This is another island in the chain. It is totally volcanic. Other than some palm trees it is pretty barren.Every house on the island is some form of rectangle and white. Really. Every building on this good sized island is white, save 2 renegades. We rented a car again and drove all over.
El Golfo was a yellow green lagoon set against black lava cliffs rising a few hundred feet on each side. Everywhere we drove we saw collapsed cone dormant volcanoes. Each village was similar- doors and windows either blue or green with those white stucco box houses. Few gardens unless they were cactus.
We stopped to watch the tour busses send their myriad passengers on camel rides for 20 minutes up and down the hill. One person on each side in a basket swing. They all loved it. We did not participate as there was such a crowd- probably a hundred camels. Towards the end of of our drive we stopped at Mirador de Rio. A 500 ft cliff overlooking Graciosa Island a short distance away. The sea turned every color of blue and turquoise and aqua depending on the overhead cloud formations. A lovely way to end the visit.
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