Fuerteventura means 'strong winds' and the island is well named. But, as always here, the wind is warm as the island is not that far from the western Sahara and its own enduring heat.
Today we had a
private excursion booked. There were just 8 of us in the tour with our guide,
Alfredo.
The tour covered the north of the island. Our first stop was at the amazing
dunes where we had time to wander about.
We then had an interesting drive to a volcano which was one of a few that was still intact as they usually collapsed on the island when their eruptions had finished. The rest of the group walked to the top of the volcano G and E chickened out and waited for the others.
There were some cute chipmunks running about, apparently imported by the island's first settlers. One of our group offered some water which Chip (or was it Dale?) gratefully lapped up. Our guide told us that they were sustained by humans on an island with a srious lack of sources of fresh water and food, although he said that they did eat whatever moss they could find.
We asked our guide when it had last rained here and he said thast was in January - January 2023.
Back to the bus and then to Lajaras for a lunch stop. After lunch we headed to El Cotillo and finally to the lighthouse before returning to the ship.
Coincidentally one couple on our tour were from Nottingham and worked in
construction. The wife had a mutual with acquaintance with Sarah - what a small
world!
In the evening we all went to watch some of the ship's residents singers and dancers present "Hitsville USA" an appreciation of the Tamla Motown hits of the 60s.
It was also the last evening that we would be together with Marion's Dutch relatives.
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