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National park "La Caldera de Taburiente"

According to the girl at the information desk of the Centro de Visitantes the trip through the Caldera de Taburiente we planned for today is too heavy for a 5 year old.
g6/50/342350/3/86284592.bqbjzeLx.jpg g6/50/342350/3/86284593.JBqMwbM2.jpg Urginea hesperia Pinus canariensis, bark
Unfortunately, during our visit in La Palma there was a lot of haze. Argyranthemum haouarytheum The path leads over a soft layer of Pinus needles. g6/50/342350/3/86284599.BqntxBjG.jpg
first stop Obscured by clouds Umbillicus spec. probably U. horizontalis Barranco de las Piedras Redondas (big round stones formed by vulcanic conglomerate).
Pinus canariensis flower 040407_142246_1_std.jpg Aeonium flower Lunch at Playa de Taburiente
Bread with Mermelada de tomate, again!! 040407_150424_1_std.jpg Twin Peaks ;) 040407_155956_1_std.jpg
View from Somada del Palo. 040407_161035_1_std.jpg 040407_161300_1-1_std.jpg 040407_163300_1_std.jpg
Roque Idafe, worshipped by the native Stone Age inhabitants of La Palma (the Guanches). Those little stone men indicate the path. Rio Taburiente Martina Schenck (32 years old) was killed here in November 2001. The river can be dangerous.
040407_173032_1_std.jpg 040407_173344_1_std.jpg Dos Aguas power plant. 040407_175734_1_std.jpg
Slant layers of Greenstone (Pillow lava formed by vulcanic eruptions under water). Iron oxide colours the water We had to look for a big red rock Barranco de Angustias (valley of fear)
donkey 040407_184955_1_std.jpg Old irrigation channels that used to divert the water. breccia
040407_192027_1_std.jpg 040407_194634_1_std.jpg Impossible for a 5 year old hé ?

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