Day - 25 Guayadeque ravine, Ingenio and Arinaga.

A really good exploring the local area started off with a drive over to Guayadeque ravine. This impressive ravine has cliffs covered in vegetation soaring to over 300 metres in height. 

We visited the houses, church and restaurant that are built onto the caves.
The narrow,  winding roads were thankfully quiet. 

Next stop was the town of Ingenio, another town known for its statues in the streets and its impressive church.

We then headed over to the coastal town of Arinaga. In the warm sunshine we strolled around the promenade of the crescent shaped beach with its strong smell of salt from the Atlantic Ocean. 

We stopped off at the Miramar restaurant where Mandy had, what she described,  as the finest fresh tuna salad that she had ever tasted

In the evening we walked into town to see the impressive 3 Kings parade that made its way through the streets of the town. On reaching the main square there was a reenactment of the Birth with a cast of hundreds of locals.

Video of parade at https://youtu.be/-oLDpozjVB0*
Shot by Ray Cordell



We finished off the night at the Las Cuevas bar listening to some traditional music played by the locals.