Tag Archives: Canary Islands

Party in Gran Canaria

27 Feb

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A wonderful island – Gran Canaria, in a special week – Gay Pride Maspalomas, alongside with the girls from BurLesKAS, what can be better for a joyful week in May ? They took care about the accommodation and the offer is GREAT (click to go there)! You can have a single, double or three beds room in the right hotel where the party will be. The hotel looks magnificent, with a superb garden and 2-3 pools, offering many other leisure possibilities. More about the hotel, here: IFA Buenavente Gran Canaria. And of course, it doesn’t matter where are you from, they are happy to have you there.
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“BurLesKAS is a Dance Session Club, made by women, and for women, placed in a high quality atmosphere. Every year, we organize in Gran Canaria, the best private only women Dance Session, in the month of May, together with the International Maspalomas Pride and the sunshine weather that we always have in Gran Canaria.

BurLesKAS, as we said, is an only women Dance Session. It’s a Dance Session for all of us, because we think we are more than transsexuals, more than bisexuals, more than lesbians and more than straights, it’s a party for all women, as you. The thematic of the party is the New Burlesque, where the complicity, the magic, the fantasy, the picaresque, the irony, the glamour, the sensuality, the transgression, and the Burlesque art, turn every year the Ozono lounge of the IFA Buenaventura Hotel, in Playa del Inglés, in a real Burlesque Club where the corsets, the suspenders, the top hats and feathers that come together with you, will be very welcome.

Choose a great place: Gran Canaria. Choose a great occasion, Burleskas at Maspalomas Pride.”

The event will took place on May 11, 2012, in Gran Canaria Island, in the city of Maspalomas (South of the island) during the Gay Pride Week (May 7-14, 2012).

Cueva de Los Verdes

19 Sep

I’m fascinated with the power of the nature and I think the island of Lanzarote is the best place to actually see and feel that force. The volcanic island from Canary Archipelago has so many sites where you can see how the volcano (“La Corona”) modeled the landscape in a dramatic fight with its stone and the water of the ocean; one of this place is Cueva de Los Verdes (part of the “Atlantis Tunnel”), a cave made by the lava flowing its way from the volcano to the ocean. This cave is linked to Jameos del Agua place, also a continuation of the labyrinth of the old lava underground river. Despite de Jameos del Agua, which was arranged by Manrique with special facilities (like a concert hall, a pool, a bar and everything), in Cueva de Los Verdes the man-made modifications are restricted to stone steps and wall lights. The guided circuit of the cave is mandatory here as you may experience some accidents in the gallery. Also, this cave has a mysterious secret, which is not revealed until the last part of the underground trip; it’s a wonderful and unexpected secret, which can blow your mind for seconds. Well, as it is a secret, well kept by the locals, I won’t disclose it either, even if I made a fabulous picture there. It worths the trip to find out yourself.

About the pictures, what can I say, it’s a cave photo session, that means only dark and colorful lights. Enjoy the underground of Lanzarote!

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Here is the entrance of the cave:
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Hello holidays!

16 Aug

Hello world, since Friday I’m enjoying my holidays, but don’t worry, I will come back soon with wonderful pictures from the places I’ll visit. Until then, this is a picture of me with my beach outfit. Just kidding, only the oil and the ticket are from the beach, the outfit is from elsewhere. But that’s the spirit of holidays, isn’t it ? See you soon!!!

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Teguise

11 May

It’s the old capital of Lanzarote, a small town in the north part of the island. Every Sunday there is a market taking place on the narrow streets of the oldest town of the island and it’s a good opportunity to buy amazing volcanic semi-precious stones and other exotic Canarian handmade items. To reach Teguise, from Arrecife or Puerto del Carmen, there is a local bus (I think it’s the same thing if you’re in Playa Blanca) or, if you want to have fixed hours to leave Teguise, you can buy a bus ticket from a trip company. On the road to Teguise, you will pass through Nazaret, an even smaller village, where Omar Sharif  made his sumptuous house in 70′s and lost it after only 2 months at a card play. There is an interesting story about Omar Sharif and Lanzarote… he loved the island and he was decided to relocate there, but after loosing his house, he never returned. That was dramatic, I think, not only because he lost his house, but that house was made after César Manrique‘s (his good friend) architectural plans.  I will tell you more about César Manrique, the man who made Lanzarote a special place. His intake was gigantic on the face of the island, in all the aspects and he’s a hero on that island.

I keep some nice and interesting stories about Lanzarote for the next posts, there will be so many… For now, take a look at the Teguise streets, church and traditional dances. You can click on the photos for a larger view (not maximum, but still larger). Enjoy!

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