Today we got up, and after a large breakfast (all inclusives - not great for the waist), and then we headed down to the harbour for our whale watching trip. The boat was a big catamaran, holding about 90, and with a bar. So even if there are no whales its a nice trip.
But of course there will be whales, the crew know exactly where to go. It only took about 20 minutes to get out to the deep where the whales lived. These were pilot whales, which are about 5 metres long. They are pretty cool, there must have been about 50 of them, and we did get quite close to them, at one point they were less than a metre from the side of the boat. But it is pretty hard to get photos of them, as they don't really jump out of the water. But once you get used to them (and use the repeat shutter on the camera) you can get some decent shots.
After that it was off to a nice secluded spot for some swimming, which I of course didn't do, mostly because I can't swim, but also because of about 3 or 4 cans of lager. It wasn't even midday. We got some nice views of the island as we sailed back (we had gone straight out so there weren't any then) and got back in time for a late lunch, in the all inclusive. The afternoon was spent sitting by the pool, so of course I got bored and went for a walk. I didn't get to go up Mt Teide (the highest mountain in Spain) mostly because it was too cloudy to get any good views.
In the evening it was more food and drink (seriously these all inclusive resorts must have some impact on global obesity levels) and then we met an unusal couple from Cork. After that the lads decided to head off down the town to pay for beer. Ostensibly it was a scouting expedition for Irish pubs to watch the next days rugby in. We tried the Temple Bar, which was a nice typical Irish bar, and then we tried another one, which looked a lot rougher. Also nearly everyone seemed to be Northern. So we ended up in another bar playing pool.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilot_whale
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teide
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