Flora and Fauna

Spanish Cafe – A Plague of Serpents

> The Spanish Cafe

Yikes, looks like Gran Canaria is suffering from a plague of snakes! If you have a few minutes to practice your Spanish today then listen to the video in Spanish. And by the way… ¿Crees que se puede nadar?

Click here →

Cruelty to Cats in Santa Cruz

Flora and Fauna

According to Diario de Avisos, in an article entitled The Cat Sandwich, residents of a street in Santa Cruz alerted the police when they began to suspect that the local nutter had bricked up a mother cat and her three kittens in a building wall. One of the neighbour noticed some repairs to the wall [...]

Click here →

K9 Animal Refuge

Charity and Fundraising

Tenerife can sometimes seem a rather cold hearted place. Feral cats are everywhere and there are more stray and abandoned dogs than you will hopefully ever see. This is very distressing for concerned animal lovers but what they also don’t see are the locals who care for the feral cats, taking them food and water, [...]

Click here →

Scuba Diving in Tenerife

Flora and Fauna

Diving in Tenerife is great fun. You have the chance to see everything from shy angel sharks to friendly turtles, barracuda shoals or the alien and delicate arrow crab. There are dive sites to suit scuba divers of every level of experience, from novices to experienced deep divers. Explore shipwrecks, underwater caves and coral gardens, [...]

Click here →

Las Galletas Flower Festival

Flora and Fauna

  Despite today’s grey skies the Feria De Flores Y Plantas was a great success. It seemed to me that there were less stalls and more space than in previous years but in a way this may have worked in favour of the vendors because everyone had the space to lay out their wares beautifully. [...]

Click here →