Tag Archive for gran canaria
La Berlanga
La Berlanga, Canarian Badlands
Shooting the colourful landscape of La Berlanga for your visual pleasure, I half-expect Martin Sheen’s
San Andres
The west way
The GC-2 is my escape route. Offering a way out from Las Palmas, a city, that despite eight years of…
Triana, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Las Palmas’ Oxford Street
Triana, full name Calle Mayor de Triana, reminds me of London’s Oxford Street. Sure, it’s an interesting enough thoroughfare….
Santa Lucia de Tirajana
Santa Lucia de Tirajana AKA Juicy Lucy
It was my first visit to Santa Lucia de Tirajana. My pal José, whose wife Reyes…
San Cristobal
Bucketing it down in San Cristobal
What’s the story in Las Palmas? Well, today it’s a rainy day – indeed the mac I…
Arucas and Me, Adventures on GC
English Heritage
Arucas and I didn’t get off to the best of starts. Following a year of house husbandry, a private school in…
La Laja
Cock and balls
Tener cojones. To have balls is a popular expression in industrial Spanish, translating as to be courageous. Tener cojones grandes….
Hoya de la Plata
Chelsea, Chelsea
Forget Ikea. I prefer to be in Hoya de la Plata of a weekend. In England, I used to spend every…
Aguadulce
Life’s a beach
Including Aguadulce, there are a grand total of 82 beaches on Gran Canaria. You can safely quote me here as…
Casa Africa
Oh Africa
Casa Africa (Africa House if you hadn’t worked it out) lies a couple of roads away from our English academy, in…