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Terraces in the mountains of the island's interior.
We hired a jeep and drove into the mountains at the centre of the island, where the air is cool and clear.  This shows some of the terraced farmland on the mountain slopes.
  Vanessa with the jeep on our drive into the mountains.
Far from the madding crowd... Vanessa on our trip to the interior of the island.  It was nice to discover that Gran Canaria is not all beach resorts and tourists.


Vanessa in the mountains.
One of the spectacular views from the mountain road, looking out over white houses in the valley below.  Driving on the right for the first time in ages while negotiating very tortuous mountain roads was interesting, to say the least!


Mural on a building in Las Palmas.
A mural covering the entire side of an apartment block, in Las Palmas, the capital city of Gran Canaria.
  Vanessa in a local coffee house.
Vanessa in one of the coffee shops at Faro2, a shopping complex near our apartment in Maspalomas.  Here, she demonstrates the effect of the wonderbra...


Yellow houses at sunset by a mountain road.
On the winding road into the central mountains of the island, we passed these yellow houses which caught the sun as it was setting.  A hint of soft focus and they glow nicely...