Floating serenely down the kilometre long lazy river, with my bum wedged in an inflatable yellow doughnut and my toes wiggling in the cool water, what a way to spend a Saturday afternnon in the Tenerife sunshine. Today I had my first hands on experience of Siam Park, the new Water Kingdom in Costa Adeje. My last trip was covering the official opening evening on  September 15, a much more formal affair but this time I gratefully acepted a media day invite, and brought along friends Vicki and

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Yesterday, Macca’s concert seemed so far away, now it looks as though he’ll be here to play. It was starting to look as if the proposed Paul McCartney concert at Golf Costa Adeje on Saturday Decemeber 6 wouldn’t happen but a leading Tenerife hotel has started to take reservations for package deals that include accomodation and tickets. There is still no confirmation on the official Paul McCartney website or anywhere else I can find on the internet but the 5 star Grand Hotel Iberostar Anthelia

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Paul McCartney, Tenerife December 6, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah

2008 Holiday Prices Go Up October 7, 2008 · Filed under Travel Topics: Lanzarote, flights, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, holiday, vacation, hotels 2008 could see the cost a typical family holiday as well as weekend breaks rise much faster than inflation, and many will notice the difference in the same 2007 holiday package commpared to this year’s price, according to experts in the travel industry. To blame are higher […]

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If you don’t like young, fit, nubile bodies, you best skip this posting, if however you do, DING DONG, as Leslie Phillips would say. The beautiful people are getting ready to take centre stage in Santa Cruz for the 2008 editions of Mr and Miss Tenerife, 68 of the finest and fittest, and top live music too including Spain’s 2007 Eurovision boy band D’Nash. The shows take place on Friday September 26, for Mr Tenerife, and Saturday 27 September, for Miss Tenerife, both starting at 9pm at Castillo

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Time to see Santa Cruz - in the flesh.

It will be the end of the pier show for Cemex Tenerife, when the CERS European Cup winners begin the defence of their roller hockey title in Herne Bay on Saturday October 18. Group C also includes Bassano of Italy and Reus of Spain, but it will be the clashes between Kent coast and Canarian holiday island that really capture the imagination. Herne Bay United to give them their full title, play out of a sports pavillion on the pier and run a full programme of teams at all age levels, as well

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Roll up for Herne Bay v Tenerife

Tenerife Takes Action To Protect The Environment September 9, 2008 · Filed under Nature Topics: environment, climate change, global warming, spain, Tenerife, holidays, vacations, cheap flights Tenerife is just one of the seven Canary Islands off the coast of Africa, yet it is making a huge impact on the environment. Tenerife has a commitment to the private and public sector to go green and do whatever they can to protect […]

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Thon, M.R. and Sukno, S.A. Gene family evolution in Botrytis cinerea and Sclerotinia sclerotium.  3 rd. Botrytis Genome Workshop. Tenerife Spain.Abstract

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Gene family evolution in Botrytis cinerea and Sclerotinia sclerotium

With my friend Pam over for a week, i’m in tourist mode, showing her the delights of the island. Saturday was a good day, an early start on the 343 Los Cristianos to Puerto de la Cruz bus, saw us at La Paz lookout point for a swift walk down to Plaza Reyes Catolicos for the free “Noddy” train to  Loro Parque, just before midday. I had doubted my decision to go to Loro Parque on a Saturday, and expected us to have to wait for at least a couple of packed trains to go before we could get on, but a

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