Before we started to that trip, we had each other promised to dawn patrol every day, which - at least for me - meant that we had to hold back with partying. So the next day we checked Hierro again very early and were awarded with again head high waves and offshore winds. La Izquierda was our testing ground again and Timo caught his first recognizable waves. Beeing a goofy footer he had it much easies though. We had some more sessions and in the late afternoon followed the dreaded north shore track direction Cotillo.

As it hadn´t rained for quite a long time, the track was o. k. to drive with our rental car, that according to the rattling noises it constantly made hade seen those pistes before. On the way north we passed some more promissing reefs and finaly reached Cotillo. The place gave us a shock, as some money hungry politicians and investors seem planning to build some sort of a mega city here. New roads far out of town mark the planned boundaries of a way too big town. We took a snack in the centre and drove back to cozy Lajares.

The next day the early morning drive to Majanicho was even quicker, as the workers were realy quick in paving that road. Downside is, that they do it, because in Majanicho too there is a plan to build a way oversized tourist town. North of the bay they have already plastered the desert with hundreds of houses that are almost finished. And they plan to break down the shacks at the bay and build a marina there. F§%^ing idiots! They destroy the treasures that make the tourists come.

When we reached Hierro, those sad thoughts were quickly swept out of our minds - at least for the moment - as that 1,5m swell had arrived and turned out to be, lets say, a bit more than overhead. Winds had the right direction again and the incoming waves were perfect. Too big for me though, so I decided to take pictures of the action while time went for a brave attempt and a spectacular wipeout. La Derecha de los Alemanes, La Izquierda and La Derecha / the bubble were firering.

Around noon we checked Majanicho. The waves on the reef were perfect too and a solid force 5 to 6 sideoffshore wind was blowing. Some windsurfers had the time of their life out there and I was biting my a$$ for not having brought my windsurf equipement.

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