Today, our first full day in Lanzarote, was a recovery day for us. We all got some sleep and started to get used to being 5 hours ahead of NY. I’ve loaded a bunch of trip photos.
We started the day heading down to Puerto Del Carmen’s old harbour. We strolled around the seaport and the side streets. I am finding that Lanzarote is a very safe place. The policia take security and safety very seriously. There is an old world charm to the old harbour area. Small side streets that hide a lot of shops. Lots of hills. The entire town of Puerto Del Carmen sits on a hill side. You definitely need to have a good pair of legs and a good pair of walking shoes to get around and really see everything that is to see!
We found the water sports center in Old Harbour, where they had jet skis, parasailing and banana boat rides. We had a blast taking a banana boat ride across the harbour. The water sports center sits on a pier that is about 10 feet above the water. The locals were jumping off the pier into crystal clear blue water.
After jumping off the pier we walked to the other side to swim at a small sandy beach with large pumice stones scattered around the beach and water.
As we walked around, MJ & I wandered into each dive shop that we found. We decided to use Safari Diving. There are a ton of beach dives in Lanzarote. Because the islands are volcanic, the water gets deep very fast. Within 200 feet of shore the water can be 100 to 150 feet deep. Tomorrow morning MJ & I are going for a beach dive. I’m taking the Go-Pro, so I should have some video to share.