The CANARIES form an archipelago of seven main islands and 6 islets. The Islands are located in the Atlantic Ocean near the Tropic of Cancer,in front of the African coast of Western Sahara. Tenerife is 2034 km2 (786 sq.miles), populated by 665.562. (More photos than these 60 at my photosite http://community.webshots.com/user/annaoldenhave)

The Canaries can be a seething mass of oiled flesh, offering the worst of mass tourism: concreted shorelines, tacky apartment blocks, and bars where tourists can pretend they've never left ... (more)