Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Last night at about midnight we docked in Santa Cruz on the Canary Island of Tenerife, following an uneventful four hour sail from Gran Canaria. We have been given a free berth for all five weeks of our stay here by the port authority at the passenger ship terminal. The ship is overlooked by volcanic mountains on one side, and the deep blue sea on the other. This morning we unloaded the ship's Land Rovers and Nissans, and then began two weeks of ship holiday. The last year in Liberia without any vacation has been extremely tiring for our family, and even more so the last two weeks of dry-dock. The whole ship's crew has welcomed the break, and nearly everyone went into town this afternoon to explore and buy Christmas presents in the warm sun. More later. Olly