Planet Ruby Starrs

We had a long last day of the holidays... we got up early and took the ferry back to Fuerteventura, and then we had a walk on the dunes - its quite spectacular the way there is a great raft of serious golden sand and then it just stops and turns back into lava lava lava rubble.... the weather look like it was picking up again but it was just pretending.. as we neared the sea over the dunes the black cloud blackened, the wind roared and we made a dash back up to the car. There were quite a few goats scattered around the sands they didn't seem bothered by the weather - its probably nice when it rains for them. We stopped and had lunch and a look around Puerto De Rosario - not much there really, lots of cafes and industrial type ports...  We delivered the car back unscathed and then did a bit of people watching in the airport. The flight home was slightly longer then we expected as we had to do an emergency stop over somewhere in Portugal as a passenger became ill and needed...

I'm loving the Canary Islands, the place we stayed on Fuerteventura was in the middle of nowhere, completely off the beaten track - quite a few english people living here but very few tourists to be seen.  There are two local bars and one serves food - the menu being on a black board and only in Spanish - the staff speak no or very little english so it was a chance to show off my limited spanish and I felt very pleased with myself as I managed to order two meals and drinks and get a doggie bag to take home - all in spanish. Below our Fuerteventura apartment there was an artists studio, a welsh woman who makes art using goats skulls she has found on the local hillsides.  there are loads of goats and consequently loads of goat skulls... some she just cleans up and mounts on lovely pieces of wood others she experiments with!!  Inspired by the carnival held every Easter she has developed a range of work known as her drag queens.  She has completely blinged up th...

Suddenly we are experiencing a lot of sunshine!!!! its FANTASTIC...Our first full day in Fuerteventura found us walking in sunshine taking on a couple of the local caminas - one along a gorge to a small hermitage and the other a wild and windy cliff top meander to a rather marvelous massive esoteric rock which was almost an island and had a huge natural hole in it.  We didn't start the day too organised! the supermarket was closed last night so we were badly supplied for breakfast so after getting up later then intended - but then again we are on holiday - we got into our much more suitable hire car - a fairly old renault clio - much more our style than the merc hire care we had last time and hit the high roads of Fuerteventura intending to find somewhere nice for breakfast. view across island Surprisingly we got sidetracked, missed several breakfast opportunities and somehow ended up at an amazing viewpoint  - the Mirador Morro Velosa, a kind of visitors centre on top...

Its always a strange feeling when you change countries.  This morning we were speeding along the A68 to avoid rush hour traffic, heading for the airport - it seems like a different world.... now, a few hours later, we are sitting on a terrace in a small place called Tindaya - north Fuerteventura drinking beer and eating crisps thinking about which of the two completely non touristy bars to eat in later - this is Spanish time and no one even leaves the house before 9.00 by which time I will be ready to eat a scabby horse!! We've landed in a lovely spot, quiet surrounded by hills, birds singing, overlooking a nice tropical garden and an extremely helpful and friendly host who has given us some pointers about how to use the two and half days we have on the island to our best advantage.  We booked and Air B&B and its a winner small, basic but a good location- it took some finding -  Spanish hoses dont seem to think numbers or names on houses are a good idea so w...