The recent panic pandemic aka pandemic panic caused by the coronavirus has led to the cancellation of nearly all flights to and from the Canary Islands and holiday makers are scarcer than gold dust in La Gomera. While some little relaxation of the lockdown is now granted, the usual stream of tourists and visitors is unlikely to return in the foreseeable future.
As you can see in the above image, some ingenious or stone mad Gomeran artist, depending on your point of view, has come up with a novel idea to re-populate the deserted beaches with tourists by creating them from pebbles and rocks. Above sunbathers were modelled on the 'German nudist roasting in the sun for hours to achieve a complete dark tan' type of tourist, formerly always seen at Valle Gran Rey's Playa del Ingles.
...and no, this is not a belated April fool's post. I came across the above image on a German La Gomera - Valle Gran Rey facebook page .
2 comments :
I can't wait to return to The Island. I hope that People of La Gomera are fine! How is the situation? I remember the shock seeing first information about coronavirus in San Sebastian as first case in Spain in television. I was there in December, and of all places...
Thank you for your the blog - not knowing Spanish too good, this is the only place for me to read anything about La Gomera.
Can't wait myself to go back again, but sadly it doesn't look likely until after the summer maybe.
The situation there is pretty grim, same as in many places around the world that depend on visitors and (care)free travel. However, La Gomera bounced back after the devastating fire in 2012 and I hope the 2020 crisis will someday be forgotten...
Sorry for not reporting more regularly, but there's very little happening these mad days.
Thanks a lot for your comment.
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