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Gran Canaria, 3-10 November 2008
Maspalomas Sand
Dunes and Beach
North-west coast - St Nicholas
and Agaete
Galdar area
Maspalomas- Dunes and Beach
Tasarte - valley study
Wind Farm at
Aringa
Volcanics -
Pico de Galdar and Montanon Negro area
Central caldera
- Santa Lucia
Mogan -
Ayacata Road
Fataga Rocque
Bentaya San Bartolome de Tirajana
The
Humid North
GC210 Acusa Artenara
Road
Chira - valley of
water and of fire
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The Maspalomas
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If some of the
outlines look blurred, it will be the flying sand driven by a
stiff wind from the north-east! |
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Blundering towards the sea
shore took me over the slip-faces of a number of dunes of 20-30' high..
which was exhausting, rather than negotiating the harder-packed surface
of the windward sides ! The slacks were damp from proximity to sea
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The north-eastern
margin of the dunes leads to the twin resort of Maspalomas,
Plays del Ingles. |
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A well-maintained flood
channel running down through Maspalomas. |
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The flood channel
comes to the beach just east of the lighthouse in Maspalomas -
Faro ... |
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... and is even
assisted by a cunningly engineered mini flood channel that
doubles as a pedestrian walkway! |
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The seaward end of the
channel is a lake bounded by the sand dunes and protected as a wildlife
refuge for wading birds and the like. The only other animals nearby are
the commercial camel stables! |
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Maspalomas beach
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Deciding to see
what everyone else comes to Gran Canaria to enjoy I took a walk
along the beach from the Faro ... |
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... to be
confronted with the extraordinary 'beach-walking' phenomenon of
Maspalomas. It was, and is, a complete mystery! |
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Ayagaures Dam
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A last-morning side trip
from Maspalomas to investigate the whereabouts of the local water park
and wildlife centre, leading up to the dam at Ayagaures on GC-503 and
GC-504. Below the dam, right, the streambed was not dry, but a
succession of stagnant pools. A pair of white-suited men were spraying
the streambed, presumably against malarial mosquitoes. A water facility
was passed down valley, and a stream of water tankers were plying this
route, presumably again, to take potable water to outlying customers. |
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Gran Canaria Maspalomas Plays del Ingles
Faro Ayagaures coast sand dunes beach tourism nature reserve wildlife flood relief
channel water supply mosquitoes |
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