a is for apple.: tenerife, may 2012.

this was my 18th birthday present from my grandparents and i was extremely thankfull.

today i thought i'd tell you about my holiday in tenerife and show you a few pictures of when i was there.

our hotel

we flew out of manchester into sophia reina (formerly known as tenerife south) on may 4th 2012. we stayed in the bouganville playa in costa adeje, south tenerife and it was amazeing, i can't describe how much i loved it there! all the staff were so freindly and helpfull.

jane, me, sheila, billy, cecilia

whilst we were there we made a few freinds and we played all these games everyday like patanca, shuffleboard, bowling, minigolf, bingo etc. the games were on at 11am, 12pm (this was the cocktail game), 3pm and 4pm, they varied from day to day and often had aqua aerobics, spinning classes, yoga, pilates and games like darts and archery for men if they ditn't fancy doing any of the other choices. also at night there was bingo win

you could win a iberostar tshirt and a bottle of champagne. then afterwards there was a show put on by the star freinds or someone who had been brought in like bollywood dancers.

we visited loro parque and saw dolphins, orca whales, sea lions, meerkats, parrots and lots more. we also visited mount teide and we went on a catamaran in the atlantic ocean, we sailed to la gomera and back, we saw dolphins and whales together in their natural habitat in one of the only three places in the world where you can see this. we all had ALOT of fun on these days! it was so amazeing to see the whales and dolphins close up as on the catamaran boat there were nets that you could sit/lay on and i chose to do that and the animals were comeing and jumping under the nets, and doing tricks showing off! it was magical.

we went shopping in the local compras (shopping) center and i bought a strawberry yoghurt drink and it was the best drink i have ever tasted! we also went for a walk along the beach one day. there was a amazeing cafe underneath our hotel along the beach front that sold the most tastiest ice cream on this planet, the flavors were so strong!

the weather was sooooo hot, it was 30+ degrees on the wednesday before we flew back, there was a calima over the island which was holding the heat in so it was just getting hotter and hotter which i loved!

we flew back into manchester on friday, may 18th.

here are a few extra pictures i think you might enjoy..