The Travelogue

I think Hameed talks so much about the Canary Islands to help the reader understand the location and how it was actually formed. He says that it is located off of the Atlantic Ocean and formed from a volcano which collapsed and formed a caldrea. He gives you history like how many people live on the island and when it was form to help you understand the island more. He talks little about what he sees through the telescope because there is so much to see. He mentions how long it takes the light of the sun to reach us and how stars are dying out but we are just learning about them.