Friday, November 7, 2014

Tenerife, Canary Islands: The Raw, the Ragged and the Beautiful


Grand Surf Hostel
Separated between the bare, sandy stretch of the South and the luscious vineyards and sculptural flora of Teide, Tenerife beams with beauty that is largely manmade - but there is a primitive, archetypal magic that runs through this land's blood.

The laid back surf centers of the buzzing El Medano, the vertiginous road that welcomes dizzy visitors into the arms of scenic Masca, the desolate moonscape of the tallest mountain in Spain, the enigmatic and majestic Teide, share a hypnotic charm.

The tourists and the hotel complexes, the cars and the busy highways at times become too much - but you can count on a peaceful hideaway buried in golden sand always hanging around the corner...


Sountrack: Twillight, The Score by Carter Burwell - an ode to road-tripping in the heart of Teide.

El Medano: A knack for Bauhaus

A hymn to Bela Tarr in Tenerife South

This is how El Medano does tapas
...and toilets

From the Gran Canaria to Tenerife, all ages gather for workout a la playa

Quiet sands

...and the beach does Bauhaus

In the shadow of Los Gigantes (spot the giants)

Morning vertigo

Masca: With the head above the clouds
Chez Arlette

Welcome to Teide

Poetry in sculpture

Moonlanding

Deserted
...and the radio suddenly tunes into '60s Japanese avant-garde
Cruising the clouds
Space odyssey



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