Jaro and his bike are in La Palma #9 (early March//2019).....

The flights from Sal to Gran Canaria and La Palma were uneventful.  Nice modern airport at Sal, but their organization is not so great - my boarding pass said gate 7, but there are only 6 gates.  As it got closer to departure time, I got suspicious and asked again at gate 6 if this is the right place for the flight to Gran Canaria.  Of course it was not.

Apparently everyone else got boarding passes with the right gate number, because I was the last person to board the plane. In fact, I got a ride on the boarding bus as a single passenger.  Because of that, plane departure was delayed by a few minutes. 

View from inside the CRJ-1000 - African mainland in sight.  Looks like this might be the peninsula near Dakhla, Western Sahara.

The taxi ride from La Palma airport to Los Llanos de Aridane is a long one, with endless switchbacks and a couple of tunnels (the first being a “tunel-chico” according to the driver).  Ride fare was nearly 45€.  Tenerife's El Teide comes into view....

In fact, as soon as you get off the plane, you get a very impressive view of the eastern slope of La Palma, which seems to go right up into the sky (the airport being low down, close to the coast). The south end of Gran Canaria, with Tenerife in the distance.

Much cooler here than in Cape Verde, so I had to put on a long sleeve shirt right away (it was already past sunset local time).  South east of Gran Canaria, approaching the airport.

Photos belong to Jaro Franta