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Charging to Climb Teide and Revolting Parents in Tenerife News of the Week

Posted on October 26, 2010November 2, 2010
byJack Montgomery

CIT, the Centre for Initiatives and Tourism, in Santa Cruz has put forward a proposal to charge €5 to anyone wanting to climb to the summit of Mount Teide, Spain’s highest mountain.

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A Misplaced Orca Calf and a Bad Case of Parking in Tenerife News of the Week

Posted on October 20, 2010October 26, 2010
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byJack Montgomery

There seems to have been quite a bit of confusion about the birthplace of an orca calf last week. Local Spanish and English press headlines proudly claimed that the 150kg big baby was the first calf born in Spain at Loro Parque

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Close Loro Parque and Wild Weather in Tenerife News of the Week

Posted on October 13, 2010October 20, 2010
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byJack Montgomery

The change in seasons brought more than rain, cloud and wind to Tenerife, it also brought high seas resulting in an orange alert over the weekend. Waves were so ferocious in[…]

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The Ex-Pat Population and Masonic Temples in Tenerife News of the Week

Posted on October 5, 2010October 13, 2010
byJack Montgomery

Here’s an interesting little fact. Forty percent of the residents of San Miguel de Abona are foreigners. Out of a population of around 18,000 more than three thousand residents are British[…]

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Adeje to Lose Two Beaches in Tenerife News of the Week

Posted on September 27, 2010October 5, 2010
byJack Montgomery

The south of Tenerife’s coastline is set to undergo another dramatic face-lift over the next four years as a proposal to get rid of two of Adeje’s beaches is about to be approved[…]

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Chimpanzee Spies and Gun-Toting Mayors in Tenerife News of the Week

Posted on September 20, 2010September 27, 2010
byJack Montgomery

The Spanish Post office, Correos issued a new range of stamps this week celebrating the country’s national parks. One of the stamps featured Tenerife’s iconic Teide National Park[…]

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Spain’s Best Chef and a Load of Old Rubbish in Tenerife News of the Week

Posted on September 13, 2010September 21, 2010
byJack Montgomery

In an incredible piece of news that raises disturbing questions about Tenerife’s ability to be protector of its own heritage, residents in Tegueste…

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Wild Dogs & Hunger Strikers in Tenerife News of the Week

Posted on September 6, 2010September 13, 2010
byJack Montgomery

The political situation regarding the residents of the small community of Cho Vito took a turn for the worse this week when some residents began a hunger strike protest in Plaza Candelaria in Santa Cruz.

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Forest Fires, Los Gigantes Beach & a Monkey in Tenerife News of the Week

Posted on August 30, 2010September 6, 2010
byJack Montgomery

The irony regarding the spate of heatwaves that have characterised what seems to be nearly every week this summer on Tenerife is that the unusually hot weather that visitors are lapping up is turning Tenerife into a tinderbox.

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