Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

Hola! Como estas? Hehe poyo jap. Well peeps, I’ve just got back from an extremely pleasant Aidil Fitri weekend getaway in Spain. As the title goes, myself together with a few colleagues went to the Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. It’s one of the Canary Islands located not far from West Africa. It belongs to Spain though it’s far away from its mainland. Another famous island is the Tenerife, in case you have not heard of Las Palmas before.

We took the Mauritania Airways, which I would describe as the worst airline services I’ve ever board. Well, there’s nothing much that we can expect from this country anyway. Our flight was scheduled to depart on the eve of Eid, at 1900 hours but when we went to the airport, we were informed to come back 2 hours later due to flight delay. Our logistic coordinator on the other hand, told a different story about this airline. He suspected that the flight was overbooked and they were trying to push passengers out of the flight. Sounds ridiculous to me but it had happened before. Nevertheless, we managed to board the flight at the very last minute due to miscommunication with our logistic rep.

Ok cakap melayu takut ada orang baca post ni nanti. Negara ni majority penduduknya orang Arab dan jugak African. Mostly semua orang tau perangai dua bangsa ni adalah kasar and tak peduli kan orang. So masa dekat atas plane, diorang ni belasah je ambil seat orang lain walaupun its numbered seating. Bila suruh diorang pindah, mula la nak melenting. Yang lagi pelik, cabin size luggage tu boleh pulak dia letak depan seat je and the overhead compartment tu tak full langsung. It’s a big luggage and to me it’s a hazard, especially during emergency. Cabin crew pulak memang muka masam habis, tak senyum, takde perasaan. Mungkin dia pun dah faham perangai kaum2 dia gamaknya so dia buat bodoh je. Then elok je take off, belum sempat plane tu stabil diorang dah bangun berjalan sana sini. Steward pulak kena datang suruh diorang duduk balik sebab seat belt sign masih switch on. And you can imagine how it went after that kan.. Masa touch down pun sama. Elok je tayar jejak tanah, kelam kabut pak2 arab/Africa ni bangun dari seat masing2. Then terus bukak overhead compartment utk keluarkan segala jenis size bag yang ada. Again, steward pun kena suruh diorang duduk balik sampai la plane completely stop. Masa tu jugak dah macam2 jenis bunyi sms and call masuk. Rasanya mungkin diorang tak switch off langsung kot hp tu. Announcement semua dalam French and Arabic so tak tau la apa instruction yang diorang bagi before take off and landing. *sigh

After 3 hours flight, we safely arrived Aeropuerto de Gran Canaria. A bit funny when most of us get our tongue twisted between French and Spanish. I find it easier to learn Spanish compared to French. Til now I don’t really know how to speak proper French. Ni semua gara-gara influence Telenovela! Should have Telenovela in French la kot.. hehe. Anyway, there’s a family who went with us for the trip and once we arrived, they noticed that the baby’s stroller was missing. They passed to the cabin crew before they boarded and it is nowhere to be found. It could probably be at Nouakchott airport or the Nouadibhou Airport where we had a transit stop there. We then found out that the stroller is considered as hand carried item and we are supposed to store it in the overhead compartment. Pelik kan?


On our first day, we went down south of the island to Puerto de Mogan. We had 2 hours bus ride to get there and had very breathtaking scenery throughout the journey. The ride was an extreme and thrill one coz we went uphill. Salute to the driver coz he didn't seem to brake much during the ride and their buses are superb, as if we're riding a 4WD! Anyway, my favorite place is the Puerto Rico (not the one in Venezuela ye). The view is just splendid and I can’t simply put it in words! I have a little wish to go back there for honeymoon trip, boleh? Hehe. Main activity at Mogan was shopping and sight seeing. On Friday, they have a very large flea market where they sell souvenirs and other items. One of the main attractions is the tablecloth/table runner and they are pretty cheap too. Another attraction here is the submarine tour, where we can actually have a ride in the submarine! No, we didn’t manage to get into the submarine as the ticket was fully booked and we had to wait for about 1 hour to get on the next ride.


On the second day, we took the open top bus tour to go to several places in Las Palmas. We managed to go to the Columbus House, where Christopher Columbus made a stop during his sailing trip. It’s now turned to a gallery and also serves as a library to the locals. The bus tour also serves as our main transportation to go around the city for our shopping spree. Things are incredibly cheap there especially Zara, since its origin country is Spain. I bought quite few clothes for myself and for my family as souvenirs. Korang penah ke beli jeans berharga 3 euro = RM12??? Haha, den dah ponah dah.. 2 helai lagi tau!! Pencapaian yang sangat dibanggakan!

Not much of information to share coz the rest of the day was mainly filled with shopping. I’m still suffering from foot cramps due to excessive shopping. Haha. But I really had fun in Las Palmas. It’s the most beautiful place I’ve ever been so far.. kalah Edinburgh ok! Hari ni agak kurang idea and mood menulis.. Mood swing datang lagi.. Pics will be uploaded in FB soon….

*cheers*