The GR 131, in the Canary Islands, was my first long-distance hike outside of the United States. This trail was one of the most unique hikes I’ve done. Spanning a volcanic archipelago, we visited eight islands, all of them different in their own way, with their own unique character, not just in landscape and scenery, but also in civilization. And without ever having been there before, it’s hard to truly anticipate that experience.
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Today was supposed to be our last day on the Canary Islands, with a simple plan: sleep in, and then go to the airport and fly to Tenerife, Lanzarote, and finally to Frankfurt, Germany. We did make it off El Hierro as planned, but the Canary Islands decided they weren’t done with us.
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After just under a month of hiking and traveling, on our eighth island, we finished hiking the GR131.
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Today, we hiked not quite half of El Hierro, our eighth and last of the Canary Islands on the GR131 trail.
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Today took us from La Palma to our eighth and final Canary Island, El Hierro.
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