I've been a bit down in the dumps lately so 'im indoors suggested a walkabout today to buck me up.We walked to the nearby village of Fonsalia and from there wandered through the banana plantations towards Alcala.
Bananas are, after tourism, one of the major sources of income for the Canarians here. The plant bears a flower which in turn produces the bananas. After harvesting that 'branch' then dies off leaving another one to do the work next season. Alledgedly, after around seven years it is discarded, new babies planted and off we go again! You won't find these particular ones in Tesco though, because it seems they aren't straight enough to be sent to England!
On reaching Alcala, we had a mooch around for an hour or two, stopped for a drink and then caught the bus back home.
Quite a nice day, really.
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