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Blown away

Friday, March 9th, 2007
Rough SeaThis last two days,
have been extremely windy. Yesterday night and this morning have been even worse. The sea is extremely rough as far as i know almost around the entire isle, so be very careful. Clic on the picture to enlarge it. It's the seaview from Las Palmas this midday. Throttle down your speed on the highway too since it goes through vast areas with no mountains and is susceptible to strong gusts of wind. I had problems keeping my car on the road from the aeroclub (San Agustin, in San Bartolomé) to Vecindario (in Santa Lucia), so be careful. Watch your hats and skirts. ;)

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Beach Day at Anfi

Sunday, March 4th, 2007

Anfi Beach

Look at the amazing beach day we had today in "Anfi" (Anfi Del Mar, after Arguineguín in the municipality of Mogan). 28º degrees and no sign of any wind. Just glorious. Doesn't this look like the damn paradise :D...Sure it does!!

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Almond Tree Fest

Wednesday, February 7th, 2007
Every year, more or less the first or second week of february, one of the most picturesque, atractive and traditional fests of Gran Canaria take place in Tejeda and in Valsequillo the week after. When the almond tree flowers sprout, announcing the begining of spring-time, the center of the island, where these trees grow, turns into one of the most beautiful landscapes you could possibly imagine. Have a look at some pictures of it in Tejeda:

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Thanks to Jose and his sister for the pics. ;)

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The Flood

Sunday, January 28th, 2007
The Storm has died down here, but the clouds remain above us. This heavy rainfall we had the past two days has caused several damages due to flooded basements and garages as well as landslides. We are said to be out of danger according to the general directorate of security and emergency, but the alert still remains. At this point it has reached the level of "maximum alert" for the storm has passed by Gran Canaria, but is now over "Lanzarote" and "Fuerteventura". The council of "El Hierro" have said this to be the worst natural disaster in the isles' history. Finally the rain came. Late, but it came...

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It’s raining, man…

Saturday, January 27th, 2007
Have you looked out the window today? It started raining yesterday night and as far as i know it did so the entire night through. Now it's 11:50am and it hasn't stopped yet. The general directorate of security and emergency said that the government of the canary islands stated the "orange alert" due to strong rainfall. It might even snow too on high elevatons, at least this is what the national institute of meteorology says. Our "high elevations" are cosidered places above 1000m or 1200m, that basically means the municipalities of Artenara and Tejeda are the ones affected. Be careful if you're hitting the roads, be sure to have enough gas and slow down, at some parts of the highway the water is deep enough to cause "aquaplaning".

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