-We needed this...a deep breath of fresh air, light, energy...
-Come with me my friends, do you want to feel the energy?
We started our sightseeing day in Gran Canaria going to the top of a recent volcano, the mountain of Arucas, to make the briefing of the day that was awaiting for us... and what a day my friends... what a day... not only sightseeing...
I realized that their faces were a projection of their joy as soon as we started to see the beautiful landscapes of the north east, full of green and ravines, palmtrees and canarian wood balconies, all brightened with a beautiful and shiny morning sun.
"Maybe you are used to this, but this landscapes are beautiful!"
I try to see this places, as my dear Belén says, as if it was the first time I see them, and then I try to transmit what they make feel... it is soo good for our souls
We kept going on until we reached Bandama. I completely love to see and hear the reactions to that magnificent view. Guys, you can now say that you have been walking inside the belly of volcanic crater, surrounded by exotic flora, picón and old rock walls. The area is so powerful... the way the landscape we see was created was so caotic...but look at it now, completely covered with "new" life... "destruction as part of creation in nature"
At this point we stopped for a while inside the volcano and it was obvious...It was happening, they were disconnecting to reconnect with nature... and I was feeling so pleased to be part of that proccess.
Our next place to visit was one of the most complete and spectacular archaeological sites of the island...we walked slowly and quiet to feel the energy, to hear the whispered stories that the walls of Cuatro Puertas told us. It was moving to see how these people, from such different parts of the Earth, felt empathy and connection with the lifes that were lived there. I like to try to explain the few things I know about how the first inhabitants lived, but afer that, I love to remain silent, sitting in the middle of all those caves, just letting the place take control of our emotions, and I can tell that Corrine almost had tears in her eyes...
That place is magical if you have the will hear it, to read it, to feel it.
We spent almost all day at 400-600 over the coast, but now we are going to the summit my friends, prepare to see how all this vegetation changes, prepare to gain altitude fast, prepare to walk above the clouds...
"I have seen this ladscape just from the window of a plane, I never thought I could see this standing up on my feet!"
I felt soo happy when we left all the clouds under our presence, that meant that my final surprise for them was going to be absolutely worthy... and I was not wrong. We kept climbing until we reached the highest area of the island. It was more crowded than I like to enjoy a proper deep relaxing sunset, so we walked a little bit to try to avoid the unnecesary noise made by all those that do not understand this experiences as we do... silence in those places is gold, is priceless, is part of the natural show: to sit in the top of this huge volcanic piramid in the Atlantic, hear the sound of silence while your senses get overwhelmed by beauty... pure, raw, universal beauty...
It definitely was "universal beauty", all those elements in our sight, the impresive central island mountains and calderas surrounded by the "cloud sea", all those unique canarian pines,flocks of canary birds singing, clear blue sky above our heads, the shape of father Teide in the background and the colors of the sunset...I never heard what Marvel said at that point, and he was completely accurate:
-"You feel so connected to this because you are watching all four elements in the same landscape"
Earth from these volcanic island, wind and water in those clouds playing around the caldera, the mighty Atlantic bathing all around the horizon, and fire from our Sun... providing life at so many levels...
And if that is not enough, a special gift awaits for those that stay a little bit longer enjoying those orange colors in the horizon, and that gift is a beautiful sky full of stars...
Only the good ones remain up here after the sun is gone... we know it is worthy. We stopped in a really dark area to observe that night sky full of little shiny dots and a beautiful "grandma" Moon.
He could not believe that, he was happy, jumping in the middle of the darkness
-"I feel free!!"
Our Spirits were flying.
Just to finish our intense journey we went to have dinner in a restaurant that is inside a cave, in the isolated and magic Guayadeque ravine. When we were sharing the highlights of the day savouring delicious local food I felt so rewarded watching their faces and hearing their reactions and comments...
They really reconnected with what really matters; and I said to myself "life experience achieved, mission accomplished"
This energy, this huge amount of beauty that we enjoyed is ust a scratch of what this miniature continent can give us, and it can be really addictive.
We will see each other again, I´m sure my friends...
DO YOU WANT TO FEEL THE ENERGY?!
THIS PLACE IS FULL OF IT!!
