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Archive for June, 2008

A Step in the Wrong Direction

Posted in Friends, People, Spain, Tenerife, Travel, tagged , , , , , , , , on June 28, 2008 | 4 Comments »

“D’y think we’ve been walking for more than 15 minutes yet?” asks Jack, re-reading the scant directions in his hand.
“More like 40 minutes” Sue and I agree.
We’d been hiking steadily uphill through the forest and, according to the ‘map’, should have taken a right turn 25 minutes ago.
“Compass!” Jack was like a surgeon calling for [...]

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Finding Peru in the Garden Shed

Posted in Food, Friends, Life, People, Spain, Tenerife, Travel, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , on June 19, 2008 | 2 Comments »

It’s 2.30pm on a hot Saturday afternoon and we’re sitting in a large shed at the bottom of someone’s garden in Tacaronte.
Our party of 7½ (Bea is only 5 years old) are seated in front of the corner bar. To our right, a long trestle table seats 20 or more people, predominantly women.  Above our [...]

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Santa Blues

Posted in Friends, Party, People, Spain, Tenerife, Travel, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on June 9, 2008 | 7 Comments »

The Tinerfeños are an incredibly easy going bunch of people. Other than when they’re behind the wheel of a car, they appear in no particular hurry to do anything and are quite happy to watch visitors (particularly those from a northern European country beginning with the letter G who are known for their penchant for [...]

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