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Beach day

Sunday, January 7th, 2007
I just arrived from the beach, and i must say: What a great beach day in "anfi" !! "Anfi" is short for "Anfi del Mar", a luxury appartment complex right after "Taurito", which is next to "Arguineguin", in the municipality of Mogan. Though the beach is part of the complex, it's accessible for the public. Have a look at the bay: Anfi del Mar Anfi del Mar

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3 Wise Men parade

Friday, January 5th, 2007
If you would like to know how the spanish people celebrate Christmas, here is a tip. Through almost every town or city on the isle, there are parades organized. Since Christmas in Spain has its emphasis on the "3 Wise Men's Day", every year there is a parade where people reenact the arrival of the 3 Wise Men to the Nativity, bringing presents for the born lord. In this case, they always take a trip around the a certain route, riding their camels and waving at the children and throwing caramels at them, to end up in a square where they'll sit down on their thrones. This is the point where their pages bring children to them and sit them on their loins where they can tell the "3 Magic Kings", how they them them here, what presents they want or they can give them the famous "letter" with their wishes. The ...
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Saddam action figures ???

Thursday, January 4th, 2007

Might sound weird,
and truly has nothing to do with our island but i thought it might be curious to write about it.

As the title says, a new action figure is on the market. This risky campagin is promoted by "hero builders", a small business from Conecticut, that has been making action figures from famous politicians and celebrities for 4 years now.



Their new figure, Saddam Hussein with a gallow-rope around his neck and a white T-shirt, accompained with a slogan that says "Dope on a rope".

This is kinda strange, on one hand it's macabre but on the other hand it's somehow funny. Who has the crazy idea of doing this??...And what is worse, who thinks this is viable and is willing to promote it?? Crazy people...

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San Telmo Handicrafts fair

Tuesday, January 2nd, 2007
Today, and till Friday you can visit this yearly fair in which almost 90 craftsmen present their work from 34 different professions. The fair is situated at the "San Telmo" park in Las Palmas, which is the park right next to the same named main bus station. You can reach this station from almost every corner of the isle simply by taking the bus. Here are the time-tables:GLOBAL The promoters of this event state that 20.000 people could visit this fair in this few days, due to the closeness of the three wise mens' day, the main celebration Christmas day in Spain. It's sales volume is forseen to reach the 250.000€ mark. As a canario, i definitely recommend you this event if you're willing to bring back home something different or just would like to have a look at canarian handmade goods.

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