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Playa del Ingles, a lot of life and movement

Friday, February 1st, 2008
In Playa del Ingles, which means "The English Man's Beach" you will find a really beautiful beach, which stretches out over 5 kilometers. That is why you can find a lot of tourism here with a lot of hotels, appartments, restaurants, shops and tourist information points and other facilitys. So you have to keep in mind that economically Playa del Ingles has elevated prices as it is usual for places frequented by tourists. Playa del Ingles is especially favoured by gay people. If you like to have a drink or a party, you should take a look at the mall called Yumbo-Center. If you prefer a calmer place for your holiday you should avoid the huge cities of Gran Canaria and visit the small villages abroad from the tourism, where you can join the traditons of the island.

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Puerto de Mogán, a marvellous place to visit

Tuesday, January 1st, 2008
If you want to get away from the tourist centers, one of the best places to visit is the lovely fishing village Puerto de Mogán. It is beautifully situated on the southwest of the island and has retained much of its original charm. You wont find rambling hotel complexes here, as the government has forbidden any new buildings which are over two storeys tall. You will find a much cozier ambiance than in lots of similar villages. Puerto de Mogán boasts a very nice fishing harbor which is connected to the lively marina through a number of canals. That also earned the village its nickname - "Venice of the Canaries". Along the marina you can find a multitude of restaurants and inviting bars, which are a popular stopover for yachts on their way to cross the atlantic. Fridays are especially lively with a weekly market that ...
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Variety of landscape and events

Saturday, December 1st, 2007
Gran Canaria, the third-largest island of the canary archipelago, offers 236 km of coast with marvellous sandy beaches, which are situated predominantly in the south and southeast. Some very well known beaches are Playa del Inglés and Maspalomas with their impressive dunes. The southwest and west is dominated by rocky cliffs, the coast is very varied in the north and northeast with numerous beaches and little bays. The centre of the island is hilly with a couple of high peaks and many ravines which lead to the sea. All the Canary Islands, also Gran Canaria are known because of numerous events and celebrations. Each commune has its own patron saint celebration and other special events. And that´s why all over the year there are celbrated several fiestas fro several reasons in several places.

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Drinkable tap water…

Thursday, October 25th, 2007
The tap water in the city of Las Palmas, is known to be very bad tasting. Though the sanitary quality of the water is acceptable already, enough to be drunk, the taste is not as good to be comparable with bottled water. This is about to change. José Luís Talavera, the production director of 'Emalsa', Las Palmas' water company, stated that they're testing a new system at the 'Las Palmas III' desalination plant which will be working in a matter of more or less a month. This new system will treat the water to achieve a better taste of it, for now its rather disgusting than tasteful. Well, that is good news. Its only thought to be done in Las Palmas at first, for its very expensive to be done anywhere else. Either way, great news, one step more towards future.

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Leak!!

Wednesday, October 17th, 2007
As you might have heard, the night of sunday, a pipe which supplies the Unelco Power station with fuel-oil, the one situated at the entrance of Las Palmas, got damaged, causing a yet unknown amount of fuel-oil to get out and affect a shore stretch of 600m at the 'Las Gaviotas' beach near 'Jinamar'. The same night 'Disa', the company in charge of the supply, was alerted of this problem aswell as the 'Guardia Civil' and the local environment office. Though, there was barely nothing to do until the next day when the diggers started to clean the sand and the adjacent land, which luckily acted as a 'sponge', impeding huge ammounts of fuel-oil getting into the water. The cleaning works still continue today as this last two days the workers have been removing as much as possible with shovels and their bare hands. Tomorrow they will continue but with pressurizee ...
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