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Hi there,

I'm back again :D yeeaayy!! hahaha
I have been very busy the last months and I just wanted to start over again with some good news.

Therefore, here I go. The 'port of Mogan' and the 'Amadores beach', both in the municipality of Mogan, have been awarded once again with the so called "blue flag", which is given by the 'Federation for Environmental Education' for excelcent quality, cleanliness, accessibility and security of their waters and beaches.

The other "blueflagged" beaches on Gran Canaria are: the 'Las Canteras' beach in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, the 'Melenara' beach in Telde and the beaches of 'San Agustín', 'Playa del Inglés' and 'Maspalomas' in San Bartolomé de Tirajana.
The other "blueflagged" ports are: the port of 'Pasito Blanco' in the municipality of San Bartolomé de

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Well, for thos of you who are interested, and if you voted yesterday for regional elections you probably are, the results are commonly known but i will summ them up a bit. Though i don't like to talk about politics, this change for Las Palmas is worth to mention. Big knock out for the Partido Popular in our capital since the PSOE won with absolute majority, ending a 3 terms in a row of "popularity". Jeronimo Saavedra (PSOE) is new Las Palmas major, Jose Manuel Soria (Partido Popular) is president of the council again but socialist candidate Juan Fernando Lopez Aguilar (PSOE) has 10 days to state a vote of no confidence and make a pact with other parties to gain the presidency. The parliament results are: 26 M.P.'s for PSOE, 17 M.P.'s for CC-PNC, 15 for the PP and 2 for CC-AHI. Telde got took over almost entirely by Nueva ...

Rcon Pascua, one of our usual blog-readers, posted a comment the Vegueta post, asking for some information about some museums here on the isle. Since i think this is something interesting to know for everybody, i prefer posting it as a normal post rather than as a response on a comment. Here are the different museums: NAME
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  Casa de Colón Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Casa Museo León y Castillo Telde Casa Museo Pérez Galdós Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Casa Museo Tomás Morales Moya Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Museo Canario Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Museo Casa Antonio Padrón Gáldar Museo de Esculturas Abraham Cárdenes Tejeda Museo de Guayadeque
(Centro de interpretación arqueológica) Agüimes Museo de Historia de Agüimes Agüimes...

The natural reserves use and management plan is now finally approved.

Among many other things to be done in the future, this is the most extraordinary one. In a term of 5 to 15 years, more than 3.000 hectares of different species of trees are going to be reforested. The actual wood grounds are estimated to 14.000. Therefore and after some documents dealing with protected areas are ratified, Gran Canaria will gain a third of its actual wood grounds.

Mainly pine-trees and other species common in thermophilic woods are to be reforested. The areas where it's going to be done first are: - The "Nublo" rural park, extended throughout 8 municipalities: Tejeda, San Nicolás de Tolentino, Mogán, San Bartolomé de Tirajana, Artenara, San Mateo, Valleseco and Moya. - The "Tamadaba" natural park, concerning

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Like every year, for those of you who ever doubt it, yes its true. hahah :D Unlike other countries around europe, in Spain, rather than set up a christmas tree and wait for "Santa" the 24th at night or 25th in the morning, it's more usual to set up a representation of the nativity. Those who have enough space built it big enough space te create a complete landscape and let the (Three) Wise Men get every day a bit closer to it. Almost every city on the island has at least one and there are some, really worth to visit. Here are some of them you might want to visit: - Culture House yard - Arucas - until January 5th - Old "Jesús Sacramentado" school, "Plaza de Santiago" - Galdar - "Las Arenas" shopping centre - Las Palmas - until January 8th - "San Antonio" church - Mogan - until January ...