Wednesday, May 03, 2006
Thursday 13th April 2006
Low cloud and threat of rain greeted an 8.00am arrival in Santa Cruz de La Palma. However, we set out to our tour bus ready for a trip to a volcanic crater.
After 30 minutes of twisting roads that climbed higher and higher, we finally arrived at Fuencaliente which is the site of the San Antonio Volcano crater. Although it is 600m across, we could see no further than about 30ft due to the low cloud. However, we did see a very interesting video presentation about the history of the Volcano.
Across the road, we visited a Bodega to sample the wine and bought 2 bottles to bring back, as it was very nice indeed. Our next visit was scheduled to be at a pottery however it was closed due to Holy Week celebrations. So our guide took us on a detour to the West coast of the island before stopping at a visitor centre in the Caldera de Taburiente which is a Spanish National park.
On our return, we managed to eat before joining the queue to do some much-needed washing in the ship’s launderette. We also took part in the darts game and bingo in which Jon managed to win £31 – much to the dismay of some of the older players!
Evening brought a reduced number for dinner as David and Donna + children decided to have the early dinner. Which meant we all had time to eat and get seats for the comedy show. I tried to get pictures of the boat leaving La Palma but had to make do with the Captain and First Officer reversing the boat from the bridge extension. After the comedy show (which was excellent) we retired to the
