Yesterday we played table tennis in a non moving ship! Still lost on the first round though. The ship departed Funchal at 6pm and we are expected to arrive at La Gomera at around 11am.
Mum and I went to the staff cabaret after dinner last night, where I particularly enjoyed the singing of a lad who works in the laundry here. Afterwards there was dancing, and I think I managed to step on three out of four of the 'dance hosts'. Still fun though, and we retired to bed laughing.
I woke late, so mum had her breakfast on her own, after which she went to yoga. I had a late breakfast/early lunch and was ready for my shore outing, a trek In the national Park in plenty of time. It took the coach an hour to reach our walking area, a fascinating drive as we went from bare rock, to masses of eurphorpbias, then past palm trees until we reached the cloud forest on the very top of the island. We were walking at an elevation of about 1300 metres, though laurel and heather trees. As La Gomera is quite a tall island the trade winds from the north are forced to rise and then drop their moisture into the forest, where the excess runs into the ground and then emerges as springs. As the growing season lasts all year, with no period of dormancy in the winter, the trees do not have rings in their trunks, and the dandelions never die back and can produce a fern type of plant of over a metre in height. We walked for about 2-1/2 hours, then met the coach again for the trip back to the ship.
Meanwhile mum enjoyed a lunch looking out at the island, then played lots of table tennis in the afternoon. We met up again for our evening meal, then listened to a pianist in the Observation Lounge before I wimped out (I need an early night!), leaving mum to enjoy more entertainment, and the sight of our shop docking In Tenerife at midnight.
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