Grand Canarias

Lead on O' King Eternal, the Day of March has come!!!

Hello to everyone in the regular world today! I'm enjoying the beautiful Grand Canarias today! We are staying in a beautiful hotel right on the coast! Suprisingly, the island is lacking in beauty. Being nothing but an extinct volcano, the landscape leaves something to be desired. Grand Canarias is very mountainous in areas, and no trees, (except palm and bananas). Bananas is the only export of this small island and the major industry is tourism. The one exceptional beauty is the water. I swear, there is a undiscovered shade of blue here in the water. So, clear, yet so blue!! The beaches are black sand, instead of the revered white. Still, it brings its own charm, beauty that sprung out of destruction. You can visit the actual vocanic sight. A large crater sits in Las Palmas. It has already been overgrown with vegetation. Mostly shrubbery that you would picture in a desert environment. Sitting close to the equator, Grand Canarias has a stable climate of around 70 degrees F. It does vary, but even in Feb/Mar, I'm wearing shorts and a tank top comfortably.
So, aside from the island what have I done. The first night we (my crew) stayed out to 4am. Enjoying the ocean, the food and the some, (the alcohol). It's amazing on a crew like this the camraderie that ensues. We layed out on the beach and tried to identify constellations. Some went for a swim. I did not as, I don't particularly care for water.
Around 4am we headed back to the hotel. Where several crew members decided to strip down to their skivvies and jump in the pool. I was being harassed sorely for being a stick in the mud the whole night. I fear water so I try to stay away. However, a burly Canadian decided that I needed a swim. Now, don't worry, clothes were left in tact. However, in one swift motion I was over his shoulder and as he says, "politely escorted" into the water. I wasn't angry, I knew I had it coming. What I didn't expect was for the security guard coming up rather abruptly and watch as we all crawled out of the pool apologetically. He took room numbers and sent us on our way. I trying to be the smart alec gave him the room number to our crew's pilot. How he figured out that that wasn't my room number I don't know. The next day, however, I had a 75 euro miscellaneous charge on my room.
Yesterday we toured the entire island, lots of driving and pictures. Unfortunately, I left my camera USB cable at home so you will have to wait a week to see pictures!! Today, after I finish my way too expensive coffee, I'm going to the beach!! Enjoy one and all. I will post later. Please forgive all misspelled words and gramatical errors as I'm typing rather fast and will not be checking over it until later in the day!! Love to all that read this!