortress-like structure overlooking the beach. My husband had meetings there every day.

 

Guayadeque ravine and cave homes were my first day trip after a two-day rest and recovery from jetlag. The valley follows N-W/S-E direction, and separates the two Spanish municipalities of Ingenio and Aguimes. 

The Guayadeque stream flows along the bottom of the valley. It's a very refeshing to see a little stream merrily flowing in the middle of the hot, desert-like valley. I still remember the feeling when I sat at the bank of the stream listening to the pleasant water running sound after a long hike from the nearest city into the place where the cave homes are. I sat there thinking about how San Mao was feeling when she was there. Somehow, I felt I could relate myself to her. 

Cave church at cave village Barranco De Guayadeque. I was there and stood at the front doorway taking this picture. 

One of the cave homes.

This house was open for visitors to view.

Spain is famous for its ham. :)

This is a cave restaurant (El Centro) at Montana de las tirras, located at the head of the Guayadeque ravine. This young man was working there that day when I visited that place. I ate lunch there. There were not many visitors. I asked him if I could take a picture of him and his restaurant. He graciously posed for me. 

After lunch, I sat by the stream for a while and did some more hike around that area, then headed back to the small town to catch a bus going back to Las Palmas. I don't speak any Spanish, only a few words. I traveled alone only carrying a map of Gran Canaria and my backpack. 

 

Sand dunes at Maspalomas. 

The Maspolamas Dunes are sand dunes located on the south coast of the island of Gran Canaria. They have been protected as a nature reserve since 1987. They were formed by sand from the now subdued marine shelf, when it was laid dry during the last ice age and the wind blew the sand towards the coast of the island.

On second day trip, I took a bus from Las Palmas all the way down to the south tip of the Island, where Maspalomas is located. After getting off the bus, I tred through the sand dunes as if I were waling in a desert. Beyond the sand dunes is the Atlantic Ocean. The beaches there are gorgeous.

But be prepared, this is a nude beach. When walking down to the beach from the sand dunes, I was greeted by a group of naked people. Luckily, I went to a couple of nude beaches before, so I was not so shocked as the first time when I saw naked people walking towards me on a beach. I still vividly remember the first time when that happened. I turned around and ran back to my husband (then boyfriend) who was a few steps behind me.

That concluded my a few days of visit to Gran Canaria. If one day you have a chance to go there, don't forget to take a hike in the Guayadeque Ravine, visit the beaches at Maspalomas, and of course the capital city of Las Palomas!

 

Olive Tree (橄榄树)Covers Chi Yu

I'm having a very sad day. I was not able to do any work this morning, so I decided to work on this to distract myself from the sad thing. Life is still beautiful!

 

 


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【E外桃源】I'm here for the coursing stream and White Beaches 【听歌练听力】Hurt by Johnny Cash 感谢泽西和远风:配音秀片段-你不是那么冷酷的人 By 喜爱/甜虫虫 + 《虎口脱险》 【HobbyShow】Wire Wrapping 【E诗E歌E决心】You Are My Sunshine
忒忒绿
沙发,好舒服
忒忒绿
Chong, did you sit on a bench of the cave church and chant the c
忒忒绿
chorus?
青松站
Glorious sun,food,beaches,and now song..thanks so much...
青松站
I-m here for our girl :)),a sweetheart with a beautiful voice
甜虫虫
not really:) But I did sit on one of the benches

and mused for a while.  Nobody else was there.

甜虫虫
Thank you! You're so sweet!
盈盈一笑间
美文美图美歌,读你的帖子真享受。
甜虫虫
谢谢盈盈!
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beautifulwind
大海边金色的沙滩,真是太美啦!文字详尽专业!虫虫是个特别认真的人,好应景的歌,配着文字听,别有一番味道!

多来坛子里,sad的事情就烟消云散了:)

我现在根本就不知道sad为何物啦:)

 

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woodwishper
真漂亮,文字更美。
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Okra
Big hug—-曾经也是三毛的铁粉。从她的书开始,见识外面的世界。
甜虫虫
谢谢美风!我是庸人自扰。如果时间允许一定会常来的
甜虫虫
谢谢RC! 你的 那 两个贴都好美呢!美丽的 加拿大
甜虫虫
谢谢Okra! 外面的世界这首歌也合适呢:)
甜虫虫
我只对 喜欢做的事情,喜欢的人 认真 :)
天边一片白云
美文,美景,美丽动听的歌。看到最后描述nude beach 那段, 笑出了声。
树的花花世界
三毛也是我对外面世界认知的启蒙者!
树的花花世界
三毛笔下的遥远他乡,在你的生动描绘下,一下子拉近了。
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Marauders
听说过,没见过。这地方真漂亮。谢谢你分享
唐古
歌声动听
甜虫虫
谢谢白云!

第一次在 公众场合看到 有不穿衣服的人向我走来的 时候,我在往回跑前还尖叫了 一声:))

甜虫虫
:)谢谢花花读贴!
甜虫虫
跟热带岛很不一样:)
甜虫虫
谢谢!这首歌好听,但很难唱,唱功不够,没有唱好
忒忒绿
原来是虫虫唱的,很棒很棒,很动听,赞!
移花接木
好的不问从哪里来,可以问为什么流浪吗?
移花接木
经典,唱的很动人,各种情绪的mixture, sentimental,,,
喜爱
虫虫唱的很动情,好听!
甜虫虫
谢谢诗人:)
甜虫虫
为了诗和远方?:)谢谢花帅!
甜虫虫
谢谢喜爱!动情是真的:))
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jzhou8968
虫虫的帖子太精美了,唱的特别动人好听,喜欢!
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beautifulwind
喜爱,你这么浪漫的人,赶紧参加美坛的世外桃源活动啊!中文歌也可以的,随便写两句英文就可以:)

后天结束,周日的颁奖典礼特别棒!:)

https://bbs.wenxuecity.com/mysj/225353.html

今天的美坛和你当初第一次来时,已经不可同日而语了,

但是还是感谢你在这里灌下的第一桶水!:)

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beautifulwind
哎,真巧,今天还念叨佳佳来着,你就出现啦!!来参加活动吧,可以唱中文歌的!!

https://bbs.wenxuecity.com/mysj/225353.html

随便写两句英文就可以,或者你和喜爱来个合作节目也成啊!:)

后天活动结束,周日是花董主持颁奖典礼,奖项奖品都特别棒!:)

这次可别错过哈!:)

甜虫虫
谢谢佳佳! hugs
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LYJiang
I was packbacking around then. Never been there. A good read.
j
jzhou8968
谢谢美风!抱抱抱抱!
甜虫虫
Really! Where did you go on your backpacking trip?

Thanks for reading my post! :)

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beautifulwind
抱抱抱抱!:)
b
beautifulwind
恭喜虫虫。首页进来,谢谢网管,E外桃源I'm here for the coursing stream 挂首成功:)
甜虫虫
谢谢美风和网管一直来的鼓励!
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LYJiang
Czech: Prague is the most beautiful European city, I think.
爱听歌的奥黛丽
喜欢的地方,喜欢的歌!
甜虫虫
Nice! I heard a lot people say Prague is a beautiful city.
甜虫虫
谢谢丽丽!你也来参加活动吧:)