DISQUS

Lola · 1 year ago

Gorgeous pictures! Love the warm shade of blues

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Gillian · 1 year ago

Stunning! What an idyllic paradise!!

Marilyn Terrell · 1 year ago

Great pics. Fyi, the name Canary comes from the Latin Insula Canaria meaning Island of the Dogs, referring to a breed of large fierce dog common on Grand Canary Island, and on their coat of arms too. I had to learn this when I was fact-checking a story about the Canary Islands for National Geographic Traveler two years ago. What I'm curious about is: Did you hear anyone whistling while you were there? They have that whistling language, you know, to compensate for the difficulty in communicating across the wildly mountainous countryside. Here's a photo from the story I worked on that shows why such a language would be helpful:
http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photo...

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NewWrldYankee · 1 year ago

I love the moment of Zen picture. No wonder you don't want to leave! I don't think I would either. What camera do you use to get these stunning pictures?

Benny the Irish polyglot · 1 year ago

I loved the Canary islands!! I spent 2 months in Tenerife this year and had an amazing time hiking up to the peak of mount Teide. The locals are so nice, and their Spanish is linguistically half way between peninsular (Spain) Spanish and Latin American. Excellent place!!

Jenny · 1 year ago

The Goat Islands! LOL! My parents went there for a holiday once. They loved the place.

MIghty7 · 10 months ago

Marilyn: The whistling language you speak off is called "silbo" and it is only used in the island of Gomera where there are very steep canyons and mountains and they used the echo to drive the sound many miles. Fuerteventura is much flatter, which is why it never evolved there.

The canary birds do sing, but in their natural state they are lemon green, not yellow. The Canary finch is found mostly in the other islands, Gran Canaria being the main one. They are everywhere in the country side. Singing canaries are bred like dogs for their singing, so captive Canaries tend to sing much louder and elaborate songs.

The type of dog that the Canaries got their name from is named a Presa Canario, and it is one of 4 legal breeds worldwide that does not have a genetic register, which is why they are hard to prove.

Victoria · 10 months ago

I've lived here for 6 years and not seen a Canary yet! But plenty of people ask me if I live on "Grand Canary Island", when of course it is really "gran canaria". I try to keep a straight face and state the proper name clearly, it isn't fun to laugh at people for a little mistake is it? :)

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