A spanish holiday.

I walked into a Travel Agents in my local shopping mall and indulged a total whim on the spur of the moment. I had not been on holidays proper for almost fifteen years so it was a very novel experience for me to find myself in Tenerife at the end of the same week with no agenda except to relax and enjoy myself.
Puerto del los Americas, ( about 20 minutes from the Airport ), will cater very well for most peoples idea of what a Spanish Seaside Holiday resort should be like. Particularly so if you’re the sort who is quite content to stay in the one place and have Hotel pool, beaches, bars, restaurants and shopping all close to hand.
As Tenerife is part of the group that make up the Canaries Islands off the West African coast the temperature averages 20 C all year. The Islands are volcanic and Tenerife rises to a height of 12200 ft so both sand and snow can be experienced within a short drive.

One thing that Tenerife doesn’t have is miles and miles of light sandy beaches. The Resorts are built around such beaches there are and these are crowded.
I hired a car and set off to explore the rest of the Island.
Once out beyond the “concrete jungle” I became aware of how varied the Island could be.
I passed tomato and banana plantations as I wandered my way up the coast. I stopped off at a delightful town, Puerto del Santiago.

The only beach is of black sand nestling in a very small bay overlooked by a terrace on the main street. At one end, just beyond the sand, I found a small space among rocks with enough privacy to sunbathe nude even though this was just beside the public path. In the hot sun my mind wandered and I soon began to doze. I woke with the background sounds of sea and gulls split with laughter.

Filled with curiosity I sat up and looked over the low rocks beside me, The sight that greeted me was of two long haired blonde girls who wore absolutely nothing except their smiles. These long legged beauties were lying on their stomachs on a big multicoloured beach towel and the source of their amusement was a magazine they were reading”.Share the joke with me girls” I said. They turned around, startled, not realising there was someone else so close to them. One of them had turned on her side exposing a beautiful blonde bush. She made a self conscious attempt to cover herself up on seeing a man peering over the rocks. It was now my turn to laugh as I realised that they couldn’t see that I was in the same state as themselves. I stood up and introduced myself, they relaxed again and invited me to join them.
The girls were delightful company.Marika was a Nurse, she was 36.
She had honey coloured skin that was darker than her ash blonde hair.Very evidently her natural colour. Suzy was the older of the two, a housewife now, she worked with Marika as a Radiologist.
She was a much quieter person but there was something deep behind those serene blue eyes.We spent a good part of the morning in easy conversation. I invited the girls to lunch with me in a lovely restaurant overlooking the sea and beach.
As we stood up to dress and go I had my second surprise of the day. Suzy sat up with her back to us and pulled on a rather skimpy top, Then she stood up and turned as she donned her wrap around skirt giving a brief glimpse of her delightful smooth hairless pubes. She lowered her eyes and smiled as she caught my stare.

Lunch was a long and leisurely affair. The restaurant was busy and crowded but served the most delicious seafood. This and excellent Spanish wine softened my resolve to explore the Island further. When I mentioned this the girls were adamant that I must see the Island and even offered to show me some of the sights. I couldn’t resist remarking that they had partly done that already. They both laughed and Marika, her leg brushing mine, said that there was much more to see. Well, who could refuse such an offer?, so it was we set off driving the steep climbing, twisting roads to the upper parts of the Island.
The highest ground is a national park dominated by Pico del Tiede at over 12000ft. The landscape is almost totally barren, a mixture of Lava fields and tumbling rock outcrops that are stunningly spectacular. ( It was here that part of “The Ten Commandments” and “Planet of the Apes” were filmed. By road you drive to nearly 8000 ft this is a snow field in the early part of the year. We walked past groups of snowball throwing tourists and considered the ascent to the summit of Pico del Tiede. Not as difficult as it sounds, there is a cable car. It doesn’t always run as weather conditions such as cloud and wind change very rapidly at that height Its also not suitable for everybody as breathing becomes a bit difficult at 12000ft.

The air is cold high up in the mountains so warm clothes are advisable. However once out of the wind there is strong radiant heat from the sun. We walked further from the coaches and cars parked on the main road and found a sheltered and secluded valley. There were patches of dry rock which were ideal for nude sunbathing.
The girls and I stripped off and after a short walk on the snowfield lay back on a rock to admire the breathtaking views of the snowy ridges on the horizon. I found the scene soporific enough to doze fitfully. My awakening was the huge shock of being pelted with snow by the girls who ran off laughing and screaming . I dashed across the snowfield after them only to be repulsed by another barrage of snowballs fired with devastating accuracy. My hair was caked with snow and my body blotched with slush and melt water. I caught up with Marika who turned to run in between salvos. My flying tackle brought her down on the snow and our bodies combined as I flipped her over and pinioned her by the wrists . She lay there , panting, not resisting
and there was “that look” again. I was just about to take what I thought was the appropriate action when we heard loud cheering and applause,.
Turning, the sight that greeted us and embarrassed me was to see what seemed to be a whole coach tour up on the rim of the valley egging us on. Now I have my limits when it comes to public nudity, redfaced I slunk back to where I had left my clothes Suzy was collapsing in paroxysms of laughter and Marika was actually taking bows, the cheeky sod!
When we eventually drove home I could see the funny side of it all and realised that the girls were exhibitionists. I couldn’t help the suspicion that they had already seen the audience before they provoked the incident.

It was late evening with sunset in the offing when we got back to Puerto del Santiago. Marika and Suzy invited me to dinner,” to make up” they said.
Well, naturally I accepted and inquired what Restaurant they wished to go to. Marika smiled,”Were going to have it back at our place”. well that was fine by me. The girls were staying in a really lovely house with a roof garden sheltered from the wind with bouganvillia and hibiscus covering the walls.