Cheap wine and molten magma!

There's something special about discovering a new place, different culture, interesting people and Lanzarote certainly has all of these in abundance.

Admittedly my expectattions from a barren, volcanic island weren't up to much but within minutes of the taxi ride from airport to Playa Blanca I became fascinated by the pure natural, black beauty of this the most northern of the Canary Islands. Even the Bruce Road to Ruapehu doesn't exude the same isolation that the 100 odd volcanoes of the island command.

150kms off the coast of West Africa, Lanzarote is hot, dry and tax-free. Basically that means wine and beer are ridiculously cheap for the next two weeks! hic