PDLA balloon.

I've found an old photo I took of the balloon that used to be next to Parque de la Paz strip of bars. It was taken from a balcony on the Azahara apartments. The big tower is one of the Torres del Sol apartment blocks and the crane is building what will be the building that houses the Mercadona supermercado...

Remember the ballon well, was ian conic landmark still seems strange it not bring there anymore.

Can see the Med Palace on left over ballon.......... ah to be there now, miss it.

It was a good land mark when you got lost, Which i did often

Mcqueen wrote:It was a good land mark when you got lost, Which i did often

Yep, the first time I went Tenerife, the balloon was what I looked for to get my bearings.

We got lost coming home, our plane got diverted to Lanza to pick up some stranded passengers, 7 1/2 hours flight time, not even a free drink.

was just thinking my first trip to tenerife was 10 years ago
how quickly the time has passed

Wonder why it vanished ?, It was looking a bit weather worn though,

Health & Safety would only let it go up when the wind was below a certain speed, windy place Tenerife, plus the two times I went on it there were only about 6 of us on the basket. It was a fantastic view from up there though. I loved it!

I thought it came down in the Tropical storm of 2005 and there was no money to put it back up or the site it was on 'disappeared'. This vid is interesting, at least once you get into about 2 mins. and see the devastation. I remember driving down the TF1 and seeing the pylons looking like bananas. We were without electricity for just 24 hours but parts of the north went without for a week.

Nasty that Gypsy. Thanks.

Cool! That was a better story than mine so we'll go with yours Gypsy! Is that why all them red and white pylons are alongside the TF1 now? I remember seeing the balloon not being in its housing, but the housing was there for a while after it disappeared.

We have a couple of types of pylons here, there is this one which comes in red and white (for close to the airport) and in plain metallic silver which are supposed to be easier on the eye and not spoil the landscape like the second image which was damaged in the storm.

good video Gypsy,some damage done.

Shame they couldnt use the opportunity to bury the cables, Them pylons look a bugger for sure,