{"id":3600,"date":"2017-02-25T08:40:49","date_gmt":"2017-02-25T08:40:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/banthewasp.com\/?p=3600"},"modified":"2017-02-25T08:40:49","modified_gmt":"2017-02-25T08:40:49","slug":"tenerife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banthewasp.com\/?p=3600","title":{"rendered":"Rocky Roads"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Back home from Tenerife, to the nigh impossible task of selecting a few pictures from the hundreds taken, and sifting the memories into a condensed format for anyone unfortunate enough to be in our vicinity over the next few days.\u00a0 We stayed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.parador.es\/en\/paradores\/parador-de-las-canadas-del-teide\">here <\/a>and once we got there, which was not easy, we found it very difficult to leave, so we basically spent our time in the national park.\u00a0 The park is largely made up of the caldera of El Teide, the volcano.\u00a0 It sits above the clouds and the tree line. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.volcanoteide.com\/en\/national_park\/teide_volcano\">Teide<\/a> is nearly 4 kilometres high, the caldera is from the original top which slid off. \u00a0 The land around is lunar, Martian, other worldly, call it what you will, strewn with lava, obsidian, pumice, bizarre rock formations and endlessly fascinating natural structures.\u00a0 The forces involved are mind boggling, a stern reminder of what can happen when Nature Gets Upset.\u00a0 Anyway, I see I have 248 pictures of rocks, which would test the loyalty of the most devoted chum\/family member, so from a journey which included interacting with some of the least and most helpful people in Tenerife, much star gazing, a walk in the desert, a trip to the observatories, the cable car up the volcano, some truly scary roads (some sweary conversations with the sat nav), a selection below.\u00a0 Thanks in no particular order to: the chap at the airport who phoned a hotel for us on his moby, when it became obvious we weren&#8217;t going to make it to Las Ca\u00f1adas that night; the breakdown services and tow truck guy; everyone who stopped beside us on the TF 56whatever to ask if they could help &#8211; we now know the Spanish for &#8220;Eh, the clutch is knackered, pal&#8221;, well Paul can make the <em>vroom<\/em> <em>vroom<\/em> noises; and the man in the bar who made us fried garlic chicken and rice at 10 pm when the Barca match was on the tv.<\/p>\n<p>Tenerife, what you call a road we call a precipice, but we love you and we&#8217;ll be back.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3601\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3601\" style=\"width: 215px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/banthewasp.com\/?attachment_id=3601\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3601\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3601\" src=\"http:\/\/banthewasp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/001-215x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"215\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3601\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paul &amp; Kirsty at the cable car station<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3602\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3602\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/banthewasp.com\/?attachment_id=3602\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3602\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3602\" src=\"http:\/\/banthewasp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/P2200041-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3602\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Monument to Telesforo Bravo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3603\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3603\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/banthewasp.com\/?attachment_id=3603\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3603\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3603\" src=\"http:\/\/banthewasp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/P2200046-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3603\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Officially up high<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3604\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3604\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/banthewasp.com\/?attachment_id=3604\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3604\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3604\" src=\"http:\/\/banthewasp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/P2200056-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3604\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">View from our room, sunset<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3605\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3605\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/banthewasp.com\/?attachment_id=3605\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3605\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3605\" src=\"http:\/\/banthewasp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/P2210061-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3605\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">National park<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3606\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3606\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/banthewasp.com\/?attachment_id=3606\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3606\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3606\" src=\"http:\/\/banthewasp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/P2210091-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3606\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Roques del Garcia, sunset<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3607\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3607\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/banthewasp.com\/?attachment_id=3607\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3607\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3607\" src=\"http:\/\/banthewasp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/P2220103-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3607\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Landscape<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3608\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3608\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/banthewasp.com\/?attachment_id=3608\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3608\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3608\" src=\"http:\/\/banthewasp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/P2220110-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3608\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Observatory gate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3609\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3609\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/banthewasp.com\/?attachment_id=3609\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3609\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3609\" src=\"http:\/\/banthewasp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/P2220115-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3609\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The European Observatories<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3610\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3610\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/banthewasp.com\/?attachment_id=3610\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3610\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3610\" src=\"http:\/\/banthewasp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/P2220134-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3610\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Centro de Visitantes, La Orotava<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3611\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3611\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/banthewasp.com\/?attachment_id=3611\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3611\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3611\" src=\"http:\/\/banthewasp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/P2230176-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3611\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cable car ascending El Teide<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3612\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3612\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/banthewasp.com\/?attachment_id=3612\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3612\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3612\" src=\"http:\/\/banthewasp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/P2230184-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3612\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paul at top of El Teide (almost)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3613\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3613\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/banthewasp.com\/?attachment_id=3613\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3613\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3613\" src=\"http:\/\/banthewasp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/P2230232-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3613\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Roques del Garcia 2<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back home from Tenerife, to the nigh impossible task of selecting a few pictures from the hundreds taken, and sifting the memories into a condensed format 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