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Framed ““ Photographs of Carnaval on Tenerife 2010

Posted on February 23, 2010March 31, 2010
byJack Montgomery

If you were unlucky enough to miss out on carnaval on Tenerife this year, here’s a brief selection of images to give you a flavour of the fun. In the interest of decency I’ve omitted any shots of the numerous fake genitals that were thrust my way over the course of the week ““ at least I think they were fake[…]

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Framed ““ Puerto de la Cruz ““ Tenerife’s First Tourist Resort

Posted on February 2, 2010March 4, 2010
byJack Montgomery

Tenerife’s first tourist resort, Puerto de la Cruz, doesn’t attract as much British visitors as the newer southern resorts these days. But the town which was so popular with explorers and Victorian travellers is still a favourite with other European visitors[…]

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Painless Prickly Pears

When I first arrived in Tenerife I was intrigued to learn that the fruits of the cactus that are to be found in every nook and cranny on the island are edible. So was my husband who leapt out of the car to pick a few from a roadside plant[…]

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Arepa – first class food from the eighth island

Some call them corncakes, some call them maize doughnuts, and some like me are too busy wolfing them down to call them anything. Either way you will see lots of…

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Mate, not everyone’s cup of tea

Walking on the Tenerife beach is nearly toasting your feet, the temperature is up in the high 20 degrees, yet people are drinking from Thermos flasks ““ and they are…

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Montaña Roja – a red resolution

My First, My Last, My Everything, that could be the theme tune for Montaña Roja in El Medano, as the 171 metre high red rock is an image that grabs…

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Framed ““ The Most Christmassy Towns on Tenerife

Posted on December 27, 2009September 16, 2010
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byJack Montgomery

Well that’s Christmas over for another year. Your belt buckle needs loosening, your wallet has become a black hole and the only turkey you want to see in the next twelve months is the one where people wear a fez, drink mint tea and beat your bare feet with bats if you try to smuggle hashish […]

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The Real Slim Shady

Posted on December 9, 2009January 15, 2010
byColin Kirby

Even the Tenerife chainsaw massacre can’t stop them, the sturdy Canary Island Date Palm, takes everthing in its stride, including the sporadic trunk trim by the local council workers. As…

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Scene on the Beach ““ Playa Bollullo, La Orotava’s Hidden Beach

Posted on December 4, 2009March 4, 2010
byJack Montgomery

Bollullo’s “˜off the beaten track’ location and limited access keeps it out of bounds to the masses. It’s too far for any tourist who doesn’t like to have to trek any distance to a beach, so most of the people around me are groups of young Canarios […]

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Poinsettias – Christmas is Blooming on Tenerife

December 12th is National Poinsettia Day.
Tradition dictates that you should give a poinsettia on that day and it gives us an excuse to feature this most enduring of Christmas icons which bring a splash of crimson delight to the festive season […]

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