I spent four days on the island of Gran Canaria, staying in Las Palmas, but visiting the sunnier southern places on two occasions. There are flowers blooming all year round on the island, so in May too. I walked through the dunes in Maspalomas, where there grow some plants with tiny yellow flowers.
Last day in Las Palmas before heading back home. I walked to a supermarket for some last minute shopping and saw these palm trees with white flower shoots next to the parking lot.
A couple days ago we went for a roadtrip over the mountains of northern-northwestern Gran Canaria.
On the east and north side of the island the mountainsides are full of laurisilvas, eucalyptus trees, aloe veras with their funny tall flowers that grow sideways on the hills, canarian pine trees and such.
On the west and south side, the mountainsides are bare, with some shrubbery, different types of cacti and the occasional palm trees growing here and there.
Visiting my mom in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria for a week, I took a stroll in the blooming courtyard of her appartment complex.
