Las Palmas

Oct 31st
Las Palmas

Today I didn’t do a tour for the simple fact that I’ve done one every other time I’d been to the island. So instead, me and Thad grabbed the body boards again and walked to the beach. He’d been there last time and said the waves were pretty good, so I was excited that I was going to get another great body boarding day like the second time in Tenerife. So we walked to the beach with some other friends from the ship, set up our spot, and I jumped in the water. It was a nice day to begin with, but unfortunately, the clouds decided to ruin that for us. The temperature severely dropped as this massive cloud blocked out the sun, and though it didn’t rain, it kind of made the beach much less attractive. That aside, the waves weren’t exactly as nice as I’d hoped. Some were certainly decent size, but they were more choppy than last time, and it made it so that it was rare to get a really nice long wave to ride. Also, the shape and form of these waves just weren’t right, so that meant all this great energy coming in was being dispersed back into the water because the sea floor didn’t have the right shape, and it was low tide. So, I had like one good run, but otherwise sat out on my board waiting for waves that never really came. Last time Thad was there, he brought a surf board he found on the ship to a shop in order to get some money for it. Supposedly, the guy couldn’t even give it away, it was just that old and crappy. So Thad picked it up and came back to the beach, at which point I thought I’d try to use this crummy board on less than perfect waves with a cold shadow that we just couldn’t get out of. This choice yielded exactly what you might expect, utter humiliation as I managed to throw the board everywhere but under my feet. I’m pretty sure that under the right conditions and with a longer board I’d have less of a problem because I do all the water sports like skiing and wake boarding, but surfing just wasn’t in the cards for me at that time. Thad and I then walked to a Chinese buffet (the rest of the group had already left in hopes of finding better weather), grabbed lunch, and walked back to the ship. It was my first time walking through the city though, and the place is really a great area. I wish I had another chance to go back and just explore the city, but I had a good last visit regardless. That night we had a big band set and then a Halloween party. Unfortunately, I skipped the Halloween party due to an earl morning the next day to go Scuba Diving, so no exciting story there, sorry. But as I just said, Scuba diving tomorrow in Lanzarote, sweet!