They have lots of religious processions on La Palma, where they take the statue out of the church and around the neighbourhood streets, with music provided by the town band. A lot of the statues are beautiful, but if you see a lot of these processions, they do get a bit samey. This one started much like all the others, only on the salt carpet. But when they got halfway…
Ahem. When I said “…more photos tomorrow”, I actually meant “mañana”. The salt carpets aren’t the only thing. They also make wonderful archways, similar to those in Mazo. Well, as you can see, these days some of them aren’t arches. In this case the carpet is leaves from tree-heathers, laid down with a garden seive. Like the ones in Mazo, they’re decorated with seeds and flowers. Unlike the ones in…
It’s El Paso’s main fiesta, The Sacred Heart (El Corazon Sagrado). Like Mazo and San José, they make archways and carpets, but they’re slightly different. In San José, they dye the salt, and then put the colours together to make the picture. In El Paso, they start by putting down white salt –kilos and kilos of it from the salt pans in the southern tip of the island. They carefully…
This is 6€ for two bands, a beer, and a magazine (in Spanish), and Ruido fiestas are always a good night out. Here’s a video of the last Ruido fiesta. The drummer at the start will be there on Friday.
The north-west of the island is home to great many almond trees, and at this time of the year, they’re all blossoming. The trees in El Paso and Garafía are beautiful, but the best display of all is at Puntagorda. In fact Puntagorda hosts an annual almond blossom fiesta. The date varies — the Town Hall sets it a couple of weeks in advance, to (hopefully) coincide with the best…
Bodegon Tamanca, El Paso Is your feller the caveman type? Here’s somewhere he’ll feel right at home. It’s a bar in a cave. Bodegon Tamanca is on the main road from Fuencaliente to El Paso. The first thing you’ll spot is the large car park, right beside the road.View Larger Map A cave man wouldn’t really feel at home inside, though. No smoke, no mammoth bones on the floor, just…