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Day 7 - El Teide

Today we changed the sea for the mountains. We ascended till the lower station of Teide Cable car, which is at 2356m altitude. The pics speak for themselves.
Unfortunately it was a short stay, less than 20 minutes. The high altitude was bothering the others. I had a little migraine but I could've got used with the atmosphere if I could've stayed longer.
When descending we went through clouds literally. The top of the volcano is above the clouds, as we've seen it from the plane.
We went straight to Siam mall (it's near the aqua park we visited the other days). We've spent the rest of the day there. I've resigned myself to the idea and did some shopping. The vat is lower than in Romania + it's sales season.
That's it folks! Time to pack up and get back home. Shower rain is forecast for tomorrow so we'll see how it turns out to be.
Ascending. Clouds. 
A little bit of sun, above the clouds 
Same here
Almost there
El Pico de Teide. We were already turning back. In front is some lunar desert.

Sunny & cloudy

A little bit of clouds

A little bit of sun
And here we can see the sea and faraway the Gomera island.

Now I'm ready to bear the cold from back home


A coffee break with macarons


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