There were seven of us that went to Gran Canaria: Kevin, Darren, Aled, Ed,
Sarah, Jenni and Sharon who we'd met on our Skiing holiday in Cervinia in
January 1999. Sarah and Kevin, who were going out together at the time, went for
two weeks while the rest of us did only a week.
We went quite late on in the year (November). Rather than book a whole
package we decided to book flights only and sort out our accommodation over
there. Since Kev and Sarah were taking an earlier flight, we left it to them to
sort out the accommodation.
Since it was November, we guessed it would be quite quiet there. Wrong! Kev
and Sarah spent the whole day walking around in searing heat with their
suitcases trying to find some where for us all to stay. In the end they did find
somewhere for us, albeit we were one person too many, so we had to sneak our way
past the hotel reception for the rest of the week!
When the rest of us got over there we wondered how it could be so busy in the
hotels but yet there was hardly anyone around. It turned out that the place was
full of Germans. Not only that, but gay Germans! We had begun to suspect this
when, after booking the flights, we looked on the Internet for hotels. We found
many of them had pink backgrounds and referred to the resort as the gay capital
of Europe! (By the way, we are all straight!). Nevertheless, we still had a good
time!
| Nights Out
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These are photos
from various nights out.
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Balcony View. We had two apartments in this hotel.
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Children at Play
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In this photo, the group is at one of the many drag bars
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Jenni is chuffed with her gay porno mag she nicked from one of the gay
bars.
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Aled, Ed, Daz showing a bit of arse to Jenni
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Kev, Ed, Aled and Daz being crap at Karaoke
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Singing Partners Kev and Sarah
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Sharon struts her stuff at Karaoke
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| Aled Day
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| On every summer holiday the group decide to
have an "Aled Day". The purpose of this day is to get Aled
so slaughtered he can't stand up. It is usually left to the remaining
three members of the Core 4 to achieve this (Kev, Darren and Ed).
To
make the day different this time, we bought some cheep Mexican outfits from a
local shop. Thus it was also a bad dress day as well!
On this particular occasion the group missed out on an opportunity
to get Aled early in the evening. This was a mistake because Aled soon
recovered and lasted the night out, right until the money ran out. At
the end Kev got chatted up by a couple of blokes (as usual!)
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Ed, Daz, Kev and Aled the Mexicans are shown here
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The Mexicans
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We were making one hell of a noise whilst everyone else was trying to
watch the football match.
Kev and Aled as shown here.
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| Cocktail Day
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| Another common thing we do on holiday is the
cocktail roulette. Everyone gets a different cocktail and then take a
sip and pass on, take a sip and pass on. The sip is meant to only last
about a second before you're meant to pass it on, but the girls as
usual find the cocktails they really like and hold on to them for a
little longer forming a bit of a backlog.
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Cocktail Roulette. Sober people soon turn into drunk people in a very
short amount of time.
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We liked this cocktail so much we all had the same.
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| Island Tour
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| A day of our holiday is usually taken up
looking around the Island we are on. Jenni had read up on all the
guide books weeks before the holiday and had the whole day planned to
the smallest detail! Although it was a very long day, it was enjoyed
by all and topped by a spectacular sunset.
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Clockwise from left: Ed, Sharon, Daz, Kev, Aled, Sharah, Jenni
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In the mountains - Sharon, Kev, Sarah, Ed, Aled in the back and Jenni,
Daz in the front.
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A Glorious Sunset we captured on the way back on our Island tour
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Event of the Holiday
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This event remains one of the most remembered and funniest things to
happen on one of our holidays.
The Location: The Hotel Apartment
The Stage: Sharon (who is an air stewardess) brought along a
number of miniatures, including an ample supply of Vodka. Rather than
have all these small bottles, she poured the whole lot into a small
water bottle.
The set-up: It was the morning after "Aled Day".
Aled and Kev were up and about, Jenni was awake in bed and so was Daz.
Aled goes to the fridge and takes out this "water" bottle
(knowing full well what was in it). Aled is standing there with this
bottle when Daz comes into the room, sees Aled with the bottle and goes
"ahh, water!!!" Daz takes the bottle offered by Aled and
really takes several big gulps from it.
The aftermath: "Aaaarrrrggghhh!" goes Daz when he
suddenly realises that this is no ordinary water. Kev and Aled burst
into fits of laughter, and are soon joined by Jenni who had heard all
this going on and realised what had happened.
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I think this photo is just after the event.
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General Photos
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The dunes are quite spectacular!
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There was of course a nudist beach. Kev and Sarah made full use of this
on their second week. Apparently it was very cold coming out of the sea!
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