Los Llanos’s Ethnographic Museum, MAB

This morning I finally got to see the ethnographic museum in Los Llanos. It’s been open for four years, so I wasn’t exactly jumping the gun. The building’s at the top end of Los Llanos, and the outside is an example of what you can do with concrete when you stop thinking about shoe boxes. I’m sure only smart-mouthed philistines find themselves thinking of gasometers. It’s just that I used…

January 14, 2011
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Los Llanos’s Ethnographic Museum, MAB

This morning I finally got to see the ethnographic museum in Los Llanos. It’s been open for four years, so I wasn’t exactly jumping the gun. The building’s at the top end of Los Llanos, and the outside is an example of what you can do with concrete when you stop thinking about shoe boxes. I’m sure only smart-mouthed philistines find themselves thinking of gasometers. It’s just that I used…

January 14, 2011
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Yoga

January 14, 2011

This morning I awarded myself a trip out to the ethnographic museum in Los Llanos, just for a change. It was fun. They had a temporary exhibit of stateus inspired by prehispanic rock carvings and statues, and I was touched to find they’d included one of me doing yoga.

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The Joys of Travel

Here I am, throroughly enjoying my short break on El Hierro. Meanwhile, my suitcase is enjoying a short break on Tenerife. No, it’s not the airline’s fault. By the time I knew I could definitely book a flight, all the planes were booked solid. (I think this is from people going back to Tenerife in time for the new school term which starts on Monday). So I came on the…

January 8, 2011
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Free Live Music in Santa Cruz de la Palma

La Palma’s first winter mini-festival will be sponsored by Ruido fanzine (to present issue 15 of Ruido) and the cultural association Mareando (to present the association’s activities.) It will take place in the Plaza de España de S/C de La Palma on Saturday 8th January starting at 10 pm. The local groups, Soulamente Soulo and Mojo Blues will perform, and they’ll be various cultural stands, tapas, activities for children and…

January 7, 2011
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