Meanwhile...

   Somewhere between deadly silence of the personal computer (with a hope that the hard drive is taking good care of all photos), hiccups of my health,  and some life changes, I have some good news :)

   IT'S RAINING!!! Yes, after long 2 years of waiting..!

   And some photos of my blog been published ;) I wouldn't have imagined it in my wildest dreams, but this blog shares few credits in Norwegian guide book "The best of Gran Canaria: 66 handpicked experiences". As you understood it's written in Norwegian and for the moment only available in Norway, that you can see HERE and HERE . Soon I might have it myself but somehow still feel very strange and a bit intimidated by that...  :)

   Thank You very much for the visits, comments and support! With all ups and downs, the blogging must go on! Hope soon...

                                                                                                                                          

with Love,

Destination - Gran Canaria

The real daily life is nothing like a holidays, but the philosophy of this video is one to follow, wherever you go!!! 

The Spanish version:

End of the Season

"Life is a strange sense experienced by a migrating bird." (Sohrab Sepehri)

Wondering?

   "Holidays in general breed unrealistic expectations. The minute you start wondering - is it going to be wonderful enough? - it will never be."  (Pepper Schwartz) 

   Even so,  this is my dead ugly back yard... Not kidding. Keep wondering :)

Walking in the Clouds

"It is better to have your head in the clouds, and know where you are... than to breathe the clearer atmosphere below them, and think that you are in paradise..."  (Henry David Thoreau)

   

                                                                                             ...somewhere at the end of this world island...

On the Road...

"A man is getting along on the road to wisdom when he begins to realize that his opinion is just an opinion."  (Anonymous) 

Keep Going

"Don't watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going."  (Sam Levenson) 

Waiting...

"Some national parks have long waiting lists for camping reservations. When you have to wait a year to sleep next to a tree, something is wrong."    (George Carlin) 

Is there something  wrong on the local beach as well?.. 

Las Palmas

After many years living here I still feel like I've been  fooled... Just try to draw a picture in your head, when you hear somebody saying "Las Palmas".  The vision is green, lush and fresh. At least that's what all touristic brochures are showing to you, and that was the fruit of my imagination as well. I used to live in Spain before, so the islands couldn't be so different, right?  

                              But in my daily life all those promised palms looks more like that : 

  

But believe me, it's not so bad, if you learn to look around! The palms are still here. Actually they are everywhere! 

                                                 Do you have any vision about "Las Palmas"?  

Hibernation

The door to the paradise is oficially closed. Don't even think to visit me now! It's not warm, it's HOT here in summer time!   The nature and tourism  already started  hibernation.   For unlimited time.  Until next rainy season.  The Green only exists in my dreams and faraway forests...  Well, maybe in my cactus skin too...



 



Ticky Tacky Happyness

"Little boxes on the hillside,
Little boxes made of ticky tacky,
Little boxes on the hillside,
Little boxes all the same... "

                              (Malvina Reynolds)

Vanity Paradise

The golden dreams of a better life are very well sold here. This island is full of nothing, except of nature, yet is very ambitious offering the luxury. And the future looks good in this place, simply because the past is almost non-existing... So, let me enjoy my walk through the palms next to the sea, as I live here...  As Antonio Porchia said: "Without this ridiculous vanity that takes the form of self-display, and is part of everything and everyone, we would see nothing, and nothing would exist."

 

 

Stoned

Holiday means to relax and enjoy, especially if you use your time clever. If not, you might find yourself stoned, like most of the tourists... And  not necessarily from drugs or alcohol.  The ultimate state of the mind might be reached while frying yourself at the beach. Just laying there for all week...  Isn't that a definition of being stoned?  

Old Street

Until few decades ago it used to be a little fisherman's village. The small houses here and there, tiny stores, a couple of hotels... A few things to do besides fishing and cultivating tomatoes... Life was slow and relaxed.  Quiet. Simple. And today... I can count on my fingers the "real" houses, squeezed between new complexes, growing like baobabs. The non-stop roaring tourism machine moved almost all fish from the port to the supermarket; but also... it moved  me here!  Yet I get very nostalgic strolling  the old streets of  fisherman's place...



Home Green Home

At the moment my little island is greener than ever. But the sun is climbing higer and higer every day. Days are getting hotter and hotter. Which I'm not very  happy about...  But can you blame me for loving my home, that today looks like this?

Aviary

- Look! - the black swan next to me gracefully turns its  head towards waddling queue.
- Lets go to the restaurant!
- Restaurant! Restaurant!.. - cackles the flock.
- Which one? To the right or to the left?
- To the right!  Right!  Right.  Right...
- Nice day!  Food here is good!  Good food.  Food.  Good...
- They look like geese! - happily chirps my little sparrow surprised.
- Shut up your beak! - I croak like a crown, being unable to understand why suddenly I feel like a  peacock???