Volcanic History of Tenerife
Posted by Doug in Travel at 4:15 pm When we got to the island of Tenerife, we had to get on a coach bus and ride for about an hour untile we got to the southern area of the island, the airport is located in the northeastern part of Tenerfie. The bus ride was kind of interesting, partly because most of the landscape was still pretty pristine, untouched and partly because I met this really fun girl, same age as me, travelling on her own too.
I should explain a little bit about the Canary Islands. The islands are a series of volcanic rock located off the western coast of Africa. Geologically speaking, the Canary Islands are cool. I literally mean cool. I took geology last semester and I did a report about volcanic activities in the Atlantic. The islands formation is extremely rare due to there location and that nothing else has popped up, so to speak. The area where these islands occurred is an area where molten rock underneath the tectonic plates rose to the surface and broke through the oceanic plate and formed volcanoes. While the tectonic plates continued to move over the earth’s surface, this same area, where the molten rock was able to break to the surface a new volcano would arise. As soon as the lava ran out and dried, it turns into an island. These islands.
Enough with the history of the Canary Islands. On to my excursion. After checking into one of the 5 star hotels in Tenerife, which was really nice! I quickly put on my swimming suit and headed to the beach. It was on my way that I ran into that same fun girl with which I met on the bus ride over here, and we agreed to hang out together as much as possible. We laid out on black sand and enjoyed the amazing landscape until the sun was setting. We then when to dinner, and after a huge meal, I headed straight for my hotel room to get some much needed sleep, because tomorrow my adventure really starts!
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