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Another diverse walk today. A beautiful transfer showed us a big part of the north eastern part of the island. The walk started in one of Europes last big laurel forests at the "Centro de Visitantes La Zarza". We dropped down into the rain forests of the Barranco Magdelena where impressive trees and huge ferns accompanied us. All of a sudden the view opened up as we climbed up out of the Barranco. We were allowed a view over the rugged northern coast of La Palma with its numerous deep canyons.
We dropped down to the east of the hamlet of Don Pedro to the Mirador de la Calzada. This is a superb viewpoint over the coast. From here we saw the route ahead. A very steep, rocky but well graded path led down in a series of zig zags to the valley bottom just above the sea. What followed was a tough ascent but we took it slow and it was on a good path.
This brought us to the tiny hamlet of El Tablado, where time seemed to have stopped 60 years ago. We convinced the small bar to open for us and all sat across the main village street drinking bottles of beer. Only 1 car passed in a hour! Our bus picked us up just above the village.