Jay Slater: What it's really like in the village where teenager disappeared
24.06.2024 - 21:51
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Nestled in the mountainous landscape of north west Tenerife, sits the quaint village of Masca. The tiny village, home to only around 90 inhabitants, boasts an amazing vantage point for views of the surrounding peaks and the North Atlantic Ocean.
It is off the beaten track and quite the challenge to reach - along just one windy and steep road that runs adjacent with the immediate edges of towering cliffs.
Despite its beauty and charm, the area has been described by search teams, looking for missing British teenager Jay Slater, as 'dangerous'.
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It is thought that Jay, who is from Lancashire and was on his first trip abroad without his parents, had travelled over 30km from the south of the island on the evening of June 16, after attending the NRG music rave.
It has been reported that Jay had gone back to stay at an Airbnb rental with two unknown men that he had met at the event. He is said to have left the holiday rental the following morning, last Monday (June 17), before walking off alone into the mountains.
He hasn't been seen or heard from since, with major search efforts still continuing to trace him now entering their second gruelling week. Despite a possible CCTV sighting, which his family believe could be him, there have been no confirmed sightings of him amid the ongoing missing persons investigation.
Travelling to Masca from Los Cristianos, the southern resort where Jay had been staying with friends, takes around 60 minutes. It is thought he travelled back to the village after spending a night partying.
In the surrounding area of Masca, in the Rural de Teno Park, there are