Arenales

In my beautiful neighbourhood

The other day I ran into a fellow expat. She asked me where I lived in the city and…

Parque San Telmo

Central park: Parque San Telmo

Sandwiched between the residential district of Arenales and the shopping area of Triana, Parque San…

Vegueta’s Cathedral in the Sky,...

Double vision

Meet Las Palmas’ twin towers: the torres de Catedral Santa Ana in Vegueta. The Las Palmas founded as Real de Las…

Guiniguada: Gran Canaria and its...

Ravine madness

Barrancos (ravines), as in Barranco Guiniguada, dominate the landscape on Gran Canaria. For example, the quickest route to my nearest cut-price…

Las Canteras: Auditorio Alfredo Kraus

Everything Butt

Welcome to Las Canteras. If you’ve been following my random photos since, ooh, this one, you’ll know…

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….

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…

Las Palmas’ Holy Trinity Church

When two worlds collide

Where Las Palmas’ Calle de Rafael Ramírez meets Calle de Brasil, you’ll see two opposites. But not in a…

Full Gospel Las Palmas Church

Church hill: Hilly Full Gospel Las Palmas Church

A church. A church on a hill. But not any old church nor indeed any…

El Confital

Meeting McCarthy

A couple of weeks ago I was interviewed by legendary journalist John McCarthy for Radio 4′s Saturday Live. The plan was for the interview to be recorded on El Confital beach, showing a side to the island most tourists don’t see. But we didn’t quite get there.

Feeling the heat

They were…