Colin Kirby tells us that the 1980’s are making a comeback in Tenerife (and a fair bit of the 70's too, we reckon), with the news that the immensely successful - and most sampled group of all time - American jazz/R&B/funk/disco group, Kool & the Gang will be playing the Auditorio de Tenerife on April 18th.
Kool And The Gang have been playing more than 40 years, but oh yeah, they've still got it: take a look at this video of Kool & The Gang live on the main square in Zagreb, Croatia in 2007. And for memories, Celebration from 1980.
Estudio 54
And this Friday, January 30th, you have an appointment at Musa Downtown Club, Avenida Anaga, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, so you can relive the wonderful years of the legendary nightclub "Studio 54"!
Here' some more Fiestas Fin De Semana (Parties for the weekend.)
If sport is more to your taste for your weekend entertainment, how about watching some baseball?
Saturday, January 31st, at the Centro Insular de Béisbol (Island Baseball Centre) at El Burgado, Puerto de la Cruz, there are two matches; 11.30 a.m. Dr. Click v Canaritos and at 3 p.m. Canaritos – Motovalle.
More information (in Spanish) from Federación Canaria de Béisbol y Sófbol
The Canary Islands celebrate two decades without leprosy
Most of us probably think of leprosy as being a disease of Medieval or even biblical times, but even in 1995, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that between two and three million people were permanently disabled because of leprosy. Timed to coincide with Día Mundial de la Lepra (World Leprosy Day), which this year was celebrated on Sunday, January 25th, this article states that the Canary Islands celebrate two decades without cases of leprosy.
If the thought of disease still being present on the islands a mere 20 years ago - within so many people's lifetimes - it's perhaps even more surprising that the leprosería (leper colony, leprosarium) in the archipelago, was only closed 10 years ago in 1999. It's now the Hospital Dermatológico (Dermatological Hospital) in Gran Canaria.
Tenerife still in the top 3 destinations for 2009
Online travel agency, On The Beach have published a list of the destinations that are proving most popular with UK punters so far this January and, the good news is that Tenerife has still maintained a place in the Top 3.
On The Beach's most popular destinations in 2009 are:
1. Egypt - Sharm el Sheikh
2. Majorca - Palma
3. Tenerife - Reina Sofia
4. Turkey - Dalaman
5. Canary Islands - Fuerteventura
6. Spain, Costa del Sol
7. Canary Islands - Lanzarote
8. Turkey - Bodrum
9. Spain - Costa Blanca
10. Egypt - Hurghada
Interestingly, the crisis and the crappy exchange rate don't really seem to be keeping people entirely out of the euro zone. Of those 10, whilst Egypt and Turkey both have two spots each, the other 6 destinations are all still in the Canary Islands (with three islands listed) and the Spanish mainland.
Another list gives the #6 most popular hotel with their clients this year as Caledonia Park in Playa de Las Americas - Tenerife (All Inclusive).
Founded in 1995 On The Beach (ABTA member) is a leading player in the online travel market carrying over 500,000 passengers every year to Spain, Balearics, Canaries, Egypt, Greece, Turkey & the Caribbean.
The end of fresh fish
Sadly, it is certainly the end of the traditional fresh fish counter, as the second largest supermarket chain, by number of stores, in Tenerife, Mercadona, where the retailer has substituted their stalls for shelves with produce packaged in trays.
The noisiest areas of Tenerife
The Canary Island Government's Ministry of the Environment this week published noise maps, which show that the urban areas of Santa Cruz and La Laguna and the TF-5 and TF-1 highways are the noisiest parts of the island. Stating the bleeding obvious you might think, but then there are also two airports, resorts stuffed with music bars ... even the maps show that industrial and port traffic have little impact on the population.
Heck, if you live in a village that has a band playing at the annual fiestas until 5 a.m., you might have come to other conclusions! :) (Photo by sergis blog)
Your Ideal Island
Whilst I doubt it will actually suggest Tenerife as an option, this quiz, What's Your Ideal Island Vacation? gives you lots of food for thought.
Just reading through choices for where would you like to stay ...
... it occurred to me that Tenerife can actually provide you with all of those experiences. There's the busy and cosmopolitan city of Santa Cruz; you can camp in the forests around Mount Teide; there are eco-friendly resorts now, plenty of the four-star type; many rural houses that offer a stay akin to the homely B&B experience and, even if not exactly "your own private island", there are still remote and scarcely inhabited spots where you can feel like it is.
Tuesday, two days after the accident which occurred on Sunday, bad weather and intense fog were creating difficulties for teams trying to recover the remains of the crashed plane in Tenerife, as this video on the local television station demonstrates. (The silver haired lady who appears later in the film is the grandmother of the pilot and his brother - two of the plane's occupants.)
The President of the Government of the Canary Islands, Paulino Rivero, has said that the islands "will come out of the crisis before the rest of Spain."
Stumbled across this set of photos of the Boda de Patricia y Cristo (Wedding of Patricia and Cristo) and I'm still wondering if this was a real wedding, or a photo shoot, but all the incurable romantics among you will love it, as this beautiful couple pose in front of emblematic monuments in Santa Cruz or frolic in their wedding clothes in the waves of Tenerife's Playa de las Teresitas.
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