Wake-up in the darkness. At 7 am I was alreadu marching to the guagua stop “Casablanca”. For the historic reason Canarinos call the bus “guagua”. So from the south airport area guaguas no. 111 and 450 goes to Christianos – a quite big city in the southwestern corner of Tenerife. I paid 2,20 euro to the driver for the 20-minute ride. He left me at the guagua station – quite far from the port and ferry dock. I was walking about half an hour with all my stuff – good morning exercise! Ferries (for foreigners) are expensive on Canary Islands. Imagine that for one- hour sail on the junk ship to Gomera I paid online 32 euro with a senior discount! Locals pay only 7 euro, and this is the honest price…
Sun was rising when I was embarking – they scanned only the number of my passport. The view from the deck was great: the port and Christianos town were bathing in the strong morning sun. Soon we departed enjoying the view of Mt Teide and jumping dolphins. Gomera was hardly visible in the mist on the horizon.
