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LANZAROTE - JUNE 2012

sheilar

By sheilar

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A short blog and a few photies of my hols


The Barcelo Lanzarote Hotel taken from the roof


Teguise Market. This little dog was reknown for sitting on the back of it’s best friend, the donkey


Me and the donkey (guess which one is me!!!)

We went on a tour up a volcano and on the way there was a trail of camels. They were all muzzled in case they bit anyone but some of them wore masks as well (these were ones known to spit at the tourists!!).

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And now for some plants …

This cactus was the size of a beach ball!!


Saw this tall skinny bird walking along, dragging one leg (poor thing!!)

Well, that’s all folks. I’ve managed to whittle down 78 photos into 18!! Thanks for looking.

Sheila

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WOW!! ITS VERY PRETTY AND LOVELY PLACE :-)))

24 Jun, 2012

 

Looks nso lovely..and sunny! thos plants are cool..love the dog and donkey too :)

24 Jun, 2012

 

Yes... cute dog with donkey friend.
Great pics, Sheila ...
The injured bird seemed to be coping somehow.
Looks like you had a lovely time :o)

24 Jun, 2012

 

Lovely photos sheilar, hope you had a great time :0)

24 Jun, 2012

 

I wondered where you'd been all this time Sheilar. I've never been to Lanzarote . You look like you've got a good tan. Glad you enjoyed yourself. I bet looking in that volcano was scary!

24 Jun, 2012

 

Great pictures Sheila, glad you had a lovely holiday.

24 Jun, 2012

 

lovely pics sheila, nice hotel, glad you enjoyed your hols :o))

24 Jun, 2012

 

WOW, fantastic pics Sheila!!!

24 Jun, 2012

 

Lovely pics, I really like Barcelo hotels x looks like you had a fab holiday x

24 Jun, 2012

 

Cheered me up a treat lovely blog glad you had a good holiday :o))

24 Jun, 2012

 

I'm glad you had a nice holiday. I enjoyed seeing the cacti. I've got that one the size of a football. It's Ferocactus pilosus .... I bet you really wanted to know that lol not ... but mine is only the size of an orange at the moment ;o)

24 Jun, 2012

 

Thank you all so much for your nice comments.
The donkey just stood there and let me pet him - he was lovely. It's not a good shot of his mate, the dog, but apparently he'd just been shorn for the summer and the only really big bit of fur was the clump left on his tail!
We chased that bird (whatever type it was) off the main path into the bushes as there are a lot of feral cats around and we didn't want it to get attacked. It looked like it was an old injury and didn't seem impeded by it.
The volcano was scary - especially going up the roads to it with a sheer drop seen through the window. The scenery was like being on another planet (not that I've ever been on one but what I would imagine it to be like).
When I saw all the big cactus, I immediately thought of Hywel!! - and the flowers on them were magnificent.

24 Jun, 2012

 

Nice hols Sheilar, great pics.
What is that building in pic 8? Looks like something out of a James Bond film.

24 Jun, 2012

 

Willi - it's a cafe/restaurant, visitors centre and also where they cook food on heat from the active volcanic ground. While we were there, there were chicken portions being cooked over the fire pit on a massive grill type thingy. I agree, it does look like something from a James Bond film!! lol

24 Jun, 2012

 

Oooh Errr, I'd much rather believe it is a Top Secret hideaway, with some fat bloke sitting there stroking his cat, LOL.

24 Jun, 2012

 

OK Willi - it's a top secret hideaway for 007 and his gang but don't let anyone else know! lol

24 Jun, 2012

 

OK, Mums the word ;-)
Lucky you wern't shot taking photos, might of thought you were a spy!

24 Jun, 2012

 

Lol Willi ;-))

24 Jun, 2012

 

Enjoyed your holiday Pics, at least you had some sunshine, never seen so many camels in my life!! great photos S.

24 Jun, 2012

 

My best friend is going to lanzarote next week Sheilar, im going to ask her to get some pics of the great cactai over there now! wow looks amazing, duno about the camels tho lol :-))

26 Jun, 2012

 

Missed this - looks amazing. Now I can see why people go to Lanzarote! Lovely donkey, lol (and glad to have an explanation of what I thought was a flying saucer :))

11 Jul, 2012

 

So sorry for missing this Sheilar !! Again lovely photos - love the bird in there - great views - bet Hywel will like those Cactus

24 Jul, 2012

 

Lovely blog Sheila...Nice to put a face to the name...how well you look...:>)

24 Jul, 2012

 

Again, thanks for your kind comments

24 Jul, 2012

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