Knocking on the door and walking around the building led to nothing. The hotel was closed and there seemed to be no one at the reception. I instantly checked my phone to see, if I received a message by the hotel. While scrolling through my booking confirmation I finally saw, what was the reason for our misfortune. The hotel’s check-in hours were over. They lastet only until 03:00 PM.
03:00 PM! What?
I’ve been travelling a lot and been to many hotels. I I’ve also gone through situations in which I could not check-in my room before 03:00 pm but I’ve never been to a hotel were doors closed in the middle of the afternoon. I guess this was a typical thing for Vallehermoso 😀
Well what do you think what happend? We must have looked pretty confused and stood in front of closed door not sure what to do. Already thinking about asking random people for a sleeping place a woman approached us asking if we booked a room at the hotel. We were lucky ;D. The receptionist lived on the other side of the street and saw us knocking on the door. She let us in and we finally managed to take of our backpacks and relax for a moment.
A few hours later we decided to start cooking a huge amount of noodles and made a giagantic fruit salad we couldn’t even finish with the next day’s breakfast.
Waking up on morning number three was not as nice as the days before. Our muscles were sore and Anselms feet were not in the best condition. He shortly considered the option of taking a bus to our next destination Agulo, but ultimately decided to hike because he is a beast :D.
We started climbing the mountains and were soon covered in clouds. The exertions were worth it though. After every corner we were able to regard the different vallyes and rock formations around us from a new perspective. On the highest point of our trail we decided to take a break and eat our lunch. It consisted most of the time of something like baguette, crackers, cheese, fruits (bananas and oranges) and almogrote, a speciality from La Gomera made of goat cheese, chili, tomatoes and a lot – i really mean A LOT – of garlic 😀
When hiking done our feet reminded us again, that they really needed a break. Hiking downwards can actually be harder than upwards. Especially if you have blisters trails downhill can be really annoying. However, once we reached the height of Agulo we were rewarded with a beautiful view from a little settlement consisting of tiny houses with really nice gardens and a great view on Pico del Teide, Spains tallest mountain on Tenerife.
Our path continued along the coast towards Agulo. Now that we saw our destination for the day and we still had some time left for a regular check-in (this time I double-checked 😀 ) we spent a few moments at a graveyard we were passing by.
It was a peaceful athmosphere at this cemetery. It was quiet around us. The only thing we were able to hear were the occasionally arriving waves at the coast down below. I imaged for a short moment, how it would feel burrying a person you knew at this place. At the one moment you would probably feel sad but at the other you might realise, that this place was probably one of the most beautiful ones on earth to find your final rest. It is close to the sea, quiet but with a great view. The calming sound of the waves made me think for a while… Then we continued our journey.
After leaving the place we were on our last meters towards Agulo. I little hotel was nice and the owners even spoke a little German. After talking a small walk alround the village we decided to get our dinner at a local restaurant. Tired from our hike I was already looking forward to my comfy bed. What I didn’t know though was that Agulo would be celibrating carnival at this night…
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A special thanks goes out to Anselm for taking some of these amazing picures!
