Buenavista del Norte

The day started as the other days, I got up and checked the weather - it was cloudy and rainy ;-) then I made plans for the day with Darren as we almost met nobody else in the quiet and small hostel. This day we tried to head Northwest to hike to Punta de Teno which is the most western point on the island. When we arrived the street was closed 7 km before the end point and we started to hike the rest on the road. It lead very beautiful directly on a rocky coast next to the ocean. Unfortunately it started to rain and there was a very strong wind - we could almost lean against it. After a third we turned around because we were already wet. On the way back we stopped in a town where the Drago Milenario (an old famous local tree) was located and then returned to La Orotava. Darren got bites from bed bugs on his body, so we didn’t really felt comfortable anymore in the hostel. We changed the room, but decided that we should look for another one which turned out to be quite difficult.Read more