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mjhibbett: We spent the week before Christmas in Puerto de la Cruz. Turns out we needn't have worried about missing out on Christmassyness, as there were poinsettias, nativity scenes and Rudolphs everywhere! Feliz Navidad! This is La Laguna, the old capital.
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mjhibbett: We didn't take many pics as we spent most of the week on our sun loungers! But, thumbs aloft for pedestrian walkways fringed with palm trees...
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mjhibbett: ...and wiggly paving.
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mjhibbett: There is lots of public art in Puerto de la Cruz. (And murals.)
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mjhibbett: The cute little church in PdlC.
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mjhibbett: The prettiest Starbucks I've ever seen. Beat this!
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mjhibbett: Waves...
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mjhibbett: And more waves...
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mjhibbett: Mark doesn't want to show up the surfers so stays on the beach. Thoughtful as ever.
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mjhibbett: I love golden sand as much as the next person, but I love the Tenerife black sand, too. Reminds you you're standing on a hulking great volcano!
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mjhibbett: Lago Martiánez: part (very, very cold!) seawater swimming pool complex, part outdoor art gallery, 100% ACE! (Teide in background.)
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mjhibbett: Happy Hibbett.
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mjhibbett: Upside-down trees. ART!
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mjhibbett: Sound asleep. A classic case of art fatigue. Or was it the beer?!
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mjhibbett: Waiting for Mark to wake up... not complaining!
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mjhibbett: Cute!
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mjhibbett: This is why there's a seawater swimming pool complex! (In the distance.) Taking a dip here is not for the faint-hearted! (Paddling's great, though.)
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mjhibbett: Just a bloom in the evening sun, which I was only there to see thanks to the Gatwick drones. (Hibbett was snoozing... again!)
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mjhibbett: Perfect.