Canaries

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Coast of Africa</B></div> <div> Rumor has it that George Bush wanted to bomb the Canaries to eliminate Bird Flu.</div> <div> (In this picture, Dakare is shown anchored off of Lanzarote)</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="669" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#BF0000" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 280 ><NOBR><div>  </div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>Canary Islands Visited in 2008</B></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="380" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#336699 > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 172 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Graciosa"><U><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011899990000.gif" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Graciosa</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id22.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Lanzarote"><U><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011899990000.gif" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Lanzarote</B></U></A><A HREF="id22.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Lanzarote"><U><B> </B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id23.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Fuerteventura"><U><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011899990000.gif" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Fuerteventura</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id24.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Gran Canaria"><U><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011899990000.gif" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Grand Canaria</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id25.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Tenerife"><U><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011899990000.gif" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Tenerife</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id26.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Gomera"><U><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011899990000.gif" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">La Gomera</B></U></A></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011899990000.gif" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">La Palma</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011899990000.gif" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Valverde</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><bR> <div> <B> <img src="HTMLobj-937/aniGif.gif" alt="Dancing Dragon" border="0" align="bottom" width="177" height="123">  </B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="270"><bR> <bR> <div>  <img src="HTMLobj-954/aniGif.gif" alt="Canary Islands' Tour" border="0" align="bottom" width="280" height="190">  </div> <div> <B>Scenes from around the Canary Islands</B></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="43ac22c0.jpg" border=0 width="450" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>The Canary Islands & the Coast of Africa</B></div> <div> As seen in Google Earth</div> <bR> <div> <B>Our Guest Book</B></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="361" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#333333 > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 135 WIDTH="174"><bR> <div>    <a href="http://htmlgear.lycos.com/specs/guest.html" target="_top"><img border="0" ismap src="http://htmlgear.lycos.com/img/guest/gb_peach.gif"></a><br> <a href="http://htmlgear.lycos.com/guest/control.guest?u=dakare&i=2&a=view" target="_top"><font face="arial,helv,helvetica,sans serif" size="-1">View My Guestbook</font></a><br> <a href="http://htmlgear.lycos.com/guest/control.guest?u=dakare&i=2&a=sign" target="_top"><font face="arial,helv,helvetica,sans serif" size="-1">Sign My Guestbook</font></a><br>   </div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="3adac810.jpg" border=0 width="172" height="129" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <B>(Please note that we can only check the guest register when we have access to a land line while in )</B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><B>Return to </B></I><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="CY 2008"><U><I><B>CY2008</B></I></U></A></div> <div> <I><B>Return to  </B></I><A HREF="http://www.dakare.com/MedCruise/index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.dakare.com/MedCruise/index.ht"><U><I><B>Cruising</B></I></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.dakare.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.dakare.com"><U><B>Return to Home Page</B></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>La Palma</B></div> <bR> <div> La Palma is still a relatively quiet Canary Island, and particularly popular with walkers exploring the magnificent Parque Nacional de la Caldera de Taburiente in La Palma's northern interior. In November 2002 the whole of La Palma was declared a World Biosphere Reserve. To the south are the Fuencaliente La Palma volcanoes and a popular and informative visitor centre is situated adjacent to Volcan de San Antonio. You can actually walk around the rim of San Antonio Volcano - a must do whilst on La Palma. For sheer natural beauty La Palma comes top of the Canary Islands charts, and unlike many of the other islands, La Palma has so far avoided the influx of mass tourism. </div> <bR> <div> La Palma is also famous for it's Astronomical Observatory situated high up at El Roque de Los Muchachos - for star gazing worldwide you can't do much better than La Palma!</div> <bR> <div> La Palma is the greenest of all the Canary Island  and is nicknamed the Pretty Island. Shaped like a triangle, and the most north-westerly of the Canary Islands archipelago, in the northern interior is the Caldera de Taburiente National Park. Essentially this is an enormous crater or landslide, and outside of the crater is an abundance of 2 million year old Laurel pine forests and plummeting waterfalls.</div> <bR> <div> Of all the Canary Islands La Palma is the most volcanically active! It's in the Ajuvenile state of volcanic development. Lanzarote is often mistaken for the most volcanic of the Canary Islands, but the eruptive activity in the Cumbre Vieja to the south of La Palma far exceeds that of Timanfaya on Lanzarote. The volcanic history of Tenerife too has been much less intense than La Palma, and historic eruptions on Tenerife have not generally seen lava flow reaching the sea, as on La Palma. Tenerife is now entering what is called the juvenile state of volcanic development and moving into eruptive quiescence which has been the dormant state of La Gomera for a long time!</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B> <A NAME="valverde"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>Valverde</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))</B></div> <bR> <div> El Hierro certainly is the 'wild west' of the Canaries - the sweeping ravines, volcanic badlands, interior pine forest and the breathtaking views of El Golfo bay from the Peno Mirador will amaze - you do indeed feel like you're at the end of the world, as once this spot was before Columbus discovered America across the mammoth Atlantic. Today El Hierro is a walker's paradise, with numerous old Camino trails across the island. It's the quietest of all the Canary Islands - there's not a huge amount of accommodation here (considered a blessing by many who come for the peace and tranquility of the island). Booking well in advance for both accommodation and car hire is highly recommended! Activities wise, you're looking at some of the best walking across the Canaries, plus a spot of fishing and swimming on naturally formed volcanic beaches and rock pools.</div> <bR> <div> El Hierro is an island of immense mixes - pine forests to the south and interior, to the west volcanic badlands and a jagged coastline, and the views of El Golfo, where rocks soar upwards. Valverde, the only large town to speak of on El Hierro and the island's capital, sits to the north east near the airport. (one of three petrol stations on the island is in Valverde so fill up if you're picking up a car hire from the airport and then heading towards Frontera - the other two are in Frontera and La Restinga). Before Columbus went off on his jaunts, it was El Hierro that was considered the end of the world! There's an air of mystery here, which has a lot to do with it's</div> </td> </tr></table></body>